Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

Ash, Avner

ISBN 10: 0691151199 / ISBN 13: 9780691151199

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2012

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Inhaltsangabe:

Elliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics--the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem. The key to the conjecture lies in elliptic curves, which are cubic equations in two variables. These equations may appear simple, yet they arise from some very deep--and often very mystifying--mathematical ideas. Using only basic algebra and calculus while presenting numerous eye-opening examples, Ash and Gross make these ideas accessible to general readers, and in the process venture to the very frontiers of modern mathematics. Along the way, they give an informative and entertaining introduction to some of the most profound discoveries of the last three centuries in algebraic geometry, abstract algebra, and number theory.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Avner Ash is professor of mathematics at Boston College. Robert Gross is associate professor of mathematics at Boston College. They are the coauthors of Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers (Princeton).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number...
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good