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Sep 19, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Course Catalog
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MAT 541 - Introduction to Number TheoryCollege of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Prime numbers, greatest common divisors, congruences. Euler’s function, Fermat’s theorem, primitive roots, indices, quadratic residues, Legendre and Jacobi symbols, and the quadratic reciprocity law.
PREREQ ((MAT 375 OR CIS 375 ) AND MAT 331 ) OR GRADUATE STANDING IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Shared Competencies Scientific Inquiry and Research Skills
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