MAS4203 — Number Theory
his course offers an approach to number theory in which students develop their capacity to formulate conjectures and proofs. Topics include divisibility and divisibility tests, greatest common divisor, mathematical induction, division and Euclidian algorithms, primes, number-theoretic functions, congruence, linear Diophantine equations, theorems of Euler and Fermat, linear congruences and the Chinese Re- mainder Theorem. Prerequisite: MAC 2312.
Prerequisites: MAC 2312