Undergraduate Seminar in Number Theory 0366-3328-01
Tel Aviv, Spring 2014
Zeev Rudnick
The seminar will consist of presentations by the students of
various topics in Number Theory and its applications.
There will be one formal meeting per week with the entire class
as well as one-on-one meeting with the
instructor to prepare the lectures, make up a homework assignment
which will later be graded by the speakers and discuss the homework
grades.
The main subject will be the arithmetic of polynomials over a finite
field.
Schedule
Thursday 11-13, Dan David 204
- March 6: Roi Tzur and Tom Katz
- March 13: Tom Katz/ Nofar Sharabi
- March 20: Nofar Sharabi and Ofir Silberberg
- March 27: Amit Tawfiq and Yair Tamir
- April 3: Amit Tawfiq and Yair Tamir
- April 10,17 - passover vacation
- April 24: Erez Alkalay and Stanislav Radzeiovski
- May 1: Erez Alkalay and Stanislav Radzeiovski
- May 8: Students in Eilat
- May 15: Sharon Cooper and Nir Arbel
- May 22: Sharon Cooper and Nir Arbel (student day ????)
- May 29: no meeting
- June 5 Ido Lutzky and Asaf Marzan
- June 12: Asaf Marzan and Ariel Sebaoun
Prerequisites:
All students need to have already completed the course
Introduction to Number Theory.
References
Michael Rosen, Number Theory in Function Fields. Publisher: Springer.
Grading policy:
- Attendance is mandatory!
- Weekly homework will be assigned.
Turning in the homework by the due date is mandatory.
- The homework score will contribute 15% of the final course
grade.
Homework
Contact me at: rudnick@post.tau.ac.il
Office : Schreiber 316, tel: 640-7806
Course homepage: http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~rudnick/courses/undergradseminar2014.html