Number Theory
Fall 2008

Lecture	Date	Materials	Remark	
1	Aug 26	Introduction		
2	Aug 29	(Rosen Book) 1.4, 3.1	HW1 Hand out	
3	Sep 2	3.2		
4	Sep 5	3.3	HW 2 Hand out	
5	Sep 9	3.4, 3.5		
6	Sep12	3.6	HW 3 Hand out	
7	Sep16	Change for a Dollar, integral solutions of linear equation.		
8	Sep 19	Review		
9	Sep 23	Exam 1		
10	Sep 26	4.1, 4.2	HW 4 Hand out	
11	Sep 30	4.3		
12	Oct 3	4.4	HW 5 Hand out	
13	Oct 7	4.5		
14	Oct 10	4.6	HW 6 Hand out	
15	Oct 14	6.1, 6.2		
16	Oct 17	6.3	HW 7 Hand out	
17	Oct 21	7.1, 7.2		
18	Oct 24	7.3	HW 8 Hand out	
19	Oct 28	8.4		
20	Oct 31	8.5	HW 9 Hand out	
21	Nov 4	8.6, 11.5		
22	Nov 7	Review		
23	Nov 11	Exam 2		
24	Nov 14	(Andrews and Eriksson) 2.2, 2.3	HW 10 Hand out	
25	Nov 18	2.4		
26	Nov 21	3.1, 3.2, 3.5	HW 11 Hand out	
	Nov 25	Thanksgiving Holiday		
27	Nov 28	5.1, 5.2		
28	Dec 2	Chapter 6	HW 12 Hand out	
29	Dec 5	Review for Final Exam		

Note: Final Exam is at 2pm on Sat Dec13

Instructor: Thotsaporn “Aek” Thanatipanonda
Office: 	Tome Hall 241
Telephone: 	717-579-3783
Email: 		thanatit@dickinson.edu
Office Hours: 	Tuesday 3-4, Friday 11-12

Web site: 	http://math.rutgers.edu/~thot/
Course: 	Number Theory, Math 301
Book: 		Elementary Number Theory (5th edition) by Kenneth H. Rosen
		Integer Partitions by Andrews and Eriksson

Grading Policy: 	Attendance 	10%
			Homework 	20%
			Exam 1 	20%
			Exam 2 	20%
			Final Exam 	30%

Grade Distribution: 	80-100%	A,A-
			40-80%           B+, B,B-, C+, C,C-, D+,D,D-
			Below 40%	F

Remark: 
1	I take attendance. Each class worth 1/2%.
2	Homework will be assigned at the end of the class of the given date and will also be posted on my web site.
3	Feel free to ask me any homework problems anytime, I will be happy to answer your questions as long as you tried them first.