All Questions
Tagged with books nt.number-theory
8
questions
12
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Can I find Fermat's complete works anywhere?
I admire the mathematician very much and want to look at his writings. Is there anywhere in book or web form that has a collection of his writings?
- 121
10
votes
4
answers
2k
views
Advice for number theory library
Hi I just got a faculty position and it comes with a generous start up funds for "office supplies", which I must use or lose. What does a pure mathematician need? I have good computers already. I ...
2
votes
1
answer
587
views
Principal term of the Dirichlet Divisor problem, from the work of A.F. Lavrik?
Ivic writes, at the beginning of chapter 13 of his The Riemann Zeta Function, about a method of expressing the principal terms of the Dirichlet Divisor Problem as polynomials of $log\\ n $ with ...
- 607
41
votes
4
answers
7k
views
Elementary number theory text from a categorical perspective
My question is somewhat similar to this previous question, but from a slightly different perspective. Is there any textbook on elementary number theory that develops the properties of $\mathbb{Z}$ as, ...
- 5,639
31
votes
2
answers
4k
views
Number theory textbook based on the absolute Galois group?
I've just finished reading Ash and Gross's Fearless Symmetry, a wonderful little pop mathematics book on, among other things, Galois representations. The book made clear a very interesting ...
45
votes
17
answers
48k
views
Good algebraic number theory books
I have just finished a master's degree in mathematics and want to learn everything possible about algebraic number fields and especially applications to the generalized Pell equation (my thesis topic),...
50
votes
13
answers
6k
views
Erratum for Cassels-Froehlich
Edit 25 April 2010: I have a physical copy of the new printing of the book. I can only assume the LMS is now selling it (but have no details).
IMPORTANT EDIT: THE RESULTS ARE IN! Ok, the deadline has ...
16
votes
4
answers
6k
views
Number theory textbook with an algebraic perspective
Most of the number theory textbooks I've dealt with take a very classical approach to the subject. I'm looking for a textbook that's something like a first course in number theory for people who have ...