Frontispiece of the 1670 edition of Diophantus' Arithmetica. The 1670 edition reproduces notes and observations that Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margins of the 1621 first printed edition. (This image is in the public domain.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Andrew Sutherland
MIT Course Number
18.782
As Taught In
Fall 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is an introduction to arithmetic geometry, a subject that lies at the intersection of algebraic geometry and number theory. Its primary motivation is the study of classical Diophantine problems from the modern perspective of algebraic geometry.