Instructors: Avi Kulkarni

Course on canvas.dartmouth.edu.

Syllabus

Course Summary:
Date			 Details
Tue Sep 13, 2022	 0: Introduction	
Thu Sep 15, 2022	 1.1-1.2: Division Algorithm and GCD	
Fri Sep 16, 2022	 Midterm 0	
Tue Sep 20, 2022	 2.1-2.2: Primes	
Thu Sep 22, 2022	 1.2-1.4: The Extended Euclidian Algorithm and Applications	
Fri Sep 23, 2022	 X-hour: Sage installation workshop	
Tue Sep 27, 2022	 3.1-3.3: Congruences	
Thu Sep 29, 2022	 4.1-4.3: The integers mod p	
Tue Oct 4, 2022		 Mini Abstract Algebra: Groups, Rings, and Fields	
Thu Oct 6, 2022		 5.1-5.2, 6.1: Units and Euler's phi function	
Tue Oct 11, 2022	 6.1-6.4: Multiplicative groups of residue rings	
Thu Oct 13, 2022	 6.5-6.7: Existence of Primitive Roots, and return of the Chinese Remainder Theorem	
Fri Oct 14, 2022	 Midterm 1	
Tue Oct 18, 2022	 Abstract Problem Solving Skills	
Thu Oct 20, 2022	 Cryptography	
Fri Oct 21, 2022	 Day of Caring. X-hour is cancelled.	
Tue Oct 25, 2022	 Abstract Problem Solving II	
Thu Oct 27, 2022	 7.3: Quadratic Reciprocity	
Tue Nov 1, 2022		 Abstract Problem Solving III	
Wed Nov 2, 2022		 Extra office hour #1	
Thu Nov 3, 2022		 7.4-7.6: More Quadratic Reciprocity	
 Extra office hour #2	
Fri Nov 4, 2022		 X-hour: Midterm 1 (return of the midterm)
Tue Nov 8, 2022		 Abstract Problem Solving IV
Thu Nov 10, 2022	 Exploration topics I: Analogies between ZZ and Fp[x]	
Tue Nov 15, 2022	 Last day	
Sun Nov 20, 2022	 Final Exam