Algebraic Number Theory
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Lectures
Tuesday 10am Chemistry LT 1.
Wednesday 10am Queen's Building LT 1.40 Pugsley.
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Homework
12th October: Questions 1,4,5 and 6 on number theory exercise sheet 1. Solutions
19th October: Questions 1,2 and 3 on number theory exercise sheet 2&3. Solutions
26th October: Questions 6,8 and 9 on number theory exercise sheet 2&3.
November 2nd: Questions 2,3 and 5 on number theory exercise sheet 4&5. Solutions
November 9th: Questions 6,8 and 10 on number theory exercise sheet 4&5.
November 16th: Questions 2,3 and 4 on group theory exercise sheet 1. Solutions
November 23rd: Questions 5,7 and 9 on group theory exercise sheet 1.
November 30th: Questions 1,4,5 and 7 on group theory exercise sheet 2&3. Solutions
December 7th: Questions 1,2,5 and 6 on group theory exercise sheet 4&5. Solutions
December 14th: Questions 1,2,5 and 7 on group theory exercise sheet 6. Solutions
January 18th: Questions 2,4 and 5 on group theory exercise sheet 7. Solutions
January 25th: Questions 1,5,7 on group theory exercise sheet 8. Solutions
Lecture Notes
For the number theory part of the course: notes
For the group theory part of the course: part 1, part 2, part3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8
Textbooks
The following textbooks may be helpful while studying for this unit.
Number Theory: "Numbers, goups and codes" 2nd Edition by JF Humphreys and MY Prest (CUP)
Group Theory: "Groups" by C. R. Jordan and D. A. Jordan, "Numbers, Groups and Codes" 2nd Edition by JF Humphreys and MY Prest (CUP), "Adventures in Group Theory" by D. Joyner (John Hopkins).
General mathematical reasoning: "How to prove it" by D. J. Velleman, "An Introduction to mathematical reasoning" by PJ. Eccles (CUP).
Further Information
More information is available at the unit description for this unit.