Publication

1997 - Springer New York, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

121,750 words, Guess

Page Count

487 pages

Physical Format

[electronic resource] /

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC512.7
  • LCCQA241-247.5

Description

Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields is a carefully written exposition of a central area of number theory that can be used as a second course in algebraic number theory. Starting at an elementary level, the volume covers p-adic L-functions, class numbers, cyclotomic units, Fermat's Last Theorem, and Iwasawa's theory of Z_p-extensions, leading the reader to an understanding of modern research literature. Many exercises are included. The second edition includes a new chapter on the work of Thaine, Kolyvagin, and Rubin, including a proof of the Main Conjecture. There is also a chapter giving other recent developments, including primality testing via Jacobi sums and Sinnott's proof of the vanishing of Iwasawa's f-invariant.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 0072-5285 -- 83

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Other Editions

  • Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields[electronic resource] /Springer New York1997-01-01

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