Mathematics 4400-90
Course Announcment & General Info
Darrell's office hours:
Monday 11:00-12:00 and Wednesday 4:00-5:00
JWB 332 581-7904
Notes. (1) Since we have made an on-time start for the
course, we should be able to complete all the work this semester.
(Just three problems due Wednesday, 8/29.) However, if this is a
problem for you, please contact me by e-mail. If you'd like to talk
about the schedule, send me your telephone number. (2) The bookstore
has the old edition of the book. This will work ok,
though I do prefer the new edition. (3) A xerox of the intro
to Silverman and the first two chapters is available
at the front desk of the Math Department. This will
help you get started if you are waiting for a copy of the
book to arrive.
Assignments.
Each week you will have a reading
assignment from Joseph Silverman's
Friendly Introduction to Number
Theory. Problems
are assigned weekly and those on the
A list are due each Wednesday. (See assignment
1 to see what I mean). Problems on the B
list are more challenging, more open-ended, and are
optional. However, if you want an A
grade, you will need to do some problems
on that list. Problems
should be submitted by email to
nt-assignments@math.utah.edu
Please submit your work as plain text, not
as an attachment.
I've attached some tips
on how to write math formulas without any
fancy symbols.
Questions. Use the mailing list
nt@math.utah.edu
for questions. I'll post additional
assignments soon, and will
generally keep one assignment ahead
of the current one. Questions
willy be answered by me or by Darrell Poore (poore@math.utah.edu),
who is the graduate assistant for the course.
Syllabus. We will read
the entire book through chapter
40. I will sometimes provide
handouts, which will be in
pdf (Acrobat) format. Here
is a test
file. If you can read it,
Acrobat Reader is installed on your
computer. If you need
to install Acrobat Reader,
please go to
Adobe's site.
Grade. Your course
grade
will be based on three
things. First, your weekly
problem sets (55%). Second,
your notebook (15% see below).
Third, the final exam, which
you will take in person (30%).
Notebook.
Please get a spiral bound
notebook or bound lab/composition
book. I ask that you write
out the solutions to the
assigned problems (and any others
which you do) in this notebook.
It is your personal record of work.
Use it also to keep notes on ideas,
conjectures, etc. that come up
during the course. I will ask
you to bring the notebook to the
final exam, where I will grade it.
Please remmember, your notebook
is to be written by hand (pencil,
pen). Give the statement of problems
as well as the solution. Strive
for well-written work that is a pleasure
to read.
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Weekly Assignments
| Week |
Reading Assigned |
Problems Due |
| 1 |
8/22/2001 |
8/29/2001 |
| 2 |
8/29/2001 |
9/5/2001 |
| 3 |
9/5/2001 |
9/12/2001 |
| 4 |
9/12/2001 |
9/19/2001 |
| 5 |
9/19/2001 |
9/26/2001 |
| 6 |
9/26/2001 |
10/3/2001 |
| 7 |
10/3/2001 |
10/10/2001 |
| 8 |
10/10/2001 |
10/17/2001 |
| 9 |
10/17/2001 |
10/24/2001 |
| 10 |
10/24/2001 |
10/31/2001 |
| 11 |
10/31/2001 |
11/7/2001 |
| 12 |
11/7/2001 |
11/14/2001 |
| 13 |
11/14/2001 |
11/21/2001 |
| 14 |
11/21/2001 |
11/28/2001 |
| 15 |
11/28/2001 |
12/5/2001 |
Primes < 1000
2 3 5 7
11 13 17 19
23 29 31 37
41 43 47 53
59 61 67 71
73 79 83 89
97 101 103 107
109 113 127 131
137 139 149 151
157 163 167 173
179 181 191 193
197 199 211 223
227 229 233 239
241 251 257 263
269 271 277 281
283 293 307 311
313 317 331 337
347 349 353 359
367 373 379 383
389 397 401 409
419 421 431 433
439 443 449 457
461 463 467 479
487 491 499 503
509 521 523 541
547 557 563 569
571 577 587 593
599 601 607 613
617 619 631 641
643 647 653 659
661 673 677 683
691 701 709 719
727 733 739 743
751 757 761 769
773 787 797 809
811 821 823 827
829 839 853 857
859 863 877 881
883 887 907 911
919 929 937 941
947 953 967 971
977 983 991 997
Final Exam
Thursday December 13
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
JTB 110
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