Carleton University · MATH 3355

Number Theory and Applications (Honours)

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Congruences, distribution of primes, arithmetic functions, primitive roots, quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity law, continued fractions, Diophantine equations, and applications: public key cryptography, primality testing and factoring in relation to cryptography.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2100 with a grade of C- or higher; or ( MATH 2108 or MATH 3101 with a grade of B- or higher; and permission of the instructor); or permission of the School.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for MATH 3809 .
  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2100 with a grade of C- or higher; or ( MATH 2108 or MATH 3101 with a grade of B- or higher; and permission of the instructor); or permission of the School.
  • Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.
Reference text in its original language

Congruences, distribution of primes, arithmetic functions, primitive roots, quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity law, continued fractions, Diophantine equations, and applications: public key cryptography, primality testing and factoring in relation to cryptography.

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2100 with a grade of C- or higher; or ( MATH 2108 or MATH 3101 with a grade of B- or higher; and permission of the instructor); or permission of the School.
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for MATH 3809 .
  • Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.

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