A course in arithmetic / J.-P. Serre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serre, Jean-Pierre, 1926-

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Graduate texts in mathematics ; 7.

Graduate texts in mathematics ; 7

Standardized Title:

Cours d'arithmétique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Forms, Quadratic.

Analytic functions.

Physical Description:

viii, 115 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer-Verlag, [1973]

Summary:

Serre's A Course in Arithmetic is a concentrated, modern introduction to basically three areas of number theory, quadratic forms, Dirichlet's density theorem, and modular forms. The first edition was very well accepted and is now one of the leading introductory texts on the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level.From the reviews: ..." The book is carefully written - in particular very much self-contained. As was the intention of the author, it is easily accessible to graduate or even undergraduate students, yet even the advanced mathematician will enjoy reading it. The last chapter, more difficult for the beginner, is an introduction to contemporary problems." American Scientist

Notes:

Translation of Cours d'arithmétique.

Bibliography: pages 112-113.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0387900403

OCLC:

623223