The midterm has been graded, and scores are posted on EEE. The median was 33/50.
Here is a histogram of the results:
The final exam is on Monday, March 19, 4-6pm.
sections from text to be covered (subject to change):
week of | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
January 1 | 1.2, 1.3 | ||
January 8 | 1.4 | 1.4, 2.1 | 2.1, 2.2 |
January 15 | holiday | 2.2 | 2.3, 2.4 |
January 22 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
January 29 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
February 5 | 4.3 | 5.1, 5.2 | review |
February 12 | MIDTERM | 5.2 | 5.3 |
February 19 | holiday | 5.4,6.1 | 6.2 |
February 26 | A good reference for the material on continued fractions is Chapter 5 of the book by Stein. Some of it can also be found in §§9.2-9.4 of the text. | ||
March 5 | more continued fractions | Cryptography: see Chapter 3 of Stein | |
March 12 | cryptography | Elliptic curves (Chapter 6 of Stein) | Review |
due date | |
January 16 |
§1.4: 9, 11(a-c) §2.1: 1, 2, 5, 8, 11 §2.2: 1, 6, 9 |
January 23 |
§2.1: 4, 9, 10 §2.2: 2, 5, 7 §2.3: 1, 3, 5 §2.4: 2 |
January 30 |
§3.1: 1,8,10 §3.2: 2,6,10,14,17 §3.3: 1,8 |
February 6 |
§3.4: 1,10,12 §4.1: 2,3,5,6,15 §4.3: 1,8 |
February 13 | (no problem set: midterm) |
February 20 |
§5.1: 2,4,5 §5.2: 1,5,6,8 §5.3: 1,2,6 |
February 27 |
§5.4: 1,3 §6.1: 1,3,5,6,9 §6.2: 1,4,7 |
March 6 | Problem set #7 |
March 13 | Problem set #8 |