Algebraic Number Theory Lectures

Author: Erich Hecke
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: Hecke was certainly one of the masters, and in fact, the study of Hecke L-series and Hecke operators has permanently embedded his name in the fabric of number theory. It is a rare occurrence when a master writes a basic book, and Hecke's Lectures on the Theory of Algebraic Numbers has become a classic. To quote another master, Andre Weil: "To improve upon Hecke, in a treatment along classic lines of the theory of algebraic numbers, would be a futile and impossible task."