本课程主要内容提供尚未具有代数相关知识背景或未选修相关代数课程的同学相关初级数论的导引.讲题包括质数、同余、二次互反、Diophantine方程、无理数、连分数和椭圆曲线。
This course provides an elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Topics include primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions and elliptic curves.