2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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MAT 350 - Theory of Numbers

Elementary number theory; divisibility theory, congruences, residues, Diophantine equations. Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in MAT 224. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of various classifications of natural numbers.
  2. ​Demonstrate an understanding of the greatest common divisor, its computation and its uses.
  3. Solve linear and nonlinear congruences.
  4. Evaluate and use number theoretic functions.
  5. Apply number theory to problems in cryptology.



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