SUBJECT
Title
Multiplicative number theory
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semesters 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
Large sieve, applications to the distribution of prime numbers. Partitions, generating function. Dirichlet's theorem concerning the prime numbers in arithmetic progressions. Introduction to analytic number theory.
Readings
M. L. Montgomery, Topics in Multiplicative Number Theory, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1971. (Lecture Notes in Mathematics 227)