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MATH-4134: Number Theory

Description: Introduction to elementary number theory. Topics covered may include divisibility, greatest common divisors, unique prime factorization, congruences, Fermat's Little Theorem, Chinese Remainder Theorem, multiplicative number-theoretic functions, Diophantine equations, primitive roots, and the Quadratic Reciprocity Law.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MATH-3034 or MATH-3134

Required By: MATH-4175

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 2.97 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.81%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.19%

Mark M Shimozono202331.9%31.9%9.2%13.7%9.1%4.5%2.641
Jason T Legrow202442.0%16.1%29.0%3.2%9.7%0.0%2.811
Constantin L Mihalcea201914.7%53.0%23.5%0.0%2.9%5.9%2.831
Travis W Morrison202156.0%32.0%8.1%0.0%0.0%4.0%3.451
Nicholas A Loehr202217.9%28.6%14.3%17.9%10.7%10.7%2.301
Daniel D Orr202082.1%17.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.781

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