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This course is an elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites.

FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos

666 years, 7 months

Units & Quizzes

24

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Certificate of Completion

Topics covered include primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions, and partitions.

Course Currilcum

  • Introduction, Diophantine Equations, Divisibility, GCD Unlimited
  • Euclidean Algorithm, Primes Unlimited
  • Binomial Coefficients, Congruences Unlimited
  • FFermat, Euler, Wilson, Linear Congruences Unlimited
  • Linear Congruences, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Algorithms Unlimited
  • Primality, Factoring, RSA, Hensel’s Lemma Unlimited
  • Congruences mod Primes, Order, Primitive Roots Unlimited
  • Primitive Roots (Prime Powers), Index Calculus Unlimited
  • Quadratic Residues, Quadratic Reciprocity Unlimited
  • Jacobi Symbol, Computation, Zolotareff’s Definition Unlimited
  • Square Roots, Tonelli’s Algorithm, Number of Consecutive Pairs of Squares mod p Unlimited
  • Cyclotomic Polynomials, Primes Congruent to 1 mod n Unlimited
  • Arithmetic Functions Unlimited
  • Mobius Inversion Formula, Zeta Functions Unlimited
  • Linear Recurrences Unlimited
  • Generating Functions Unlimited
  • More on Generating Functions, Two Squares Theorem Unlimited
  • Continued Fractions I Unlimited
  • Continued Fractions II: Inequalities Unlimited
  • Periodic Continued Fractions, Quadratic Irrationalities Unlimited
  • Brahmagupta-Pell Equation Unlimited
  • Four Squares Theorem Unlimited
  • Pythagorean Triples, Fermat Descent Unlimited
  • Rational Points on Conics Unlimited