Algebraic number theory /
Author / Creator: | Jarvis, Frazer, author. |
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Imprint: | Cham : Springer, 2014. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, 1615-2085 Springer undergraduate mathematics series, |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11086039 |
Summary: | This undergraduate textbook provides an approachable and thorough introduction to the topic of algebraic number theory, taking the reader from unique factorisation in the integers through to the modern-day number field sieve. The first few chapters consider the importance of arithmetic in fields larger than the rational numbers. Whilst some results generalise well, the unique factorisation of the integers in these more general number fields often fail. Algebraic number theory aims to overcome this problem. Most examples are taken from quadratic fields, for which calculations are easy to perform. The middle section considers more general theory and results for number fields, and the book concludes with some topics which are more likely to be suitable for advanced students, namely, the analytic class number formula and the number field sieve. This is the first time that the number field sieve has been considered in a textbook at this level. |
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Item Description: | Includes index. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9783319075457 3319075454 3319075446 9783319075440 |
ISSN: | 1615-2085 |