Reviews for Algebraic K-theory and algebraic number theory

The average rating for Algebraic K-theory and algebraic number theory based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-07 00:00:00 Lois Rector An excellent introduction to a fascinating area of abstract algebra. The style is somewhat unconventional but the treatment is rigorous. The crucial theme throughout is uniqueness of factorization: it holds for the rational integers (a subring of the rational numbers) and the Gaussian integers (a subring of the rational complex numbers), but for which other algebraic integers – subrings of other algebraic-number fields – does it also hold? The journey takes the reader to the fundamental theorem of ideal theory and culminates with Kummer’s proof of Fermat’s last theorem (still only a conjecture at the time of publication of the book) in certain special cases.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-30 00:00:00 Geni Carrell A captivating beach read for the algebraically literate non-specialist.