Number Theory

at Dalhousie University

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty members working in number theory:

Karl Dilcher
Keith Johnson
Jörg Richstein (2000 - 2002)

Classes offered:

MATH-3070: Theory of Numbers
MATH-4070/5070: Topics in Number Theory -- Computational Number Theory
MATH/CSCI-4116: Cryptography

General number theory websites:

The Number Theory Web; what's new in the world of number theory.
Math Archives: Number Theory. A miscellany of interesting and useful links.

More specific number theory websites:

The Prime Pages. Prime number research, records, and resources.
Bernoulli Numbers Bibliography. Maintained and co-edited by K. Dilcher. More than 2600 entries.
Fermat number factoring status.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: An online tutorial.

Other recommended websites:

The "MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive". Short biographies of thousands of mathematicians, and more stuff.
Departmental Library website. Many links to interesting and important resources.
"MathWorld", a huge on-line encyclopedia, with graphs, animations, etc.
The Canadian Mathematical Society's Student Centre.

Some recommended books

Last update: August 19, 2002
Created and maintained by Karl Dilcher (dilcher@mathstat.dal.ca).