18.781 - Theory of Numbers


Lecturer: Abhinav Kumar

Office: Room 2-169

Email: my_first_name [at] math . mit .edu

Lecture Times and Location: TR 11:00 - 12:30 pm, 4-149

Office Hours: WF 1-2

Graders: Yangzhou Hu, Maja Rudolph


COURSE DESCRIPTION

An elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions, partitions.

Prerequsites: None (but see syllabus)

Text Book: There is no required textbook - just lecture notes. But see the syllabus for recommended books, if you want one.


RECENT UPDATES

Solutions for Midterms 1 and 2 are online, on the exams page.

Notes from last year are available, here.

Solutions to practice midterm 1 problems are up, on the exams page.

Practice final problems are up, on the exams page.

Solutions to practice midterm 2 problems are up, on the exams page.

Solutions to problem sets 7,8 and 9 are up, on the problem sets page.

Solutions to practice final problems are up, on the exams page.

Joseph Lee has typed up a set of course notes, which might be helpful in studying for the final.