MATH 205A

Number Theory

Mathematics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Algebraic number theory, including ideal theory, valuations, local fields, cyclotomic fields. Introduction to class-field theory, analytic number theory, L-functions and class number formulas, and modular forms.

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Fall 2025
Fall 2026

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 210A, 246A.

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MATH 205A

MATH 210AAlgebra
- MATH 110AAlgebra
  - MATH 115ALinear Algebra1 more beneath
- MATH 110BAlgebra
  - MATH 110AAlgebraanother path to it
  - MATH 117Algebra for Applications

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