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This is a fairly standard graduate course on algebraic number theory.
Contents
- Preliminaries From Commutative Algebra
- Rings of Integers
- Dedekind Domains; Factorization
- The Finiteness of the Class Number
- The Unit Theorem
- Cyclotomic Extensions; Fermat's Last Theorem
- Valuations; Local Fields
- Global Fields
Prerequisites
The algebra usually covered in a first-year graduate course, including
Galois theory, group theory, and multilinear algebra. An undergraduate number
theory course will also be helpful.
History
v2.01; August 14, 1996; first version on the web; 144p.
v2.10; August 31, 1998; fixed many minor errors; added exercises and index; 140p.
v3.00; February 11, 2008; corrected; revisions and additions; 163 pages.
v3.01; September 28, 2008; fixed a problem with the hyperlinks; 163 pages.
v3.02; April 30, 2009; fixed many minor errors; changed chapter and pages styles; 164 pages.
v3.03; May 29, 2011; minor fixes; 167 pages.
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