Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.781 (Spring 2003) 
• Course Title:
• Theory of Numbers 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Martin Olsson 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.781 Theory of Numbers
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2003

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features lecture notes that summarize the topics discussed and analyzed in class. In addition, all assignments and exams with solutions may be downloaded.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course provides an elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Topics include primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions and elliptic curves.