COURSE:   Introduction to Number Theory,      M328K  #91460,    Summer 2014
------    MTWThF 10:00-11:30am,  CPE 2.216,   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 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 Mon and Thu 12:30-2:30, RLM 12.152
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                                                               | 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 every Tue and Fri, and collected     | 61 - 64 D+
-------- in class the following Fri and Tue, respectively.     | 57 - 60 D
         One homework score can be dropped, and the others     | 53 - 56 D-
         contribute 10% to the class grade.                    |  0 - 52 F

EXAMS:  Two 70 minute in-class (Exam 1, Exam 2)  | Exam 1 (Fri Jul 25)  30%
-----   and a  3 hour  final  (Exam 3, 7-10 pm)  | Exam 2 (Wed Aug  6)  30%
        Exams 2,3 cover  approx 80% new and 20%  | Exam 3 (Mon Aug 18)  30%
        old material.  Make-up exams  are given  | Homework             10%
        only if a student missed an exam and can '-------------------------
        document a valid reason (an accident, illness, or legal obligation,
        whose timing  was not known  during the official  add/drop period),
        or if granted by the instructor during the official add/drop period.

SSD:  UT  provides  upon request  appropriate  academic  accommodations for
---   qualified students  with disabilities. For more information,  contact
      Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 512-471-6259 (voice)
      or 1-866-329-3986 (video phone).

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