Unit Code: MTH714

Unit Name: Number Theory

Description: Number theory is a subject that has interested people for thousands of years. This course covers topics such as divisibility and factorisation, linear Diophantine equations, congruences, applications of congruences, solving linear congruences, primes of special forms, the Chinese Remainder Theorem, multiplicative orders, the Euler function, primitive roots, quadratic congruences, and representation problems.

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Prerequisite: MTH612

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1,2