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Listed in: Mathematics and Statistics, as MATH-24
Benjamin A. Hutz (Section 01)
An introduction to the theory of rational integers; divisibility, the unique factorization theorem; congruences, quadratic residues. Selections from the following topics: cryptology; Diophantine equations; asymptotic prime number estimates; continued fractions; algebraic integers. Four class hours per week. Offered in alternate years. Requisite: Mathematics 12 or consent of the instructor. Fall semester. Professor Hutz.