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The Theory of Algebraic Numbers (eBook)

The Theory of Algebraic Numbers (eBook)

By: Harry Pollard, Harold G. Diamond

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Detailed proofs and clear-cut explanations provide an excellent introduction to the elementary components of classical algebraic number theory in this concise, well-written volume.
The authors, a pair of noted mathematicians, start with a discussion of divisibility and proceed to examine Gaussian primes (their determination and role in Fermat's theorem); polynomials over a field (including the Eisenstein irreducibility criterion); algebraic number fields; bases (finite extensions, conjugates and discriminants, and the cyclotomic field); and algebraic integers and integral bases. After establishing a firm introductory foundation, the text explores the uses of arithmetic in algebraic number fields; the fundamental theorem of ideal theory and its consequences; ideal classes and class numbers; and the Fermat conjecture (concluding with discussions of Pythagorean triples, units in cyclotomic fields, and Kummer's theorem).
In addition to a helpful list of symbols and an index, a set of carefully chosen problems appears at the end of each chapter to reinforce mathematics covered. Students and teachers of undergraduate mathematics courses will find this volume a first-rate introduction to algebraic number theory.

Reprint of the Mathematical Association of America, second, 1975 edition.
AvailabilityInstant
ISBN 100486154378
ISBN 139780486154374
Author/EditorHarry Pollard, Harold G. Diamond
FormateBook
Page Count192
Dimensions5 3/8 x 8 1/2

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