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Elliptic Curves

This course is a computationally focused introduction to elliptic curves, with applications to number theory and cryptography. While this is an introductory course, we will (gently) work our way up to some fairly advanced material, including an overview of the proof of Fermat's last theorem. 

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics / Algebra and Number Theory / Number Theory

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: March 30, 2022
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 30, 2022
Author:: Andrew Sutherland, MIT
Submitter:: Cathy Swift

Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website
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Language:: English
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