Homework and References for Algebraic Number Theory
Mathematics 605A: spring 2016
Week 1: quadratic reciprocity
Clark: Quadratic Reciprocity I
Stein: (Chapter 4) Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets good problems: 4.3, 4.4, 4.6
HW1
Week 2: norms and traces
Norms and Traces: Ash (Chapter 2.1). Ogglier (Chapter 1). Stein (Chapter 5) ANT
Gauss sums: Ireland-Rosen (Chapter 6)
HW2
Week 3: integral closure and discriminant
Ash 1.1, 2.2, 2.3. Ogglier 1.1, 3.1. Stein 5.1, 5.2.
HW3
Week 4: Unique factorization and ideal class group
Ogglier 2.2, 4.1. Milne 48-54.
HW4
Week 6: Minkowski theory and finiteness of the class group
Stein 10.3, 10.4, 11.1
Conrad - class group computations
HW5
Week 8: Ramification
Marcus 3,4; Milne 4.1, 4.3; Stein 13, Ogglier 3.2, 3.3
HW6
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