Math 312: Introduction to Number Theory

Announcements

• PS 6 posted; note that it is due on Tuesday!
• PS 5, problem 10 had wrong data.
• Final scheduled.
• Midterm information updated -- more problems and solutions.
• 10/5 class to be taught be Greg Martin; office hours will begin on 12/5.

General Information

• Office: MATX 1112, 604-827-3031
• Email: "lior" (at) Math.UBC.CA (please include the course number in the subject line, if applicable)
• Office hours (Fall 2024): after class (W 10:00-10:30 at the ESB atrium, W 14:00-14:30 at WW IRC Atrium), M 10:30-11:30 in my office, and by appointment.

• Classes: TWF 10-12 and Th 11-12 at MATX 1100.
• Lecture-by-lecture reading schedule
• Textbook:
  Kenneth H. Rosen, Elementary Number Theory and its applications, 5th or 6th edition. Addison Wesley, ISBN: (6th ed.) 978-0-321-50031-1
  
  To be clear: you may buy either the 5th or the 6th edition at your option. The 6th edition is also avaliable as an e-book;
  
  
• Syllabus (PDF)
• (Rough) lecture notes (PDF)
• SLATE site.
• Exams:
  • Midterm, to be held Friday, May 27th between 10:00-12:00.
  • Pre-Midterm Information (PDF)
  • The Exam, as well as solutions, were posted to the SLATE website
    
    
  • Final, to be held Friday, June 17th between 10:00-12:30 (note end time!)
  • The material for the Final is everything on the schedule up to the lecture on Jacobi Symbols.

Problem Sets

1. Problem Set 1, due 13/5/11
2. Problem Set 2, due 19/5/11
3. Problem Set 3 (clarifications added), due 25/5/11
4. Problem Set 4 (typos in 4(b), 10(b) corrected), due 1/6/11
5. Problem Set 5 (typos in 1, 5, 10 corrected), due 8/6/11
6. Problem Set 6, due 14/6/11

Additional Reading

• [RSA] Rivest, Shamir and Adelman, A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems, Comm. ACM 21 no. 2 (1978), 120–126.)

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