COURSE:   Introduction to Number Theory,      M328K  #54070,      Fall 2018
------    TTh 9:30 - 11:00 am, RLM 7.124,     class attendance is mandatory

PREREQUISITES:  M341 or M325K, with a grade of at least C-
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TEXT:     Kenneth H. Rosen, "Elementary Number Theory", 6th ed. recommended
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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  Mon Tue Thu 2:30-3:30 pm,  RLM 12.152
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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 | 73 - 76 C+
          of ONE exam by the grade of one of the  later exams. | 69 - 72 C
                                                               | 65 - 68 C-
HOMEWORK  will be assigned on Tuesdays  and collected one week | 61 - 64 D+
--------  later in class. Each assignment is graded on a scale | 57 - 60 D
          from 0 to 20.  Half  the sum  of the  ten highest HW | 53 - 56 D-
          scores contributes 6% to the class grade.            |  0 - 52 F

EXAMS:  Three 70 minute  in-class  Exams (1,2,3) | Exam 1  (Tu Sep 25)  22%
-----   and a 120 minute Final  (Exam 4, 9-11am) | Exam 2  (Th Oct 18)  22%
        The exams  are mostly  on new  material. | Exam 3  (Tu Nov 13)  22%
        Books,  calculators,  or  notes  are not | Exam 4  (Th Dec 13)  28%
        allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Homework              6%

DROP deadline: November 1, Thursday. Last day an undergraduate student may,
---- with the dean's approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class
     except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.

SSD: Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic
     accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement,
     http://diversity.utexas.edu/disability/

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