Instructor: Dr. Thang Lê.
Office:
Skiles 102B.
Website:
http://www.math.gatech.edu/~letu.
E-mail: letu@math.gatech.edu.
The best way to
contact me is by e-mail.
Meeting: MWF 10:05-10:55, Skiles 257.
Office
Hours: Monday and
Wednesday 9-10am & by
appointments.
Text:
Kenneth H. Rosen, Elementary
Number Theory and Its Applications, 6th edition.Topics: Primes and
unique
factorization, congruences, Chinese remainder theorem, Diophantine
equations, Diophantine approximations, quadratic reciprocity.
Applications such as fast multiplication, factorization and encryption.
Examinations: There will be 3 full period in-class exams and a final comprehensive exam. The exact dates will be announced 1-2 weeks in advance in class. The final exam will cover all course materials and will be administered on the date assigned by the official school calendar. All examinations will be closed-book and closed-notes unless otherwise indicated. Calculators and electronic devices will not be permitted on any of the exams.
Academic
Honesty: See the Georgia
Tech Honor Code .
Homework: Homeworks will be collected about once
every two weeks. You
can check the updates of the homework
assignments at my website. No late homework papers
will be accepted. Homework is extremely important as it
helps you to attain a deep understanding of the materials. Write up
your work clearly so that you can understand it yourself upon review.
You
may collaborate on homework problems, but you have to write up your own
solutions.
We will do a lot of “proofs”. You
might want to
consult Dr. C. Heil’s note on proofs at http://www.math.gatech.edu/~heil/handouts/proofs.pdf.
Letter grade
cut-offs: A 90, B 80, C 70, D 60.
Absence from examination: Make-up exams will be given only for (1) official representation of the Institute, and (2) documented medical emergencies.
Attendance: Attendance is required
for all meetings. The student who misses a class meeting is
responsible for any assignments and/or announcements made.
Learning Disabilities: It is
the right of any student with a certified learning disability to
request necessary accommodation. Such requests must be made well in
advance of the time that the accommodation is required, ideally in the
first or second week of class, and a letter of documentation from the
ADAPTS office must be presented at the time of any request.
Class audit: See the instructor if you want to audit this class.