Publication

1982 - Springer-Verlag, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

97,250 words, Guess

Page Count

389 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC512/.3
  • LCCQA247 .W35 1982

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[subscript 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 [mu]-invariant.

Subjects

Topics

CyclotomyCyclotomy.CyclotomieAlgebraic fieldsAlgebraic fields.Corps algébriquesAlgebraischer Zahlkörper

Series Statement

  • Graduate texts in mathematics ;

Other Editions

  • Introduction to cyclotomic fieldsSpringer-Verlag1982-01-01

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