COURSE: Introduction to Number Theory, M328K #52895, Fall 2019 ------ MWF 1:00 - 2:00 pm, RLM 5.118, class attendance is mandatory PREREQUISITES: M341 or M325K, with a grade of at least C- ------------- TEXT: Kenneth H. Rosen, "Elementary Number Theory", 6th ed. recommended ---- 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 Tue Wed Fri 3:00-4:00 pm, RLM 12.152 | 93 -100 A | 89 - 92 A- GRADING: Letter grades (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F) will be given for | 85 - 88 B+ ------- each exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 81 - 84 B be kept for averaging. The course grade is obtained | 77 - 80 B- by averaging the number grades of the 3 exams and of | 73 - 76 C+ the homework. | 69 - 72 C | 65 - 68 C- HOMEWORK will be assigned on Wednesdays and collected one | 61 - 64 D+ -------- week later in class. Each assignment is graded on a | 57 - 60 D scale from 0 to 20. Half the sum of the ten highest | 53 - 56 D- HW scores contributes 10% to the class grade. | 0 - 52 F EXAMS: Two 50 minute in-class Exams (1 and 2) | Exam 1 (We Oct 2) 25% ----- and a 180 minute Final (Exam 3, 9am-12pm) | Exam 2 (Fr Nov 1) 25% The exams are mostly on new material. | Exam 3 (Mo Dec 16) 40% Books, calculators, or notes are not | Homework 10% allowed. No make-up exams, except in case of documented emergencies. DROP deadline: October 31, 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/ ---------