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Course Info for MATH - 253 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 3222 Title: Number Theory Department: Mathematics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 8 Available seats: 11
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MWF: 12:00PM-12:50PM, CT - 210 Instructor(s): Watson, Lori
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Mathematics 132.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement
Course Description:
An introduction to the standard topics in number theory. Topics will include congruences, representation of integers, number theoretic functions, primitive roots, continued fractions and Pythagorean triples. Applications may include cryptology, primality testing, and pseudorandom numbers.