Binary Quadratic Forms
Buell, Duncan A. (Bowie, Md, Usa)
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Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
The first coherent exposition of the theory of binary quadratic forms was given by Gauss in the Disqnisitiones Arithmeticae. During the nine teenth century, as the theory of ideals and the rudiments of algebraic number theory were developed, it became clear that this theory of bi nary quadratic forms, so elementary and computationally explicit, was indeed just a special case of a much more elega,nt and abstract theory which, unfortunately, is not computationally explicit. In recent years the original theory has been laid aside. Gauss's proofs, which involved brute force computations that can be done in what is essentially a ... Read more
The first coherent exposition of the theory of binary quadratic forms was given by Gauss in the Disqnisitiones Arithmeticae. During the nine teenth century, as the theory of ideals and the rudiments of algebraic number theory were developed, it became clear that this theory of bi nary quadratic forms, so elementary and computationally explicit, was indeed just a special case of a much more elega,nt and abstract theory which, unfortunately, is not computationally explicit. In recent years the original theory has been laid aside. Gauss's proofs, which involved brute force computations that can be done in what is essentially a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387970370
SKU
V9780387970370
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