MAS 4203

Number Theory

Topics include: Distribution of primes, representations of integers, Fibonacci Numbers, Divisibility, Euclidean algorithm, Mersenne Primes, Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Number-theoretic functions, Diophantine Equations, Congruences, the Chinese Remainder Theorem, Perfect Numbers, Pythagorean Triples, continued fractions, Gaussian Integers, Euler's Theorem, Fermat's Little Theorem, and Wilson's Theorem.

Units: 3.0