Math 180B, Spring 2011

Karl Rubin

TA: Shane Ryerson

Important dates

There will be one in-class midterm, on Wednesday, May 4.

The final exam is on Tuesday, June 7, 1:30-3:30pm.

Grading:

The quizzes will be given in the recitation sections every Thursday beginning April 7, except May 5 (midterm week). The quizzes will be very closely based on the homework problems. The lowest quiz score will be dropped.

Text:

A friendly Introduction to Number Theory, by Joseph H. Silverman.

Some additional references for the cryptography in the last two weeks:

chapters from text to be covered (subject to change):

week of Monday Wednesday Friday
March 28 26, 27 28, 29 30
April 4 31 32 33
April 11 34 34 35
April 18 35 36 37
April 25 38 39 39
May 2 40 MIDTERM 40
May 9 41 42 42
May 16 43 44 45
May 23 46, 48 cryptography cryptography
May 30 holiday cryptography cryptography

Problem sets.

The problems are not to be handed in, but should be done before the Tuesday recitation, so they can be discussed there.
 
due date  problems (from textbook)
April 5 Chapter 26: 1(b), 2, 5
Chapter 27: 1, 4, 6(a) (and think about the rest of #6)
Chapter 29: 1, 4
April 12 Chapter 30: 1, 2, think about 4 (the n-th pentagonal number is (3n2+5n+2)/2)
Chapter 31: 2(a) 3, 4
Chapter 32: 1, 2
April 19 Chapter 33: 4, 6, 7(a), 8(a), 9, 11(a)
Chapter 34: 2, 5(a,b), 6
April 26 Chapter 35: 1(a,b), 3, 5, 6, 13
Chapter 36: 1, 5
Chapter 37: 4(a,b,c), 9, 15(a,b)
May 10 Chapter 38: 3, 4, 8
Chapter 39: 1, 3, 6, 7
Chapter 40: 1(a,b,c), 2(a,b), 4
May 17 Chapter 40: 5
Chapter 41: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10
Chapter 42: 3, 4, 5
May 24 Chapter 43: 1, 2, 6, 7
Chapter 44: 4, 7
Chapter 45: 1, 2, 5
May 31 problem set