Arithmetic of quadratic forms /
Kitaoka, Yoshiyuki, 1946-
Arithmetic of quadratic forms / Yoshiyuki Kitaoka. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 106 . - Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 106. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Preface -- 1. General theory of quadratic forms -- 2. Positive definite quadratic forms over R -- 3. Quadratic forms over local fields -- 4. Quadratic forms over Q -- 5. Quadratic forms over the p-adic integer ring -- 6. Quadratic forms over Z -- 7. Some functorial properties of positive definite quadratic forms -- Notes -- References -- Index.
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to quadratic forms that builds from basics up to the most recent results. Professor Kitaoka is well known for his work in this area, and in this book he covers many aspects of the subject, including lattice theory, Siegel's formula, and some results involving tensor products of positive definite quadratic forms. The reader is required to have only a knowledge of algebraic number fields, making this book ideal for graduate students and researchers wishing for an insight into quadratic forms.
9780511666155 (ebook)
Forms, Quadratic.
QA243 / .K48 1993
512/.74
Arithmetic of quadratic forms / Yoshiyuki Kitaoka. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 106 . - Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 106. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Preface -- 1. General theory of quadratic forms -- 2. Positive definite quadratic forms over R -- 3. Quadratic forms over local fields -- 4. Quadratic forms over Q -- 5. Quadratic forms over the p-adic integer ring -- 6. Quadratic forms over Z -- 7. Some functorial properties of positive definite quadratic forms -- Notes -- References -- Index.
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to quadratic forms that builds from basics up to the most recent results. Professor Kitaoka is well known for his work in this area, and in this book he covers many aspects of the subject, including lattice theory, Siegel's formula, and some results involving tensor products of positive definite quadratic forms. The reader is required to have only a knowledge of algebraic number fields, making this book ideal for graduate students and researchers wishing for an insight into quadratic forms.
9780511666155 (ebook)
Forms, Quadratic.
QA243 / .K48 1993
512/.74