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Online Olympiad Number Theory Classes

This document summarizes an online number theory class being offered in the summer of 2018. The instructor is Amir Hossein Parvardi and the class will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are beginner and advanced levels, with the beginner level suitable for grades 5-10 and focusing on introductory topics in the first two chapters of the referenced textbook. The advanced level is for grades 8-12 and will cover more advanced material from chapters 2-5 of the textbook. The class will follow a weekly schedule over 8 weeks, teaching topics like primes, modular arithmetic, Diophantine equations, and more. Homework and a final exam will determine grades.

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Online Olympiad Number Theory Classes

This document summarizes an online number theory class being offered in the summer of 2018. The instructor is Amir Hossein Parvardi and the class will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are beginner and advanced levels, with the beginner level suitable for grades 5-10 and focusing on introductory topics in the first two chapters of the referenced textbook. The advanced level is for grades 8-12 and will cover more advanced material from chapters 2-5 of the textbook. The class will follow a weekly schedule over 8 weeks, teaching topics like primes, modular arithmetic, Diophantine equations, and more. Homework and a final exam will determine grades.

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Online Olympiad Number Theory Classes

Summer 2018

Instructor: Amir Hossein Parvardi Time: Monday & Wednesday


Email: [email protected] Website: parvardi.com

Course pages:
1. Register: https://parvardi.com/NTclass
2. Book: https://topicsinnumbertheory.com

Main reference:
• Masum Billal and Amir Hossein Parvardi, Topics in Number Theory: an Olympiad-Oriented Approach,
to be published soon.
• Table of contents: https://topicsinnumbertheory.com/Contents.pdf
• Pre-order the book to get a 25% discount, please visit https://topicsinnumbertheory.com.

Other helpful resources:


• Dorin Andrica and Titu Andreescu, Number Theory - Structures, Examples, and Problems, Springer,
2009.
• Waclaw Sierpinski, 250 Problems in Elementary Number Theory, Elsevier, 1970.
• Olympiad Archive, AoPS Wiki.

Details: This course is designed to improve students’ skills for solving number theory problems in olympiad
competitions. The class is provided in two levels.
• Beginner: An introduction to number theory. Suitable (mostly) for students in grade 5 to 10, or
basically anyone who wants to start studying number theory. I will mainly teach materials in chapters
1 and 2 of the book [TOC] to the students who take this course. For details, see the chourse schedule.
• Advanced: Suitable for students who want to compete in serious math olympiads and competitions.
I expect most of the students in this class to be in grade 8 to 12, but if you have the prerequisite
knowledge for the course, you can join the class no matter what grade you are in. Students in this
class will learn the materials presented in chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the book [TOC]. For details, see the
chourse schedule.

Prerequisites:
• Beginner: None.
• Advanced: Basic divisibility and modular arithmetic, gcd and lcm, bases, and primes.

Grading Policy:
• 80% Homeworks: 5 or 6 in total
• 20% Final exam.

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MathoPedia Online Number Theory Course Summer 2018

Course Schedule:

Week # Beginner Level Advanced Level


Week 1
Divisibility, gcd and lcm (1.1 − 1.2) Review : Divisibility, gcd and lcm
July 30, August 1
(1.1 − 1.2), Primes (4.1 − 4.3), Bases
(1.3), Basic Arithmetic Functions
(3.1, 3.2)
Week 2
Floor and Ceiling Function (3.2), Basic Modular Arithmetic (2.1, 2.2),
August 6 & 8
Primes and Prime Factorization Residue Systems and Bézout’s
(4.1 − 4.3) Lemma (2.3, 2.4), Wilson, Euler,
and Fermat Theorems (2.6, 2.7)
Week 3
Numeral Systems and Bases and Chinese Remainder Theorem (2.5),
August 13 & 15
Number of Digits (1.3), Basic Arith- Quadratic Residues (2.8)
metic Functions (3.1, 3.2)
Week 4
Basic Modular Arithmetic and Cal- Wolstenholme’s, Lucas’, and La-
August 20 & 22
culations (2.1, 2.2), Bézout’s Lemma grange’s Theorem, Order and Prim-
(2.4) itive Roots (2.9 − 2.12)
Week 5
Chinese Remainder Theorem (2.5), Advanced Techniques: Thue’s
August 27 & 29
Wilson’s Theorem (2.6) Lemma, Chicken McNugget Theo-
rem, LTE, Vieta Jumping 5.1 − 5.6
Week 6
Fermat’s and Euler’s Theorems, Common Arithmetic Functions,
September 10 & 12
Quadratic Residues (2.7, 2.8) + Multiplicative Functions and
Problem Solving Dirichlet Profuct (3.3 − 3.5)
Week 7
Brief Discussion of Wolstenholme’s, Infinitude of Primes and Bertrand’s
September 17 & 19
Lucas’, and Lagrange’s Theorem Postulate (4.1 − 4.4), Zsigmondy’s
(2.9 − 2.11), Order and Primitive Theorem (5.7), Matrices (5.8) +
Roots (2.12) Problem Solving
Week 8
Intro to Diophantine Equations Diophantine Equations + Final
September 24 & 26
2.15, Pseudoprimes 2.14 + Final Exam
Exam

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