| Algebraic Numbers and Algebraic Functions Contributor(s): Cohn, P. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1315890488 ISBN-13: 9781315890487 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Number Theory |
| Physical Information: 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an introduction to the theory of algebraic numbers and algebraic functions of one variable. The basic development is the same for both using E Artin's legant approach, via valuations. Number Theory is pursued as far as the unit theorem and the finiteness of the class number. In function theory the aim is the Abel-Jacobi theorem describing the devisor class group, with occasional geometrical asides to help understanding. Assuming only an undergraduate course in algebra, plus a little acquaintance with topology and complex function theory, the book serves as an introduction to more technical works in algebraic number theory, function theory or algebraic geometry by an exposition of the central themes in the subject. |