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MATH 455 - Elementary Theory of Numbers I


Topics include divisibility, arithmetic functions, congruences, quadratic residues, primitive roots, Diophantine equations, continued fractions, algebraic numbers, and partitions.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 251  and C or better in either MATH 330  or MATH 365 .
Notes:  This course is crosslisted with MAT 655. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.