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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