Basic Number Theory

by André Weil

)tPI(}jlOV, e oxov (10CPUljlr1.'CWV Aiux., llpop. . .dsup.. The first part of this volume is based on a course taught at Princeton University in 1961-62; at that time, an excellent set of notes was prepared by David Cantor, and it was originally my intention to make these notes available to the mathematical public with only quite minor changes. Then, among some old papers of mine, I accidentally came across a long-forgotten manuscript by Chevalley, of pre-war vintage (forgotten, that is to say, both by me and by its author) which, to my taste at least, seemed to have aged very well. It contained a brief but essentially com plete account of the main features of classfield theory, both local and global; and it soon became obvious that the usefulness of the intended volume would be greatly enhanced if I included such a treatment of this topic. It had to be expanded, in accordance with my own plans, but its outline could be preserved without much change. In fact, I have adhered to it rather closely at some critical points."

Genres: Mathematics

316 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Khantian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weil did a little trolling with the title.

[Yasiru]

Such great tricksters mathematicians are when it comes to titles.

[The Architect]

Adeles and Ideles: The Movie

[Lucas Chen]

i will probably never have enough interest or background in algebraic number theory to read this book but you should tell that to my brain off meds while i'm romanticizing reading both weil siblings in the excruciating chicago winter