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Instructor:
E-mail: Office: Phone: Office hours: |
Victoria Sadovskaya sadovskaya@psu.edu 426 McAllister (814) 863-4140 Monday and Wednesday 11:15 a.m. - noon and 1:30 - 2:15 p.m., Friday 11:15 a.m. - noon, and by appointment |
Course description: The goal of this course
is to introduce the students to number theory
including modular arithmetic, mathematical logic,
proof techniques, elementary set theory,
and group theory. Mathematical exposition will be emphasized,
and the students will learn
to understand and write proofs. Prerequisite: Math 141.
Text:
Numbers, Groups and Codes
by J. F. Humphreys and M. Y. Prest, 2nd edition.
Syllabus
pdf
Writing project pdf