Classical theory of algebraic numbers

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Classical theory of algebraic numbers

Paulo Ribenboim

(Universitext)

Springer, c2001

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Note

Rev. ed. of: Algebraic numbers. 1972

Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-672) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The exposition of the classical theory of algebraic numbers is clear and thorough, and there is a large number of exercises as well as worked out numerical examples. A careful study of this book will provide a solid background to the learning of more recent topics.

Table of Contents

* Unique Factorization Domains, Ideals, Principal Ideal Domains * Commutative Fields * Residue Classes * Quadratic Residues * Algebraic Integers * Integral Basis, Discriminant * The Decomposition of Ideals * The Norm and Classes of Ideals * Estimates for the Discriminant * Units * Extension of Ideals * Algebraic Interlude * The Relative Trace, Norm, Discriminant and Different * The Decomposition of Prime Ideals in Galois Extensions * Complements and Miscellaneous Numerical Examples * Local Methods for Cyclotomic Fields * Bernoulli Numbers * Fermat's Last Theorem for Regular Prime Exponents * More on Cyclotomic Extensions * Characters and Gaussian Sums * Zeta-Functions and L-Series * The Dedekind Zeta- Function * Primes in Arithmetic Progressions * The Frobenius Automorphism and the Splitting of Prime Ideals * Class Number of Quadratic Fields * Class Number of Cyclotomic Fields * Miscellaneous Results about the Class Number of Cyclotomic Fields

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Details

  • NCID
    BA5173006X
  • ISBN
    • 0387950702
  • LCCN
    00040044
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 681 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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