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MATH 311 Elementary Number Theory Units: 3.00
Congruences; Euler's theorem; continued fractions; prime numbers and their distribution; quadratic forms; Pell's equation; quadratic reciprocity; introduction to elliptic curves.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite MATH 210/3.0 or MATH 211/6.0*.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Gained an in introduction to advanced concepts that are taken up again in higher level courses.
- Gained proficiency in congruence arithmetic.
- Worked with different applications to cryptography, especially in the context of RSA encryption.