Fall 2008
M328K Introduction to Number Theory

UNIQUE# 58905: MWF 11:00 - 12:00 RLM 5.116
UNIQUE# 58910: MWF 12:00 -   1:00 RLM 6.122

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Lecturer

Course

Prerequisite
Text
Syllabus
Homework
Student Presentations
Tests
Course Grade
Students with Disabilities
Make-up Policy
Drop Dates
 

Homework Assignments

News

Posted 12/1: Office Hours this week: only Wednesday at 1:15pm. Information on the Final, including office hours, will be posted soon.

Posted 12/1: Homework #12 is available in the Homework page. This assignment will not be graded.

Posted 9/28: Here is a link to a list of useful formulas.

Posted 9/12: Here is a link to The Math Club.

Lecturer

Lecturer: Adriana Sofer, RLM 11.166, Phone: 471-1135
email: asofer@math.utexas.edu   (preferred way of communication)
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:15 - 2:15; Thursdays 9:30 - 10:30; or by appointment.

Course

Prerequisite: M341 or M325K with a grade of at least C.

Text: Kenneth H. Rosen, Elementary Number Theory and its applications, Fifth Edition, Pearson Addison Wesley, 2005.

Syllabus: We will cover material included in Chapters 1-9.

Homework: Homework assignments are posted on this website on a weekly basis and are due at the indicated dates (usually on Fridays) AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Selected problems will be graded and grades will be posted on UT Direct's e-gradebook. No late homework will be accepted. However, the two lowest homework grades of each student will be dropped. Please keep a copy of your homeworks if you need them to study. It is the student's responsibility to check the News section of this website regularly for homework assignments .

Student Presentations: All students are required to present their work to the rest of the class during homework discussions at least twice during the semester. The homework discussions take place on days that homework is due.

Tests: There will be three tests and a Final comprehensive exam on the following dates:

Course Grade: The course grade will be computed according to the following:
  • homework 10%
    presentations 10%
    best two grades of your three tests, 25% each (that is, we drop the lowest of your three test grades)
    final 30%
  • An "A" will correspond to a number grade strictly bigger than 89; a "B", same with 79; a "C", same with 69; a "D", same with 59.

Students with Disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY.

Make-up Policy: There are no make-ups for homeworks, as the two lowest grades of each student are dropped when computing the final homework grade. There are no make-ups for tests, as the lowest grade of each student is dropped when computing the final course grade.

Drop Dates: Go to the Academic Calendar page for precise information on dropping a course.
Important dates:
    9/12: last day to drop for a possible refund;
    9/24: last day to drop without a possible academic penalty;
  10/22: last day to drop (with Dean's approval).

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Send questions, comments to asofer@math.utexas.edu