


So, there is absolutely no example which illustrates the rather abstract material and brings it nearer to the heart of the reader. To develop this basic number theory on 312 pages efforts a maximum of concentration on the main features. Proofs of basic theorems are presented in. The spirit of the book is the idea that all this is asic number theory' about which elevates the edifice of the theory of automorphic forms and representations and other theories. The notes contain a useful introduction to important topics that need to be ad- dressed in a course in number theory. The theory is presented in a uniform way starting with topological fields and Haar measure on related groups, and it includes not only class field theory but also the theory of simple algebras over local and global fields, which serves as a foundation for class field theory. A Course on Number Theory (PDF 139P) This note explains the following topics: Algebraic numbers, Finite continued fractions, Infinite continued fractions, Periodic continued fractions, Lagrange and Pell, Euler s totient function, Quadratic residues and non-residues, Sums of squares and Quadratic forms. In fact it is by far the most complete treatment of the main theorems of algebraic number theory, including function fields over finite constant fields, that appeared in book form. Shafarevich showed me the first edition in autumn 1967 in Moscow and said that this book will be from now on the book about class field theory. In fact, I have adhered to it rather closely at some critical points. It had to be expanded, in accordance with my own plans, but its outline could be preserved without much change. Theory presents problems and their solutions in five specific areas of this branch. 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. 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. Carol Wood brought up cases where model theory, applied to number. 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. are isomorphic (this being, one would think, a basic issue for algebraic geometry). )tPI(}jlOV, e~oxov (10CPUljlr1.'CWV Aiux., llpop.dsup.
