Theory of Numbers
Math 356, section B6
Summer '14
IMPORTANT CLASSROOM CHANGE
SCOTT HALL 115, COLLEGE AVE
MWTh 6-8:45pm (as usual)
An elliptic curve and its group law
Syllabus
Office Hours
Wed 2-4pm, or by appointment
Hill 626, Busch campus
Announcements
FINAL EXAM
Thursday, July 3
6-9pm
In class (Scott Hall 115, College Ave)
MIDTERM
Monday, June 16
In class
Class material
A couple of webpages on proof-writing can be found here and there
Some additional induction practice problems (updated)
Practice problems for Midterm and their solutions
More practice problems for Midterm, and their solutions
Midterm solutions
Workshop 1, Workshop 2 and Quadratic reciprocity notes
Practice problems for Final
Study guide for Final (UPDATED)
Quiz solutions
Selected homework solutions
Homework
A link to the department's suggested homework problems for this class.
The problems in red are the ones that were graded.
- Ch. 1.1 4, 9
- Ch. 1.3 4, 20, 27, 29, 33
- Ch. 1.5 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 21
- Ch. 3.1 3, 6, 8, 12, 16
- Ch. 3.2 7, 10, 12
- Also problems (3) and (5) from the Induction Practice Problems
- Ch. 3.3 5, 12
- Ch. 3.4 2, 4, 5
- Ch. 3.5 6, 7, 8, 30, 70
- Ch. 3.7 2abc
- Ch. 4.1 2, 4, 6, 8, 34
- Ch. 4.2 8, 18
- Ch. 7.1 46
- Ch. 7.4 1, 2, 10, 13, 15, 17 (Hint: Use 46 from 7.1), 21
- Ch. 11.1 2, 5, 6, 10
- Also the following extra problem Problems in red won't be graded, but they may be fun to try.
- Ch. 11.1 19, 20, 25ab
- Ch. 11.2 1, 2, 6
- Exercise 1 from Workshop 2—computing Legendre symbols Problems in red won't be graded, but they may be fun to try.
EXTRA CREDIT: Problems 1 and 2 from Workshop 1
Quick links
The math department's 356 page
