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MATH 8580 - Number Theory

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)
Covers topics and techniques from modern number theory including unique factorization, elementary estimates on the distribution of prime numbers, congruences, Chinese remainder theorem, primitive roots, n-th powers modulo an integer, quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity, quadratic characters, Gauss sums and finite fields. Students are expected to have completed a graduate-level matrix analysis course before enrolling in this course.



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