Spring 2018 Theory of Numbers

Syllabus People Exams Homeworks Web resources

Current Announcements

NEW Tue, May 8, 10:45am: I have submitted the final course grades (anonymous sorted list) to the registrar. The anonymous sorted grades for the final exam, Final/sorted_grades.txt.
17 of you received 5% towards your final grade for missing no more than 2 classes unexcused.
The anonymous sorted grades for the combined homeworks scaled to 25, Homework/sorted_grades.txt. The anonymous sorted grades for Homework 4, Homework/sorted_grades_4.txt. 2018 final exam:
The course web sites for Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007 and Spring 2005 may contain old homeworks, mid-semester exams, and anonymous grade lists.
My office hours are listed on my schedule.

Peoples' home pages: Erich Kaltofen.

This semester's first and second midterm examinations and final examination (for dates see syllabus)

Homeworks

Homework 1, due Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.
Homework 2, due Thursday, Mar. 1, at 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.
Homework 3, due Tuesday, Apr. 12, 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.
Homework 4, due Thursday, Apr. 26, 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.

Web resources for the course

Maple basic lesson from MA 141
Victor Shoup's downloadable book A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra

Old Announcements

The final exam is on Thursday, May 3, 9am-11am (note: starts at 9am) in our classroom. You may bring 3 sheets of notes (with text on both sides) and your calculators.

Old final exams: 17_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2017), 16_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2016), 15_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2015), 12_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2012), 11_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2011), 10_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2010), 09_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2009), 08_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2008), 07_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2007), 05_nt_final.pdf (Spring 2005).
Old final exams solutions: 17_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2017) 16_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2016), 15_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2015). 12_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2012; the red text in 2012 is grading information; please ignore), 11_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2011), 10_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2010). 09_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2009), 08_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2008), 07_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2007) 05_nt_solfin.pdf (Spring 2005).
NOTE: not all material on those exams was covered in our class and will not be on our

The anonymous sorted grades for the third homework, Homework/sorted_grades_3.txt.

Homework 4 is posted. Due Thursday April 27, 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.

I have corrected Part 1 of the Bonus Problem 5 of Homework 3 (thanks to Thomas P for pointing out the mistake).

I have posted the (annotated) Maple Worksheet from class on April 5, where I changed the NumberTheory package to the numtheory package to work with older versions of Maple.

Homework 3 is posted. Due Tuesday April 12, 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.

The anonymous sorted grades for the second exam, Exam2/sorted_grades.txt.

The second mid-semester exam is on Thursday, March 22, during class. You may bring two 8in times 11.5in sheets with notes on both sides. The exam is closed book/closed notes.

The anonymous sorted grades for the second homework, Homework/sorted_grades_2.txt.

Old second exams: 17_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2017), 16_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2016), 15_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2015), 12_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2012), 11_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2011), 10_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2010), 09_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2009), 08_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2008), 07_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2007), 05_nt_exam_2.pdf (Spring 2005).
Old first exams scanned solutions (the red text is the grade key: please ignore): 17_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2017), 16_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2016), 15_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2015), 12_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2012), 11_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2011), 10_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2010), 09_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2009), 08_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2008), 07_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2007), 05_nt_sol_2.pdf (Spring 2005).

Homework 2 is posted. Due Thursday, March 2, at 16:59pm, in my mailbox in SAS 3151.

The anonymous sorted grades for the first homework, Homework/sorted_grades_1.txt.

The anonymous sorted grades for the first exam with grade cut points, Exam1/sorted_grades.txt.

The first mid-semester exam is on Thursday, Feb 8, during class. You may bring one 8in times 11.5in sheet with notes on both sides. The exam is closed book/closed notes.

Old first exams: 17_nt_exam_1.pdf, 16_nt_exam_1.pdf, 15_nt_exam_1.pdf, 12_nt_exam_1.pdf, 11_nt_exam_1.pdf, 10_nt_exam_1.pdf, 09_nt_exam_1.pdf, 07_nt_exam_1.pdf, 05_nt_exam_1.pdf.
Old first exams scanned solutions (the red text is grading information; please ignore): 17_nt_sol_1.pdf, 16_nt_sol_1.pdf, 15_nt_sol_1.pdf, 12_nt_sol_1.pdf, 11_nt_sol_1.pdf, 10_nt_sol_1.pdf, 09_nt_sol_1.pdf, 07_nt_sol_1.pdf, 05_nt_sol_1.pdf.

Homework 1 is posted. Due Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 16:59pm in my mailbox in SAS 3151.