MA 495/595 Number Theory, 2025 (CRN 29558/29604)

    Course Schedule -- past assignments:

    Week 1 (13 January-17 January 2025) Homework 1, due Thursday 23 January (solutions) (refer to sections 1.1 and 1.2 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 2 (20 January-24 January 2025) Homework 2, due Thursday 30 January (solutions) (refer to sections 1.3 and 2.1 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 3 (27 January-31 January 2025) Homework 3, due Thursday 6th February (solutions) (refer to sections 2.2 and 2.3 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 4 (3 February-7 February 2025) Homework 4, due Thursday 13th February (solutions) (refer to sections 2.4 and 2.5 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 5 (10 February-14 February 2025) Homework 5, due Thursday 20th February (solutions) (refer to sections 2.6 and 2.7 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 6 (17 February-21 February 2025) Homework 6, due Thursday 27th February (solutions) (refer to section 2.8 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 7 (24 February-28 February 2025) Homework 7, due Thursday 6th March (solutions) (refer to sections 3.1 and 3.2 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 8 (3 March-7 March 2025) Homework 8, due Thursday 13th March (solutions) (refer to sections 3.2 and 3.3 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 9 (10 March-14 March 2025) Homework 9, due Tuesday 25th March (solutions) (refer to sections 4.2 and 4.3 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 10 (24 March-28 March 2025) Homework 10, due Thursday 3rd April (solutions) (refer to sections 4.2 and 4.3 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 11 (31 March-4 April 2025) Homework 11, due Thursday 10th April (solutions) (refer to sections 7.1 to 7.5 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 12 (7 April-11 April 2025) Homework 12, due Thursday 17th April (solutions) (refer to section 7.8 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 13 (14 April-18 April 2025) Homework 13, due Thursday 24th April (solutions) (refer to section 7.8 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery, especially for more problems to solve)

    Week 14 (21 April-25 April 2025) No homework -- classes on binary quadratic forms (refer to sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.7 of Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery)

    Week 15 (28 April-2 May 2025) REVIEW