MATH 403 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Individual conferences. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2018, MATH 403-01: Directed Individual Study: Derivatives Markets (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course is designed to prepare students for Exam MFE (Models for Financial Economics) from the Society of Actuaries. McRae.

Winter 2018, MATH 403-02: Directed Individual Study: Number Theory (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A study of the properties of integers. Topics include divisibility, congruences, prime numbers, the Euclidean algorithm, the Chinese Remainder Theorem, Fermat’s Little Theorem, Euler’s Theorem, Euler’s phi function, the quadratic reciprocity law, and applications to encryption and data security. Keller.