MATH 432/537: Elementary Number Theory
Information on the Take-Home Final Exam
The take-home final exam is now posted. Please read the instructions carefully. The due date to hand in your written solutions is Monday, December 16 by 3 pm.
You can bring your written solutions to me in my office (or slip them
under my door if I'm not there), or drop them off in the Math Office and
ask them to put them in my mailbox. I know many of you have other responsibilities
during December, and I hope that the dates chosen together with the 10-day
window you have to work on the exam will not present you with undue pressure.
You are allowed to consult your notes, the textbook, etc. when working on
the exam. However, you are not allowed to discuss the course or the
exam with your classmates or anybody else during the 10-day period specified
above. Please take this restriction seriously.
For any computational questions, the problem will make it clear how much
computational detail you have to show. In general, I don't want you
using commands like "solve" or "contfrac" in Maple or Mathematica or doing
extensive brute-force searches, etc. Using a calculator is fine.
I will be out of town from December 7-11. However, I will be checking
my email during that time. If there is a problem with the exam for
any reason, please email me.
I will send email to all of you if any comments or corrections need to be
made while I am away, and I will also post them prominently on this page.