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Monday 31 October 2011

Number Theory course - 1.1

We want to develop the most comprehensive, intuitive and exciting number theory course (for mathematics olympiad).

The first step toward that goal is to gather the important books.
  1. Mathematical Circles by Fomin
  2. Excursion in Mathematics by Bhaskaracharya Pratisthana
  3. 104 Number Theory Problems by Titu Andreescu
  4. Problem Solving Strategies by Arthur Engel
  5. Elements of Number Theory by David Burton
Unfortunately none of the books are 'explicit' as far as the proof of relatively complicated theorems go. For example none of them have 'understandable' or 'intuitive' discussion on the proofs of Chinese Remainder Theorem or Wilson's Theorem. The point is not about 'dumbing down ' the matter. Feynman did not dumb down physics yet he managed to keep it interesting (Ref: Lectures on Physics).

CHEENTA Number Theory course work is split up into 14 sessions. Each session is of 180 minutes or three hours.
  1. Session 1 - Mathematical Circles
  2. Session 2 - Mathematical Circles
  3. Session 3 - Mathematical Circles
  4. Session 4 - Mathematical Circles
  5. Session 5 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  6. Session 6 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  7. Session 7 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  8. Session 8 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  9. Session 9 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  10. Session 10 - 104 Number Theory Problems
  11. Session 11 - Problem Solving Strategies
  12. Session 12 - Problem Solving Strategies
  13. Session 13 - Problem Solving Strategies
  14. Session 14 - Problem Solving Strategies
We want to solve about 200 (Problem Solving Strategies) + 200 (104 Number Theory Problems) + 150 problems (Mathematical Circles) = 550 problems inside classroom. Elementary Number Theory by Burton will be used as an additional theoretical companion whereas Excursion in Mathematics as an additional problem solving aid.

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