MAT 321 Number Theory and Its Applications
Spring 2012           Final Grades                      

• Course information and topics list
• Homework
• In-class exercises and worksheets
• Demonstrations
  Time comparison--efficient modular exponentiation
  RSA 704 Fermat Test
  Time comparison--primality testing versus factoring
  RSA-704                           RSA Security Web site 
  Computer arithmetic application
  March 8 examples
  March 20 examples
  RSA_demonstration example
  RSA signed message example
  RSA troubleshooting exercise
  A Monte Carlo simulation:  throwing darts to approximate π.
  Sequence plotter demo
  Seeding Maple's rand()
  Mersenne Test for Primality
• Review topics for tests
• Rosen's website (specifically designed to complement our textbook, with annotated web links by chapter and selected solutions)
• Barcode check digit schemes
  Barcode Types and Checksum Rules | ISBN-13 | EAN-13 | EAN-13 (2) | Wikipedia check digits
• The Prime Pages (all sorts of interesting information about prime numbers)
• The GIMPS page (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search)

Last updated 5/9/12