2012-13 Pomona College Catalog

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MATH 113 PO - Number Theory and Cryptography

CrsNo MATH113 PO

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

Instructor(s): G. Sarkis

This course introduces basic elements of the elegant and beautiful theory of numbers, including prime factorization, congruences and modular arithmetic, Fermat’s litte theorem, Euler’s phi function and quadratic reciprocity, together with their powerful application to public key cryptosystems like RSA and Diffie-Hellman. Prerequisite: MATH 060 PO.