MATH 462

Topics in Number Theory

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

A selection of topics which may include compositions and partitions, geometry of numbers, rational approximation, distribution of primes, order of magnitude of arithmetic funtions, proofs of the Prime Number Theorem and of Dirichlet's Theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions, continued fractions.

Prerequisites: 362.

Undergraduate course in Mathematics offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science.