MATH 320 - Introductionto Number Theory

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): MATH 305. Elementary Number Theory concerns the study of the arithmetic structure of the system of natural numbers. A sampling of topics includes: the Chinese Remainder Theorem, multiplicative functions, the Mobius Inversion Formula, primitive roots, the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity, algorithms for solving linear and quadratic congruences, introduction to Diophantine equations, and some applications to cryptography. The use of graphing calculator/computer should be expected.