COURSE:   Introduction to Number Theory,        M328K  #55295,  Spring 2002
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TEXT:     Kenneth H. Rosen,   "Elementary Number Theory",    fourth edition
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SYLLABUS: induction,  divisibility,  prime numbers,  fundamental theorem of
--------  arithmetic; congruences, applications, Chinese remainder theorem,
     Euler theorem; multiplicative functions, Möbius inversion, cryptology;
     primitive roots, index arithmetic; quadratic residues; cont. fractions
 
INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch, Office Hours TTh 2:30-4:00, RLM 12.152, Tel: 471-8183,
----------  Email:  koch@math.utexas.edu,     Web:  www.ma.utexas.edu/~koch

GRADING:  Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) will be given for each     | 90 -100  A
-------  exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will be     | 80 - 89  B
     kept for averaging. The course grade will be obtained     | 70 - 79  C
     by averaging the scores of the four exams, and of the     | 60 - 69  D
     homework.  Each  student may replace the grade of any     |  0 - 59  F
     ONE  exam by the grade of one of the following exams.

HOMEWORK     will be assigned every Tuesday and collected one week later in
--------  class. Each assignment is graded on a scale from zero to 20. Half
     the sum of the ten highest scores contributes  6%  to the class grade.

EXAMS:  There will be four sixty-minutes,     |  Homework                6%
-----  cumulative (approx 80% new and 20%     |  Exam 1  ( Th Feb  7 )  22%
     old material) exams. Books, notes or     |  Exam 2  ( Th Mar  7 )  23%
     calculators are not allowed. No make     |  Exam 3  ( Th Apr 11 )  24%
     up exams will be given. FINAL ----->     |  Exam 4  ( Fr May 10 )  25%