Author: Michael C. Berg Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118031199 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 118
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A unique synthesis of the three existing Fourier-analytictreatments of quadratic reciprocity. The relative quadratic case was first settled by Hecke in 1923,then recast by Weil in 1964 into the language of unitary grouprepresentations. The analytic proof of the general n-th order caseis still an open problem today, going back to the end of Hecke'sfamous treatise of 1923. The Fourier-Analytic Proof of QuadraticReciprocity provides number theorists interested in analyticmethods applied to reciprocity laws with a unique opportunity toexplore the works of Hecke, Weil, and Kubota. This work brings together for the first time in a single volume thethree existing formulations of the Fourier-analytic proof ofquadratic reciprocity. It shows how Weil's groundbreakingrepresentation-theoretic treatment is in fact equivalent to Hecke'sclassical approach, then goes a step further, presenting Kubota'salgebraic reformulation of the Hecke-Weil proof. Extensivecommutative diagrams for comparing the Weil and Kubotaarchitectures are also featured. The author clearly demonstrates the value of the analytic approach,incorporating some of the most powerful tools of modern numbertheory, including adèles, metaplectric groups, andrepresentations. Finally, he points out that the critical commonfactor among the three proofs is Poisson summation, whosegeneralization may ultimately provide the resolution for Hecke'sopen problem.
Author: Andre Weil Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9783540650362 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 112
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Drawn from the Foreword: (...) On the other hand, since much of the material in this volume seems suitable for inclusion in elementary courses, it may not be superfluous to point out that it is almost entirely self-contained. Even the basic facts about trigonometric functions are treated ab initio in Ch. II, according to Eisenstein's method. It would have been both logical and convenient to treat the gamma -function similarly in Ch. VII; for the sake of brevity, this has not been done, and a knowledge of some elementary properties of T(s) has been assumed. One further prerequisite in Part II is Dirichlet's theorem on Fourier series, together with the method of Poisson summation which is only a special case of that theorem; in the case under consideration (essentially no more than the transformation formula for the theta-function) this presupposes the calculation of some classical integrals. (...) As to the final chapter, it concerns applications to number theory (...).
Author: Walter Rudin Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9783540682721 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 464
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Function Theory in the Unit Ball of Cn. From the reviews: "...The book is easy on the reader. The prerequisites are minimal—just the standard graduate introduction to real analysis, complex analysis (one variable), and functional analysis. This presentation is unhurried and the author does most of the work. ...certainly a valuable reference book, and (even though there are no exercises) could be used as a text in advanced courses." R. Rochberg in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. "...an excellent introduction to one of the most active research fields of complex analysis. ...As the author emphasizes, the principal ideas can be presented clearly and explicitly in the ball, specific theorems can be quickly proved. ...Mathematics lives in the book: main ideas of theorems and proofs, essential features of the subjects, lines of further developments, problems and conjectures are continually underlined. ...Numerous examples throw light on the results as well as on the difficulties." C. Andreian Cazacu in Zentralblatt für Mathematik
Author: Katsumi Nomizu Publisher: American Mathematical Soc. ISBN: 9780821808405 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 160
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The five papers originally appeared in Japanese in the journal Sugaku and would ordinarily appear in the Society's translation of that journal, but are published separately here to expedite their dissemination. They explore such aspects as representation theory, differential geometry, invariant theory, and complex analysis. No index. Member prices are $47 for institutions and $35 for individual. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author: William Duke Publisher: American Mathematical Soc. ISBN: 9780821843079 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 270
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Articles in this volume are based on talks given at the Gauss-Dirichlet Conference held in Gottingen on June 20-24, 2005. The conference commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of C.-F. Gauss and the 200th anniversary of the birth of J.-L. Dirichlet. The volume begins with a definitive summary of the life and work of Dirichlet and continues with thirteen papers by leading experts on research topics of current interest in number theory that were directly influenced by Gauss and Dirichlet. Among the topics are the distribution of primes (long arithmetic progressions of primes and small gaps between primes), class groups of binary quadratic forms, various aspects of the theory of $L$-functions, the theory of modular forms, and the study of rational and integral solutions to polynomial equations in several variables. Information for our distributors: Titles in this series are co-published with the Clay Mathematics Institute (Cambridge, MA).
Author: Richard Courant Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642571492 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 585
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From the reviews: "...one of the best textbooks introducing several generations of mathematicians to higher mathematics. ... This excellent book is highly recommended both to instructors and students." --Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, 1991
Author: Albrecht Dold Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642678211 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 390
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Springer is reissuing a selected few highly successful books in a new, inexpensive softcover edition to make them easily accessible to younger generations of students and researchers. Springer-Verlag began publishing books in higher mathematics in 1920. This is a reprint of the Second Edition.
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