COURSE:   Introduction to Number Theory,        M328K  #55375,    Fall 2010
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PREREQUISITES:  M341 or M325K, with a grade of at least C-.
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TEXT:     Kenneth H. Rosen,   "Elementary Number Theory",     sixth edition
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SYLLABUS: induction,  divisibility,  prime numbers,  fundamental theorem of
--------  arithmetic; congruences, applications, Chinese remainder theorem,
     Euler theorem; multiplicative functions, Möbius inversion, cryptology;
     primitive roots, index arithmetic; quadratic residues; cont. fractions

INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, Office Hours TTh 3:00-4:30, and by appointment
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                                                               | 93 -100 A
GRADING:  Letter grades  (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F)  will be given for | 89 - 92 A-
-------   each exam, but number grades  (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 85 - 88 B+
          be kept for averaging.  The course grade is obtained | 81 - 84 B
          by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams and of | 77 - 80 B-
          the homework.  Each student may replace the grade of | 73 - 76 C+
          ONE exam by the grade of one of the following exams. | 69 - 72 C
                                                               | 65 - 68 C-
HOMEWORK  will be assigned  on Mondays  and collected one week | 61 - 64 D+
--------  later in class. Each assignment is graded on a scale | 57 - 60 D
          from 0 to 15.  2/3 of the sum of the  ten highest HW | 53 - 56 D-
          scores contributes 6% to the class grade.            |  0 - 52 F

EXAMS:  Three 45 minute in-class (Exams 1,2,3)   | Exam 1  (Mo Sep 20)  22%
-----   and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 2-4 pm)  | Exam 2  (We Oct 13)  22%
        Exams 2-4 cover approx 80% new and 20%   | Exam 3  (Mo Nov  8)  22%
        old material.                            | Exam 4  (We Dec  8)  28%
        No make-up exams will be given.          | Homework              6%

MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M328K/
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