May 21 and July 2 . Let me know if this schedule causes any problems for you and I will try to take your circumstances into account. This course deals with topics in these two fundamental mathematical fields, including modular arithmetic, linear and quadratic diophantine equations, continued fractions, permutations and combinations, distributions and partitions, recurrence relations, generating functions, formal power series.
Stress is placed on solving challenging problems.
Students should purchase the book Number theory , by George E. Andrews, Dover, 1994. In most cases, handouts and references will be given for these. To reduce the number of additional materials, we will use the Andrews book for some of the basic information on Number Theory and Combinatorics. Performance on these will constitute the major item in determining course grades.