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Theory of Numbers

A graphics of a couple of curves and a line on a grid with points highlighted.

The group law on an elliptic curve. (Image by Prof. Martin Olsson.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

18.781

As Taught In

Spring 2003

Level

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

This course provides an elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Topics include primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions and elliptic curves.