Office hours before the final exam:
Friday May 5: 10:30-11:40am and 4-5pm
Monday May 8: 1-3pm
Tuesday May 9: 1-3pm
Wednesday May 10: 1-3pm
All office hours are held in my office, Lord House 407 (at 16 Colchester Avenue)

January

MondayWednesdayFriday
16

No classes: Martin Luther King Day
18

Section 1.1

Suggested problems:
Section 1.1: # 1b), 5b)
For 5b), if true please give a proof; if false please give a counter-example
20

Sections 1.1, 1.2

Quiz 1 and Quiz 1 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 1.1: # 2
Section 1.2: # 5a)
23

Last day to add classes without instructor permission

Homework 1 is due at 5pm
Homework 1 solutions

Section 2.2

Reading quiz: Sections 2.2 and 2.3
Quiz 2 and Quiz 2 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 2.2: # 2, 3c)
25

Section 2.3

Quiz 3 and Quiz 3 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 2.3: # 2, 3
27

Section 2.3

Suggested problems:
Section 2.3: # 13b), 14b)

January/February

MondayWednesdayFriday
30

Add/Drop, Pass/No Pass, Audit deadline

Homework 2 is due at 5pm
Homework 2 solutions

Section 2.4

Reading quiz: Sections 2.4 and 2.5
Quiz 4 and Quiz 4 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 2.4: # 1
1

Section 2.4

Quiz 5 and Quiz 5 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 2.4: # 2
3

Section 2.5

Quiz 6 and Quiz 6 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 2.5: # 1, 2, 3a)c)
6

Homework 3 is due at 5pm
Homework 3 solutions

Section 3.1

Reading quiz: Sections 3.1 and 4.2 as usual
Section 3.2: only the Sieve of Eratosthenes and Theorem 3.4
Section 3.3: only the Goldbach Conjecture
Quiz 7 and Quiz 7 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 3.1: #3a)e), 5
8

Sections 3.1, 3.2

Quiz 8 and Quiz 8 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 3.2: # 1, 2
10

Sections 3.3, 4.2

Suggested problem:
Section 4.2: # 1
13

Homework 4 is due at 5pm
Homework 4 solutions

Section 4.2

Reading quiz: Sections 4.4 and 5.2 (Fermat's Little Theorem only)
Quiz 9 and Quiz 9 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 4.2: # 11
15

Sections 4.2, 4.4

Suggested problem:
Section 4.4: # 1
17

Section 4.4

Quiz 10 and Quiz 10 solutions

No suggested problems
Please start reviewing past suggested problems for our upcoming exam
20

No classes: Presidents' Day
22

Section 4.4
24

Suggested problem:
Section 4.4: #4

February/March

MondayWednesdayFriday
27

Homework 5 is due at 5pm
Homework 5 solutions

Review for Exam 1

Quiz 11 and Quiz 11 solutions
1
3

Section 5.2

Suggested problems:
Section 5.2: # 10, 11, 14
6

Section 5.3

Reading quiz: Sections 5.3 and 6.1
Quiz 12 and Quiz 12 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 5.3: # 1a), 3, 9, 11
8

Section 5.3

Quiz 13 and Quiz 13 solutions

No new suggested problems
10

Section 6.1

Quiz 14 and Quiz 14 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 6.1: # 1, 2, 3, 7a)
13

No classes: Spring recess
15

No classes: Spring recess
17

No classes: Spring recess
20

Section 6.1

Suggested problems:
Section 6.1: # 12a), 17, 19
22

Section 6.2
My handwritten notes on Section 6.2

Reading quiz: Sections 6.2 and 7.2
Quiz 15 and Quiz 15 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 6.2: # 1a), 3, 4
24

Homework 6 is due at 5pm
Homework 6 solutions

Section 7.2
My handwritten notes on Section 7.2

Suggested problems:
Section 7.2: # 1, 4e), 7b)
27

Sections 7.2 and 7.3

Reading quiz: Sections 7.3 and 8.1
Quiz 16 and Quiz 16 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 7.3: # 3, 5, 7
29

Homework 7 is due at 5pm
Homework 7 solutions

Section 7.3

Quiz 17 and Quiz 17 solutions

No new suggested problems
31

Section 8.1

Quiz 18 and Quiz 18 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 8.1: # 1, 2a)b), 3

April

MondayWednesdayFriday
3

Last day to withdraw

Homework 8 is due at 5pm
Homework 8 solutions

Section 8.1

Suggested problems:
Section 8.1: # 6a), 9, 11
5

Reading quiz: Section 8.4
We will not cover Theorem 8.12 and its Corollary
Quiz 19 and Quiz 19 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 8.4: # 1
7

Section 8.4

Suggested problems:
Section 8.4: # 3, 5
10

Homework 9 is due at 5pm
Homework 9 solutions

Quiz 20 and Quiz 20 solutions

Review for Exam 2
12
14

Section 9.1
17

Look back on Exam 2
19

Reading quiz: Sections 9.2, 9.3
Quiz 21 and Quiz 21 solutions

Sections 9.1, 9.2
My handwritten notes for 4/14 and 4/19

Suggested problems:
Section 9.1: # 4, 11a)
Section 9.2: # 1
21

Section 9.2
My handwritten notes for today

Quiz 22 and Quiz 22 solutions

Suggested problems:
Section 9.3: #1, 3a)
24

Homework 10 is due at 5pm
Homework 10 solutions

Section 9.2

No new suggested problems
26

Reading quiz: Sections 9.1, 9.4
Quiz 23 and Quiz 23 solutions

Section 9.3
My handwritten notes for today

No new suggested problems
28

Section 9.1

Quiz 24 and Quiz 24 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 9.3: # 3b)c)

May

MondayWednesdayFriday
1

Section 9.4

Suggested problems:
Section 9.1: # 1
Section 9.4: # 1, 2
3

Section 9.4

Quiz 25 and Quiz 25 solutions

Suggested problem:
Section 9.4: # 9
5

Final Exam

The final exam is on Thursday May 11, from 10:30am to 1:15pm in Votey 254 (our usual classroom)

Information about the Final Exam
Notes on solving x^2 = a mod n
Solutions to suggested problems
Review homework and Solutions to the review homework
From Spring 2016:
Final Exam and solutions