Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.785 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Analytic Number Theory 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Kiran Kedlaya 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.785 Analytic Number Theory
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  18.785 Analytic Number Theory
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  The prime numbers (highlighted above) were identified using the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Named after the ancient Greek mathematician and scientist, Eratosthenes, it is an algorithm for identifying all prime numbers up to a given number n (in this case, up to 100). (Image by MIT OCW.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is an introduction to analytic number theory, including the use of zeta functions and L-functions to prove distribution results concerning prime numbers (e.g., the prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions).