A Classical Invitation to Algebraic Numbers and Class Fields

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohn, Harvey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1978, 1978
Edition:1st ed. 1978
Series:Universitext
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Preliminaries
  • 1. Introductory Remarks on Quadratic Forms
  • 2. Algebraic Background
  • 3. Quadratic Euclidean Rings
  • 4. Congruence Classes
  • 5. Polynomial Rings
  • 6. Dedekind Domains
  • 7. Extensions of Dedekind Domains
  • 8. Rational and Elliptic Functions
  • II. Ideal Structure in Number Fields
  • 9. Basis and Discriminant
  • 10. Prime Factorization
  • 11. Units
  • 12. Geometry of Numbers
  • 13. Finite Determination of Class Number
  • III. Introduction to Class Field Theory
  • 14. Quadratic Forms, Rings and Genera
  • 15. Ray Class Structure and Fields, Hilbert Class Fields
  • 16. Hilbert Sequences
  • 17 Discriminant and Conductor
  • 18. The Artin Isomorphism
  • 19. The Zeta-Function
  • Appendices (by Olga Taussky)
  • Lectures on Class Field Theory by E. Artin (Göttingen 1932) Notes by O. Taussky
  • into Connections Between Algebraic Number Theory and Integral Matrices (Appendix by Olga Taussky)
  • Subject Matter Index