Math 3303
Introduction to Number Theory
Fall 2015, Section 14878
Instructor:
Leigh Hollyer
Textbook:
Notes are online for you to use
Homework problems are at the end of each Module’s Notes
website:
www.math.uh.edu/~dog
email:
dog@uh.edu
Classroom:
none. The videos are on my website. The course is online but NOT self
paced. You have graded homework, pop quizzes, and the discussion
board to attend to for your grades along with the tests.
Conference hours:
Mondays, 9:30 – 11am, 639 PGH
CourseWare: You’ll need a CourseWare/CASA account for the poppers and to see your
gradebook. Use the link on my website to set yours up. If you already
have one, great. If not, click on “new user” when you get to the
homepage.
Grading:
15% homework
15% in-class work – electronic poppers
10% discussion board (in CourseWare, link on the upper left)
10% essay
25% mid-semester
25% final
Homework
Turn it into a pdf and upload it to CourseWare Assignment by the
deadline. It will be graded online and posted to your account when done.
Poppers forms are in CourseWare under the EMCF tab. Note they close the Friday
before homework is due on a Monday.
Graded work
Popper 1
Homework 1
Learning Type report
Popper 2
Homework 2
First Draft
Popper 3
Friday Sept. 11
Monday, Sept. 14
Sunday, Sept.20
Friday, Oct. 02
Monday Oct. 05
Sunday, Oct. 18
Friday, Oct. 30
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Homework 3
Popper 4
Homework 4
Final essay
Monday, Nov. 02
Friday, Nov. 20
Monday, Nov. 30
Sunday, Dec. 6
NO LATE HOMEWORK and NO LATE POPPERS
Topics and Tests:
Module 1:
Module 2:
Mid-semester
Module 3:
Module 4:
Final
The Structure of Numbers
Primes
October 9 and 10
in CASA Testing
Transcendentals and Patterns
Congruence Arithmetic
December 11 and 12
in CASA Testing
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