January Lectures

Week of January 5-9

Jan 5: Course introduction. Six proofs of the infinitude of primes.
Jan 7: Six proofs of the infinitude of primes (cont).

Week of January 12-16

Jan 12: Three proofs that the sum of the reciprocal of the primes diverges.
Jan 14: Bertrand's postulate.

Week of January 19-23

Jan 19: Bertrand's postulate (cont). Every finite division ring is a field.
Jan 21: Every finite division ring is a field (cont).

Week of January 26-30

Jan 26: Some irrational numbers.
Jan 28: Riemann zeta function.

To February lectures.