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Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms [electronic resource] / by Goro Shimura.

By: Shimura, Goro [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Monographs in Mathematics: Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010Edition: 1st.Description: XII, 240p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781441917324.Subject(s): Mathematics | Algebra | Number theory | Mathematics | Algebra | Number Theory | General Algebraic SystemsDDC classification: 512 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The Quadratic Reciprocity Law -- Arithmetic in an Algebraic Number Field -- Various Basic Theorems -- Algebras Over a Field -- Quadratic Forms -- Deeper Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms -- Quadratic Diophantine Equations.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book is divided into two parts. The first part is preliminary and consists of algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras. There are two principal topics: classification of quadratic forms and quadratic Diophantine equations. The second topic is a new framework which contains the investigation of Gauss on the sums of three squares as a special case. To make the book concise, the author proves some basic theorems in number theory only in some special cases. However, the book is self-contained when the base field is the rational number field, and the main theorems are stated with an arbitrary number field as the base field. So the reader familiar with class field theory will be able to learn the arithmetic theory of quadratic forms with no further references.
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The Quadratic Reciprocity Law -- Arithmetic in an Algebraic Number Field -- Various Basic Theorems -- Algebras Over a Field -- Quadratic Forms -- Deeper Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms -- Quadratic Diophantine Equations.

This book is divided into two parts. The first part is preliminary and consists of algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras. There are two principal topics: classification of quadratic forms and quadratic Diophantine equations. The second topic is a new framework which contains the investigation of Gauss on the sums of three squares as a special case. To make the book concise, the author proves some basic theorems in number theory only in some special cases. However, the book is self-contained when the base field is the rational number field, and the main theorems are stated with an arbitrary number field as the base field. So the reader familiar with class field theory will be able to learn the arithmetic theory of quadratic forms with no further references.

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