Date Sections in Burton Other Activities Topic Discussed
October 31 1.1 HALLOWEEN Pythagorean triples, proof technique, Induction!
November 1 1.2, 1.3, 2.1 The Division Algorithm
November 2 2.2, 2.3  Homework #1 due GCDs, Euclidean Algorithm
November 3 2.4 Linear Diophantine Equations
November 4 3.1, 3.2 Primes, Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
November 7 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Homework #2 due Congruence
November 8 4.4 Chinese Remainder Thm
November 9 5.1, 5.3 Fermat's Theorem
November 10 5.4 REVIEW for midterm Wilson's Theorem
November 11 MIDTERM 
November 14 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Homework #3 due Euler's Theorem
November 15 8.1, 8.2 Primitive Roots
November 16 9.1, 9.2 Project Presentations All Primes have a primitive root!
November 17 9.1, 9.2 Homework #4 due Euler's Criterion
November 18 9.3 Quadratic Reciprocity
November 21 11.1, 11.2 Fermat's Last Theorem
November 22 REVIEW Homework #5 due
November 23 FINAL EXAM
November 24 Block Break THANKSGIVING

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