Dr. Sadun's M328K Introductory Number Theory, Spring 2003


  • Unique number: 56080
  • Lecture Meeting time and place: MWF 9-10, RLM 5.118
  • Web page: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/S03/M328K
  • Professor: Lorenzo Sadun, RLM 9.114, x1-7121
  • Office hours: Tentatively Tu-Th 9:30-10:30. I generally keep an open door and welcome visitors at other times, too.
  • Textbook: Elementary Number Theory, by Kenneth Rosen, 4th Edition.
  • Syllabus: Chapters 1-11.
  • Attendance: Attendance and participation in class is mandatory.
  • Homework: There will be weekly problem sets, listed in http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/S03/M328K/hwk.html.  These will be due on Wednesdays, except for exam weeks.
  • Exams: There will be two in-class midterm exams, tentatively scheduled for February 21 and April 11, plus a final exam.  These exams will all be closed book. However, each student will be allowed to bring a single letter-sized ``crib sheet'' (2-sided) to each midterm, and 2 crib sheets to the final. These notes must be HANDWRITTEN ORIGINALS - NO XEROXING ALLOWED.
  • Grading: Each midterm counts 25%. The final exam counts 50%. The homework assignments, taken together, count 25%. At the end of the term I will drop your lowest 25%.  The final grade distribution is neither a straight scale nor a fixed curve. It depends on how well the class does as a whole, but I have typically given more B's than C's, more C's than A's, and more A's than D's or F's.
  • 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

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