UM 203: Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for

Mathematics Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm;

Fundamental theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences;
(Reduced) residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese
Remainder Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma;
A few arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor
function); the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic
combinatorial number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion,
etc.); Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the
quadratic reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).UM 203:
Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for Mathematics
Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm; Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences; (Reduced)
residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese Remainder
Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma; A few
arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor function);
the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic combinatorial
number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion, etc.);
Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic
reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).UM 203:
Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for Mathematics
Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm; Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences; (Reduced)
residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese Remainder
Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma; A few
arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor function);
the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic combinatorial
number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion, etc.);
Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic
reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).UM 203:
Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for Mathematics
Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm; Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences; (Reduced)
residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese Remainder
Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma; A few
arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor function);
the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic combinatorial
number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion, etc.);
Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic
reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).UM 203:
Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for Mathematics
Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm; Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences; (Reduced)
residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese Remainder
Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma; A few
arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor function);
the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic combinatorial
number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion, etc.);
Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic
reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).UM 203:
Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0) (Core Course for Mathematics
Major and Minor) Divisibility and Euclid’s algorithm; Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic; Infinitude of primes; Congruences; (Reduced)
residue systems, Application to sums of squares; Chinese Remainder
Theorem; Solutions of polynomial congruences, Hensel’s lemma; A few
arithmetic functions (in particular, discussion of the floor function);
the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence relations; Basic combinatorial
number theory (pigeonhole principle, inclusion-exclusion, etc.);
Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic
reciprocity law, the Jacobi symbol; Some Diophantine equations,
Pythagorean triples, Fermat’s descent, examples; Definitions of groups,
rings and fields, motivations, examples and basic properties; polynomial
rings over fields, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial
and Gauss’ lemma, Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary
symmetric polynomials, the fundamental theorem on Symmetric polynomials;
Algebraic and transcendental numbers (an introduction).