Additive Number Theory, Math 595, Fall 2008
Instructor
Kevin Ford (Altgeld 304, phone 265-6255, e-mail:
ford@math.uiuc.edu )
Office hours: MWF 2:00-2:50 or by appointment
Textbook
A semi-official textbook is Additive Number Theory:
The classical bases , by M. Nathanson,
Springer GTM 164 , 1996.
References
- Sequences , 2nd ed., by H. Halberstam and K. F. Roth,
Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1983.
- The Hardy-Littlewood method , 2nd ed., by R. C. Vaughan,
Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 125, 1997.
- Additive Number Theory: Inverse problems and the geometry of
sumsets , by M. Nathanson, Springer GTM 165 , 1996.
- Additive combinatorics , by T. Tao and V. Vu, 2006.
Homework
Homework problems
will be assigned periodically, with various point values.
Exams
There will be no exams.
Grades
Your grade is determined entirely by the number of homework points you
accumulate during the semester. Here is the breakdown:
| Grade | Points
|
| A+ | 100
|
| A | 60
|
| A- | 50
|
| B+ | 40
|
| B | 30
|
| B- | 20
|
| C+ | 10
|
| C | 0
|