Spring 2006 Course Syllabus
Course: 0203.001.
Course Title: Theory of Numbers.
Time: Tues, Thurs 1:10 - 2:30.
Place: Wachman Hall 617.
Instructor: Reich, Daniel.
Instructor Office: Wachmann Halll 532.
Instructor Email: daniel.reich@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215.204.7636.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~reich/203s06
Office Hours: Mondays 5:15-6:00, Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15-1:00.
Prerequisites: Two semesters of Calculus.
Textbook: Elementary Number Theory and its Applications, 5th Edition, Kenneth Rosen (Addison-Wesley, 2005).
Course Goals: Understanding of elementary number theoretic concepts and methods, building skills in design and implementation of algorithms and construction of proofs.
Topics Covered: Properties of integers, sequences, primes and divisibility, congruences, cryptology.
Course Grading: My plan (subject to revision later in the semester) is have a midterm and a final exam. These will count in your grade according to the grading scheme below. The other components of your grade will be written homework (and possibly some online) and an occasional quiz. Our grading scheme is (tentatively) 30 - 30 - 30 - 10: that is, 30% for each exam and the written homework, plus 10% for quizzes and online work.
Exam Dates: (Tentative) midterm March 13, final exam Tuesday May 9, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm.
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend every class. If the student cannot attend a class for some justifiable reason, he or she is asked to contact the instructor before class if at all possible. More than one absence may negatively influence the student performance (and grade).
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.
Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.