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Class field theory: from theory to practice

By Georges Gras , H. Cohen

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
ISBN
9783540441335, 3-540-44133-6
ISSN
1439-7382
Open Library ID
OL9057909M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2610157 bytes)
Series
Springer monographs in mathematics
Edition
2nd
Pages
505\505
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Global class field theory is a major achievement of algebraic number theory, based on the functorial properties of the reciprocity map and the existence theorem. The author works out the consequences and the practical use of these results by giving detailed studies and illustrations of classical subjects (classes, idFles, ray class fields, symbols, reciprocity laws, Hasse's principles, the Grunwald-Wang theorem, Hilbert's towers,...). He also proves some new or less-known results (reflection theorem, structure of the abelian closure of a number field) and puts emphasis on the invariant (/cal T) p, of abelian p-ramification, which is related to important Galois cohomology properties and p-adic conjectures. This book, intermediary between the classical literature published in the sixties and recent computational one, gives much material in an elementary way, and is suitable for students, researchers, and all those who are fascinated by this theory.

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