Primes of the Form X2 + Ny2: Fermat, Class Field Theory, and Complex Multiplication by David A. Cox

Primes of the Form X2 + Ny2: Fermat, Class Field Theory, and Complex Multiplication

David A. Cox

351 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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While most texts concentrate on only the elementary or advanced aspects of this story, Primes of the Form x2 + ny2 begins with Fermat and explains how his work ultimately gave birth to quadratic reciprocity and the genus theory of quadratic forms...

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