These courses may be applied toward fulfillment of the fifteen-hour requirement in either the General or Advanced Math emphases. Prerequisite is MATH 451.
Topics covered include the basic theory of rings, fields, and vector spaces.
An introduction to Galois Theory is also included as time permits. MATH 442 Number Theory. Prerequisite is MATH 346. Topics covered include divisibility, quadratic forms, quadratic residues, continued fractions, and Diophantine equations.