Quadratic residues and non-residues : selected topics /: selected topics. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steve Wright.
• Authors: Wright, Steve (Steve J.)
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Solving the General Quadratic Congruence Modulo a Prime -- Chapter 2. Basic Facts -- Chapter 3. Gauss' Theorema Aureum: the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity -- Chapter 4. Four Interesting Applications of Quadratic Reciprocity -- Chapter 5. The Zeta Function of an Algebraic Number Field and Some Applications -- Chapter 6. Elementary Proofs -- Chapter 7. Dirichlet L-functions and the Distribution of Quadratic Residues -- Chapter 8. Dirichlet's Class-Number Formula -- Chapter 9. Quadratic Residues and Non-residues in Arithmetic Progression -- Chapter 10. Are quadratic residues randomly distributed? -- Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 512.7/2; Mathematics; Congruences and residues; Number theory; Algebra; Field theory (Physics); Discrete groups; Fourier analysis; Congruences and residues; Number theory; Mathematics -- Algebra -- Abstract; Mathematics -- Geometry -- Analytic; Mathematics -- Mathematical Analysis; Algebra; Algebraic geometry; Functional analysis & transforms; Mathematics -- Number Theory; Number theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319459554; 3319459554; 3319459546; 9783319459547
• Related ISBNs: 9783319459547
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 1, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.