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Quadratic Irrationals: An Introduction to Classical Number Theory gives a unified treatment of the classical theory of quadratic irrationals. Presenting the material in a modern and elementary algebraic setting, the author focuses on equivalence, continued fractions, quadratic characters, quadratic...

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Main Author: Halter-Koch, Franz
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2013.
Series:Pure and applied mathematics. Monographs and textbooks in pure and applied mathematics
Subjects:
Quadratic fields.
Algebraic number theory.
Corps quadratiques.
Théorie algébrique des nombres.
MATHEMATICS > Algebra > General.
MATHEMATICS > Number Theory.
MATHEMATICS > Combinatorics.
Algebraic number theory
Quadratic fields
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Quadratic Irrationals: An Introduction to Classical Number Theory gives a unified treatment of the classical theory of quadratic irrationals. Presenting the material in a modern and elementary algebraic setting, the author focuses on equivalence, continued fractions, quadratic characters, quadratic orders, binary quadratic forms, and class groups. The book highlights the connection between Gauss's theory of binary forms and the arithmetic of quadratic orders. It collects essential results of the theory that have previously been difficult to access and scattered in the literature, including bin.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-410) and index.
ISBN:1299704557
9781299704558
9781466591844
1466591846