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The main ideas of the course are prime numbers, arithmetic modulo
,
public-key cryptosystems, quadratic forms, continued fractions, and
elliptic curves. This course is unusual for an introductory number
theory course in that we will go deeper into elliptic curves than
usual, we will learn more about using computers to do number
theory, and we will read a novel.
William A Stein
2002-09-11