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Math 17

An Introduction to Mathematics Beyond Calculus

Last updated June 17, 2015 12:56:59 EDT

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Term papers! Some Term Paper Topics and suggested readings are posted.
Term paper presentations start on Wednesday February 29.

Homework Sample Solutions

Sample solutions for Homework 1
Sample solutions for Homework 2
Sample solutions for Homework 3
Sample solutions for Homework 4
Sample solutions for Homework 5
Sample solutions for Homework 6

Homework Assigments

Week of February 27 -- End of Term, 2012
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Comments on complex elliptic functions
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Wednesday -- End of Term:

Study: Student Presentations
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Week of February 20 -- 24, 2012
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Lenstra's ECM details
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Wednesday:

Study: Tunnell's solution to congruent number problem
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Friday:

Study: Finish discussion of Tunnell's work, and BSD
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Week of February 13 -- 17, 2012
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Group Law on an Elliptic Curve
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Wednesday:

Study: Pollard (p-1) factorization
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Friday:

Study: Pollard Factorization, Elliptic curve factorization
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Week of February 6 -- 10, 2012
(Due Wednesday, February 15)
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Fundamental Theorem of finite abelian groups, projective space
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Wednesday:

Study: Projective curves and solutions
Do: Assignment 6

Friday:

Study: Winter Carnival
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Week of January 30 - February 3, 2012
(Due Wednesday, February 8)
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Fast modular exponentiation
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Wednesday:

Study: RSA, PK crypto (signatures)
Do: Assignment 5

Friday:

Study: Group theory: Isomorphism
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Homework Assigments

Week of January 23 - 27, 2012
(Due Wednesday, February 1)
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Groups: Z_n, U_n
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Wednesday:

Study: Groups, orders of elements
Do: Assignment 4

Friday:

Study: Euler's theorem, fast modular exponentiation
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Week of January 16 - 20, 2012
(Due Wednesday, January 25)
Assignments Made on:

Tuesday:

Study: Euclid's algorithm, Bezout's theorem, congruences
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Wednesday:

Study: Congruences and equivalence relations; Caesar cipher
Do: Assignment 3

Friday:

Study: Affine ciphers, general linear congruences
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Week of January 9 - 13, 2012
(Due Wednesday, January 18)
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Rational Points on curves, Bezout's theorem, Bachet's duplication formula
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Wednesday:

Study: Rational Points on x^2 + y^2 = 1 and congruent numbers
Do: Assignment 2
Table of (square-free) congruent numbers.

Friday:

Study: Division and Euclid's algorithm, Bachet's theorem on gcds, congruences
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Week of January 2 - 6, 2012
(Due Wednesday, January 11)
Assignments Made on:

Monday:

Study: Fermat's Last Theorem, Congruent Numbers
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Wednesday:

Study: Rational points on the unit circle and congruent numbers, vector spaces
Do: Assignment 1

Friday:

Study: Rational curves and intersections; Bachet's duplication formula
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T. R. Shemanske
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