NUMBER THEORY
MAT4NT
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
We will commence this subject with an introduction to number theory. In the later parts of the subject we will treat topics such as congruences, residues, continued fractions, diophantine equations, transcendental numbers, and/or primality and factoring. We will also touch on tantalizing connections to cryptography and/or one or more of the recent analytic and algorithmic advances in the areas of Mersenne primes, the Riemann hypothesis, and primality proving. This subject will be accessible and interesting to a varied audience, including students with interests in applied mathematics, pure mathematics, or computer science.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Peter Van Der Kamp
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: MAT1DM and MAT1CLA and MAT2AAL, or 30 credit points of second year subjects, or any third year mathematics subject and requires co-ordinators approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: This subject will be offered subject to sufficient enrolments.