Math 354b
Number Theory    
Spring 2012 - Yale University
Professor: Amanda Folsom
Office: Dunham Laboratory 427
Office Hours: Reading/Finals week: Fri. 4/27, Mon. 4/30, Wed. 5/2, Fri. 5/4 1:30-2:30pm,
or by appointment
Email: amanda (dot) folsom (at) yale (dot) edu
Course syllabus
Course textbook:

An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 6th ed. 2008,*
by G.H. Hardy and E.M. Wright

*available for students ≈ $25 at Docuprint & Imaging, 27 Whitney Ave.

Lecture: 2:00pm-3:45pm, Tu.-Th.
Location: LOM 206
Lectures begin on 1/10/12.
Homework:Homework 1 (due Thurs. 1/19)
Homework 2 (due Thurs. 1/26)• Some solutions to HW1 & HW2 •
Homework 3 (due Thurs. 2/9)• Some solutions to HW3 •
Homework 4 (due Thurs. 2/16)• Some solutions to HW4 •
Homework 5 (due Thurs. 3/1)• Some solutions to HW5 •
Homework 6 (due Thurs. 3/29)
Homework 7 (due Tues. 4/10)
Homework 8 (due Thurs. 4/19)
Handouts:π(x) and x/log(x)
Heath-Brown's "Arithmetic applications of Kloosterman sums"
Midterm information
Midterm SOLUTIONS
Schedule of lectures:available here

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