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J. W. S. Cassels, J. W. Bruce, C. M. Series

Local Fields

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext The p-adic numbers! the earliest of local fields! were introduced by Hensel some 70 years ago as a natural tool in algebra number theory. Today the use of this and other local fields pervades much of mathematics! yet these simple and natural concepts! which often provide remarkably easy solutions to complex problems! are not as familiar as they should be. This book! based on postgraduate lectures at Cambridge! is meant to rectify this situation by providing a fairly elementary and self-contained introduction to local fields. After a general introduction! attention centres on the p-adic numbers and their use in number theory. There follow chapters on algebraic number theory! diophantine equations and on the analysis of a p-adic variable. This book will appeal to undergraduates! and even amateurs! interested in number theory! as well as to graduate students. Zusammenfassung The p-adic numbers! the earliest of local fields! were introduced by Hensel some 70 years ago as a natural tool in algebra number theory. This book is meant to rectify this situation by providing a fairly elementary and self-contained introduction to local fields. This book will appeal to graduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Leitfaden; Notational conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. General properties; 3. Archimedean valuations; 4. Non archimedean valuations; 5. Embedding theorem; 6. Transcendental extensions; 7. Algebraic extensions; 8. p-adic fields; 9. Algebraic extensions; 10. Algebraic number fields; 11. Diophantine equations; 12. Advanced analysis; 13. A theorem of Borel and work; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

Authors	J. W. S. Cassels
Assisted by	J. W. Bruce (Editor), C. M. Series (Editor)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press ELT

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	21.08.1986

EAN	9780521315258
ISBN	978-0-521-31525-8
No. of pages	376
Series	Cambridge Computer Science Tex
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra

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