INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYTIC THEORY OF NUMBERS
cod. 14866

Academic year 2010/11
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Analisi matematica (MAT/05)
Field
Formazione analitica
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Elementary Number Theory. Cryptography. Algorithms, Sieve methods, Analytic number theory. Additive problems

Prerequisites

Calculus, advanced calculus, algebra, complex analysis

Course unit content

Elementary Number Theory. Cryptography. Algorithms, Sieve methods, Analytic number theory. Additive problems

Full programme

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Bibliography

R. Crandall & C. Pomerance.
Prime numbers. A computational perspective.
Springer, New York, 2001.

Harold Davenport.
Multiplicative Number Theory

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1980.

G. H. Hardy & E. M. Wright.
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers.
Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, 1979.

Teaching methods

Teaching in class

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar on a topic chosen by the student

Other information

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