Kate's finals week office hour is Monday as usual.
Final on Thursday March 20, 11:30-2:30pm.   What's on the test?   Practice for the Final
Lectures: MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m. in SOLIS 110
Instructor: Kate Okikiolu  
email: okikiolu@math.ucsd.edu
 
Office Hours: M 4-4:50p.m. in AP&M 7426
Text
: R. Kumanduri and C. Romero, Number Theory with Computer Applications
Section:
Tuesday 5:00-5:50p.m. in SOLIS 110
Teaching Assistant:
Rino Sanchez
  email: rsanchez@math.ucsd.edu
 
Office Hours:Tu 3-4pm   in AP&M 5801
Exams: No calculators, no notes,
no books.
Midterm 1: Monday February 3  
What was on the test?  
Practice Midterm
 
Solutions
Midterm 2:
Monday February 24,  
What was on the test?  
Practice Midterm  
Solutions
Final:
Thursday March 20, 11:30-2:30pm.
What's on the test?   Practice for the Final
Homework:
assignments due in section on Tuesday.  
Solutions #1  
Solutions #2  
Solutions #3  
Solutions #4  
Solutions #5  
Solutions #6  
Solutions #7  
(thanks to Rino!)
Grades:
Homework: 10%;  
2 midterm exams: 20% each;   final exam: 50%
Approximate Lecture Schedule:
To get the most out of the lectures, read the text beforehand.
| wk | date | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | 1/6 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| 2 | 1/13 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 1/20 | Holiday | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| 4 | 1/27 | 9.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 2/3 |
Exam |
17.2 | 17.2 |
| 6 | 2/10 | 17.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 7 | 2/17 | Holiday | 11.2 | 11.3 |
| 8 | 2/24 |
Exam | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| 9 | 3/3 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 13.1 |
| 10 | 3/10 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
Syllabus: Kumanduri-Romero chapters 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18: primative roots modulo m, square roots modulo p, quadratic residues, continued fractions, pythagorean triples, sums of two squares, quadratic reciprocity, binary quadratic forms.
Other References:
K. Rosen, Elementary Number Theory and its Applications; J. Silverman, A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory ; H. Stark, An Introduction to Number Theory;Practice Exams: