Algebraic Number Theory

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Algebraic number fields and rings of algebraic integers; arithmetic in algebraic number fields; ideals; unique factorization of ideals; ideal classes and the class group; finiteness of the class number; Minkowski's theorem; Dirichlet's unit theorem; quadratic and cyclotomic number fields; splitting of primes in extension fields. Prerequisite: MATH 653 or approval of instructor.