18.781 Theory of Numbers, Spring 2003

Olsson, Martin

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Olsson, Martin

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Theory of Numbers

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Abstract

This course provides an elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Topics include primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions and elliptic curves.

Date issued

2003-06

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76771

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics

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18.781-Spring2003

local: 18.781

local: IMSCP-MD5-1a91ac254f29e81f3228ad1d1f3aa51a

Keywords

number theory with no algebraic prerequisites, primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions, partitions

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