MATH 035 - Exploring the integers

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
This course is canceled effective 07.25.10.

This course is an introduction to number theory, the area of mathematics concerned with the integers. The study of the integers is filled with problems that are simple to state and easy to begin work on. The course focuses on a variety of such problems related to divisibility, the prime numbers, modular arithmetic, sums of squares, elliptic curves, cryptography, and other topics. An emphasis will be placed on exploration and discovery.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: O. Schirokauer
Prerequisites & Notes
The only mathematical prerequisite is high school algebra.