Quadratic Irrationals An Introduction To Classical Number Theory
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781466591837
Description: "This work focuses on the number theory of quadratic irrationalities in various forms, including continued fractions, orders in quadratic number fields, and binary quadratic forms. It presents classical results obtained by the famous number theorists Gauss, Legendre, Lagrange, and Dirichlet. Collecting information previously scattered in the literature, the book covers the classical theory of continued fractions, quadratic orders, binary quadratic forms, and class groups based on the concept of a quadratic irrational"--