Integral Quadratic Forms - Couverture rigide

Watson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521067421 ISBN 13 : 9780521067423

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1960

Synopsis

This tract gives a fairly elementary account of the theory of quadratic forms with integral coefficients and variables.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This tract gives a fairly elementary account of the theory of quadratic forms with integral coefficients and variables. It assumes a knowledge of the rudiments of matrix algebra and of elementary number theory, but scarcely any analysis. It is therefore intelligible to beginners and helps to prepare them for the study of the advanced work on quadratic forms over general rings. Dr Watson works step by step from wider (and easier) to narrower relations between forms, the final goal being the study of equivalence. The important problem of representation of integers is fully discussed in the course of the main development. There is an early chapter on reduction. Existing work on the theory of integral quadratic forms is obscure (partly for historical reasons). But the straightforward approach adopted by Dr Watson leads to a consideration of most of the main problems; there are proofs of many recent results, including some discovered by Dr Watson but hitherto unpublished.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1960
• ISBN 10: 0521067421
• ISBN 13: 9780521067423
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible