Key information
- Faculty
- Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Teaching department
- Mathematics
- Credit value
- 15
- Restrictions
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This module is normally taken by third year students on single or combined honours degrees, who have taken MATH0034 Number Theory and MATH0053 Algebra 4.
- Timetable
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Alternative credit options
There are no alternative credit options available for this module.
Algebraic number theory is one of the foundations of modern number theory. An algebraic number field is a finite algebraic extension of the field of rational numbers, and algebraic number theory studies the arithmetic of algebraic number fields: the ring of integers in the number field, the ideas and units in the ring of integers, the extent to which unique factorization holds, etc. As well as being interesting objects in their own right, number fields can be used to prove results about the ordinary integers; a very advanced application is the proof of Fermat's last theorem.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Intended teaching term:
Term 2 ÌýÌýÌý
Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 6)
Teaching and assessment
- Mode of study
- In person
- Methods of assessment
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90%
Exam
10%
Coursework
- Mark scheme
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Numeric Marks
Other information
- Number of students on module in previous year
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22
- Module leader
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Professor Richard Hill
- Who to contact for more information
- math.ugteaching@ucl.ac.uk
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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