Menu:
Math 175: Elementary Number Theory (IBL)
In Fall '10 I taught Math 175 at the University of Chicago with Shmuel Weinberger, an Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) course on classical number theory.
- Syllabus
- Script 1: Divisibility in the Integers (latex source)
- Homework 1: Gaussian Integers, due Tuesday, October 12 (latex source)
- Script 2: Primes (latex source)
- Homework 2: Divisibility in the Gaussian Integers, due Tuesday, October 19 (latex source)
- Homework 3: Unique Factorization in the Gaussian Integers, due Tuesday, October 26 (latex source)
- Script 3: Congruence in the Integers (latex source)
- Homework 4: Roots of Integer Polynomials, due Tuesday, November 2 (latex source)
- Homework 5: Congruence in the Gaussian Integers, due Thursday, November 11 (latex source)
- Script 4: Quadratic Reciprocity (latex source)
- Homework 6: Gaussian Integers and Sums of Two Squares, due Thursday, November 18 (latex source)
- Script 5: Primitive Roots (latex source)
Here is a latex template for writing up the homework, although it is OK to write the homework by hand. (Here is the PDF that the template generates, but it's a better idea to download the template.tex file and compile it yourself.) If you don't know how to type a certain symbol in LaTeX, you should check out Detexify.