204 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
204 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
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This book is an introduction to the theory of algebraic numbers and algebraic functions of one variable. The basic development is the same for both using E Artin's legant approach, via valuations. Number Theory is pursued as far as the unit theorem and the finiteness of the class number. In function theory the aim is the Abel-Jacobi theorem describing the devisor class group, with occasional... Read more
1. Fields with valuations 2. Extensions 3. Global fields 4. Function fields 5. Algebraic function fields in two variables
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P.M. Cohn






