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CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Mathematics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: X_400632
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
DESCRIPTION
The following subjects will be treated: - integers, primes, prime distribution - congruences, primitive roots - primality tests, factorization - public key cryptography - quadratic reciprocity - Diophantine equations, abc-conjecture - algebraic numbers, algebraic integers - continued fractions
Next to a theoretical approach, practical/algorithmic aspects will also be covered. The mathematics software system "SageMath" will be used to illustrate some explicit number theoretic calculations.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
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