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Dewey Class	512
Title	Topics in Number Theory ([EBook]) / by J. S. Chahal.
Author	Chahal, Jasbir S.
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	Boston, MA : Springer US , 1988.
Physical Details	XIV, 191 pages : online resource.
Series	The University series in mathematics
ISBN	9781489904393
Summary Note	This book reproduces, with minor changes, the notes prepared for a course given at Brigham Young University during the academic year 1984-1985. It is intended to be an introduction to the theory of numbers. The audience consisted largely of undergraduate students with no more background than high school mathematics. The presentation was thus kept as elementary and self-contained as possible. However, because the discussion was, generally, carried far enough to introduce the audience to some areas of current research, the book should also be useful to graduate students. The only prerequisite to reading the book is an interest in and aptitude for mathe matics. Though the topics may seem unrelated, the study of diophantine equations has been our main goal. I am indebted to several mathematicians whose published as well as unpublished work has been freely used throughout this book. In particular, the Phillips Lectures at Haverford College given by Professor John T. Tate have been an important source of material for the book. Some parts of Chapter 5 on algebraic curves are, for example, based on these lectures.:
Contents note	1. Basic Properties of the Integers -- 2. Algebraic Methods -- 3. Representation of Integers by Forms -- 4. Algebraic Number Fields -- 5. Algebraic Curves -- 6. The Mordell-Weil Theorem -- 7. Computation of the Mordell-Weil Group -- 8. Equations over Finite Fields -- Appendix. Weierstrass Theory -- A.1. Review of Complex Analysis -- A.2. Elliptic Functions -- A.3. The Weierstrass Equation -- A.4. Addition Theorems -- A.5. Isomorphic Classes of Elliptic Curves -- A.6. Endomorphisms of an Elliptic Curve -- A.7. Points of Finite Order -- Some Great Number Theorists.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0439-3
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Algebra . Mathematics . Number Theory . Authors: Chahal, Jasbir S. . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: The University series in mathematics . Classification: 512 .

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