University of Portland Bulletin 2013-2014

MTH 345 Number Theory

An introduction to the study of the integers and related objects. Topics are taken from among the following: divisibility, primes and the Euclidean algorithm, the Euler phi-function, special primes and perfect numbers, congruences mod n, quadratic residues, continued fractions, quadratic forms, Diophantine equations.

Prerequisite

MTH 311
  • Up one level
  • 300