2011-2012 Academic Catalog 
    
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2011-2012 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH 126 - Elementary Number Theory

Type of Course: Lecture
Introduces number theory and trains students to understand mathematical reasoning and to write proofs. Includes the unique factorization of integers as products of primes, the Euclidean algorithm, Diophantine equations, congruences, Fermat’s theorem and Euler’s theorem (and some applications: calendar problems, magic squares, cryptology).

Prerequisites: MATH 114 , or one semester of calculus (MATH 120  or MATH 124 ), or permission.