Math 1560: Number Theory

CRN: 24290, C Hour (MWF 10-10:50pm), Barus and Holley 159

Textbook: A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory
                by Kenneth Ireland and Michael Rosen, second edition

Note: You should not feel alarmed that the text book is sold as part of the Springer graduate text series. The first half of the book, which is the part we will mostly be using, was specifically written for this class at Brown (Michael Rosen is a professor here).

Syllabus

Office hours: Mon. 11-11:50, Fri. 9 - 9:50.

Course announcement and homework will be posted on this webpage. Homework assigned will be posted the Monday of the week before they are due. There will be a project assigned on February 13th, that will also be posted here.

Announcements

• Here is the project description
  and sample sage worksheet that I showed in class
  
  
• Since the university is closed Monday, February 18, I will have office hours on Wednesday, February 20, at 11am.

Office: 310 Kassar-Gould House
Phone: 401.863.7961
Email: first intial + last name
          @math.brown.edu
Mailing Address:
Mathematics Department
Box 1917
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912 USA

Homework

Problem sets are due in the Math1560 box in Kassar House at 4pm on Tuesdays.

• Homework 1: due Tuesday January 29 at 4pm
  Reading assignment: Review notes from 1530, Chapter 1
  Problems: Review from Math1530, Chapter 1: problems 9, 10, 21


• Homework 2: due Tuesday February 5 at 4pm
  Reading assignment: Chapter 2
  Problems: Chapter 1: problems 1,3,5, 17, 26 (need to add the additional assumption that n is at least 2), 28, 30, 34, 35, 38


• Homework 3: due Tuesday February 12 at 4pm
  Reading assignment: Chapters 3 and 4
  Problems: Chapter 2: problems 2,9,10,17,22; Chapter 3: problems 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 24

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