McGill 189-346/377B: Number Theory

Winter 2002

This is a one-semester introduction to number theory. We will be meeting Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:30-2:30 pm in Burnside 1B39.

Here is the syllabus in pdf, dvi, and postscript formats.

Homework

Homework assignments will be distributed and collected on Fridays. Problems marked with an asterisk* count for 189-377B and are bonus problems for 189-346B.

assignment	format			solution	format
homework 1	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 1	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 2	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 2	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 3	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 3	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 4	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 4	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 5	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 5	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 6	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 6	dvi	ps	pdf
homework 7	dvi	ps	pdf	solution 7	dvi	ps	pdf

Projects

• Catalina Anghel, Euler's Calculation of Zeta(2k): dvi
• Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso, An elementary proof of Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progression: dvi ps pdf
• Bodgan Nica, zeta(3): dvi ps pdf
• Thomas Zamojski, Survey on Covering Congruences: dvi ps pdf

Final exam

Here is the final exam: dvi ps pdf

Here are the final exam solutions: dvi ps pdf