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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480132003321

Autore

Ireland Kenneth

Titolo

A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory [[electronic resource] /] / by Kenneth Ireland, Michael Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1990

ISBN

1-4757-2103-X

Edizione

[2nd ed. 1990.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 394 p.)

Collana

Graduate Texts in Mathematics, , 0072-5285 ; ; 84

Disciplina

512.7

Soggetti

Number theory

Number Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Unique Factorization -- 2 Applications of Unique Factorization -- 3 Congruence -- 4 The Structure of U(?/n?) -- 5 Quadratic Reciprocity -- 6 Quadratic Gauss Sums -- 7 Finite Fields -- 8 Gauss and Jacobi Sums -- 9 Cubic and Biquadratic Reciprocity -- 10 Equations over Finite Fields -- 11 The Zeta Function -- 12 Algebraic Number Theory -- 13 Quadratic and Cyclotomic Fields -- 14 The Stickelberger Relation and the Eisenstein Reciprocity Law -- 15 Bernoulli Numbers -- 16 Dirichlet L-functions -- 17 Diophantine Equations -- 18 Elliptic Curves -- 19 The Mordell-Weil Theorem -- 20 New Progress in Arithmetic Geometry -- Selected Hints for the Exercises.

Sommario/riassunto

Bridging the gap between elementary number theory and the systematic study of advanced topics, A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory is a well-developed and accessible text that requires only a familiarity with basic abstract algebra. Historical development is stressed throughout, along with wide-ranging coverage of significant results with comparatively elementary proofs, some of them new. An extensive bibliography and many challenging exercises are also included. This second edition has been corrected and contains two new chapters which provide a complete proof of the Mordell-Weil theorem for elliptic curves over the rational numbers, and an overview of recent progress on the arithmetic of elliptic curves.