Fall Term 2025 (1930)
MATH 256 - Elementary Number Theory
3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)
Divisibility, prime numbers, congruences, quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity, arithmetic functions and diophantine equations; sums of squares. Prerequisites: MATH 125 or 127.
LECTURE A1 (56454)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 11:00 - 11:50
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
MATH 256 - Elementary Number Theory
3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)
Divisibility, prime numbers, congruences, quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity, arithmetic functions and diophantine equations; sums of squares. Prerequisites: MATH 125 or 127.
LECTURE Q1 (86570)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 11:00 - 11:50
MATH 325 - Linear Algebra III
3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)
Hermitian and unitary matrices, spectral theorem. Jordan canonical form. Cayley-Hamilton Theorem. Bilinear forms, positive-definiteness, Sylvester's Law of inertia, geometric lattices. Numerical methods. Application to discrete system evolution, matrix exponentials and differential equations. Prerequisite: MATH 225. Note: This course may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in MATH 227.
LECTURE Q1 (82759)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 12:00 - 12:50