Instructor: Dr. A. Serpil Saydam

Office: AIRW 352

Office Phone: x 1922

Email: saydam@ulm.edu

Time & Place: 6:00-8:30 PM M in AIRW 315

Required Materials: A A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory (Second Edition) & Joseph H. Silverman.

Office Hours: 2:00-5:00 M, 2:00-4:00 T, 12:00-2:00 and 4:00-5:00 W, and 2:00-4:00 Th.

Grading: Two exams 200 points , homework 100 points, project 100 points, final 200 points, and total 600 points. Semester grades will be determined according to the following ranges: A 540-600 B 480-539 C 420-479 D 360-419

Exams: There will be two one-hour exams, each worth 100 points. The final exam will be comprehensive final worth 200 points. No make-up exams will be given unless I receive prior notifications, and then only with a University approved excuse.

Assignments: Homework will be routinely assigned. You are of course free to work with other students on the assignments as long as write up your solutions in your own words. Each student will be required to participate in a group project (involving 2 students in a group). Projects will have both a written and an oral component. Late homework and project will not be accepted. I will be happy to help you outside of class when you encounter difficulties.

Attendance Policy: Any student that has excessive unexcused absences in a class must withdraw or receive an F for the course.

Excessive unexcused absences: Two unexcused absences will constitute excessive unexcused absences. Guidelines for excused absences are found in the current ULM catalog on page 55 in the section entitled Class Attendance Regulations. A copy of proper documentation for an excused absence must be given to the instructor for their records. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class each day. If a student is late, it is the student's responsibility to inform the instructor immediately after class so that they can be credited for their attendance.

FINAL: The final will be on Monday, May 5, 2003 at 6:00 PM in AIRW 315. The final is cumulative.

Exam Dates: Exam 1:February 17, 2003 Exam 2: March 24, 2003

January 13, Monday	Chapter 1, 2	Hwk: Page 18 #4-6
January 20, Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 27, Monday	Chapter 3, 4, 5	Hwk: Page 21 #1-3 and Page 32 #1,4
February 3, Monday	Chapter 6	Hwk: Page 41 #1,2
February 10, Monday	Chapter 7, 8	Hwk: Page 49 #1,2 and Page 56 #2,3
February 17, Monday	Review and EXAM I
February 24, Monday	Chapter 9	Hwk: Page 63 #1,4
March 3, Monday	Mardi Grass Break
March 10, Monday	Chapter 10, 11	Hwk: Page 73 #1,2,3,5
March 17, Monday	Chapter 12, 13	Hwk: Page 80 #2,4 and Page 86 #4
March 24, Monday	Review and EXAM 2
March 31, Monday	Chapter 14, 15	Hwk: Page 91 #3 and Page 99 #1,2,3
April 7, Monday	Chapter 16, 17, and 18	Hwk: Page 107 #1,3, Page 112 #1,2, and Page 117 #1
April 14, Monday	Chapter 19, and 20	Hwk: Page 123 #1ab,2ab, and Page 132 #1,2,4
April 21, Monday	Chapter 21, and 22	Hwk: Page 139 #1,2, and Page 149 #1
April 28, Monday	Presentation
May 5, Monday	FINAL EXAM