
A Course in Arithmetic
J. P. Serre(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
197th Edition
Published on 31. December 1996
Book
Hardback
IX, 115 pages
978-3-540-90040-5 (ISBN)
Description
A concentrated introduction to three major areas of number theory: quadratic forms; Dirichlet's density theorem; and modular forms. The text begins with fundamental concepts and progresses to more advanced problems.
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Series
Edition
197., Corr. 5th printing
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 figs.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
125 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-90040-5 (9783540900405)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Algebraic methods: finite fields; p-adic fields; Hilbert symbol; quadratic forms over Qp, and over Q; integral quadratic forms with discriminant +-1. Part 2 Analytic methods: the theorem on arithmetic progressions; modular forms.