Selected chapters in number theory / Hermann Minkowski; notes by H. Hofmann; translated from the German by Alice Peters and Wolf Beiglboeck; translation edited by John B. Little; foreword by John B. Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minkowski, H. (Hermann), 1864-1909, Author.

Contributor:

American Mathematical Society, publisher.

Universität Göttingen

Little, John B., Editor.

Beiglboeck, Wolf, Translator.

Peters, Alice, Translator.

Hofmann, H., writer of supplemental textual content.

Series:

History of mathematics ; volume 50.

History of mathematics ; vol 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fermat's theorem.

Number theory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 145 pages : 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2025]

Summary:

This book is an English translation of notes (never published) from the course on number theory taught by Minkowski at the Göttingen University in Winter 1907/08. The main topic of the course was the Fermat theorem and various methods used to prove it at that time. The translation is appended by the foreword written by John Little, who also edited the translation. The original notes are property of the Göttingen University; they are kept in the Archives of Göttingen University.

Contents:

Fermat's theorem

The theory of algebraic numbers

Special theory of prime ideals

Fermat's theorem revisited

ISBN:

1470482010

9781470482015

OCLC:

1551365726

Publisher Number:

90103316913