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Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields/ Lawrence C. Washington

By: Series: Graduate Texts in MathematicsPublication details: New York: Springer, ©1997.Edition: 2nd EdDescription: xiv, 487pISBN:
  • 978-0387947624
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 512.74  WasI
Summary: This text on a central area of number theory covers p-adic L-functions, class numbers, cyclotomic units, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and Iwasawa’s theory of Z_p-extensions. This edition contains a new chapter on the work of Thaine, Kolyvagin, and Rubin, including a proof of the Main Conjecture, as well as a chapter on other recent developments, such as primality testing via Jacobi sums and Sinnott’s proof of the vanishing of Iwasawa’s f-invariant.
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 01st-15th April 2026, Vol. 07, Issue 06
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This text on a central area of number theory covers p-adic L-functions, class numbers, cyclotomic units, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and Iwasawa’s theory of Z_p-extensions. This edition contains a new chapter on the work of Thaine, Kolyvagin, and Rubin, including a proof of the Main Conjecture, as well as a chapter on other recent developments, such as primality testing via Jacobi sums and Sinnott’s proof of the vanishing of Iwasawa’s f-invariant.

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