Lectures

Lectures:

• Tuesday 09:00, Bancroft Road 4.02;
• Thursday 14:00, Physics (G. O. Jones) UG1
• Friday 09:00, Bancroft Road 4.02.

• Thursday 12:00, Bancroft Road 3.01;
• Friday 12:00, Bancroft Road 3.01.

• Thursday 9:30–10:30, M157.

There will be no classes on 12 and 13 January.

Lecture notes

• Notes 1: Overview and revision
• Notes 2: Algebraic numbers
• Notes 3: Finite continued fractions
• Notes 4: Infinite continued fractions

Coursework

This year, coursework will be for formative assessment only; that is, you will receive comments on your work but no numerical marks will be given. Coursework sheets (and, subsequently, solutions) will be available from this page.

Coursework should be placed in the GREEN box on the GROUND floor. Hand-in time is 16:00 Fridays.

• Coursework 0 (not for assessment)
• Coursework 1 (due 20 January) and solutions
• Coursework 2 (due 27 January) and solutions
• Coursework 3 (due 3 February) and solutions
• Coursework 4 (due 10 February)
• Coursework 5 (due 17 February)

Resources

Here are some lecture notes for Introduction to Algebra, a prerequisite for this course. If you feel unsure about proof by induction, the definition of a group, or the relation of congruence, you may find some help in these notes.

Here is some advice about study (lectures, coursework, classes, and exams).

Here are links to some Theorems of the Day on number theory. You may have seen some of these on the screens in the Mathematics building. You might also like to read about the Congruent Numbers problem here.

Administrative matters

The syllabus and learning outcomes for this course can be found here.

Peter J. Cameron
Maths 157
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p.j.cameron(AT)qmul.ac.uk
3 February 2012