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.
Subjects
number theory with no algebraic prerequisites
primes, congruences
quadratic reciprocity
diophantine equations
irrational numbers
continued fractions
partitions
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
