CMATH 2150 Number Theory
Number Theory has a deceptively simple description: the study of the counting numbers (a.k.a. positive integers). Course topics include prime numbers and divisibility, Fibonacci Numbers, congruencies (modular arithmetic), Diophantine equations, Euclid's algorithm, cryptography, and additional topics as time permits. Students will be expected to experiment, formulate and test conjectures, then write clear and coherent mathematical justifications of these conjectures.
Prerequisite
CMATH 1009, 1010 or 1011 or 3 credits from CMATH from the 2000-level
Offered
as needed