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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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.81 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.64%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.51%

James E Shockley200935.2%34.3%22.1%8.3%0.0%0.0%2.952
Mark M Shimozono202325.0%36.4%13.7%13.6%9.1%2.3%2.552
Charles J Parry200843.0%29.9%21.1%2.0%4.0%0.0%3.072
Travis W Morrison202156.0%32.0%8.1%0.0%0.0%4.0%3.451
Ezra A Brown201721.2%32.9%28.4%11.1%3.6%2.8%2.567
Nicholas A Loehr202217.9%28.6%14.3%17.9%10.7%10.7%2.301
Daniel D Orr202062.8%25.6%10.3%0.0%1.3%0.0%3.472
Jason T Legrow202442.0%16.1%29.0%3.2%9.7%0.0%2.811
Constantin L Mihalcea201915.4%54.9%18.5%1.4%4.2%5.6%2.792

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