Instructor(s)
Prof. Abhinav Kumar
MIT Course Number
18.786
As Taught In
Spring 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to algebraic number theory. Topics covered include dedekind domains, unique factorization of prime ideals, number fields, splitting of primes, class group, lattice methods, finiteness of the class number, Dirichlet's units theorem, local fields, ramification, discriminants.