p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions: 58 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 58) - Softcover

Koblitz, Neal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1461270146 ISBN 13: 9781461270140

Publisher: Springer, 2012

Synopsis

The first edition of this work has become the standard introduction to the theory of p-adic numbers at both the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level. This second edition includes a deeper treatment of p-adic functions in Ch. 4 to include the Iwasawa logarithm and the p-adic gamma-function, the rearrangement and addition of some exercises, the inclusion of an extensive appendix of answers and hints to the exercises, as well as numerous clarifications.

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About the Author

Neal Koblitz is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington in the Department of Mathematics. He is also an adjunct professor with the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research at the University of Waterloo. He is the creator of hyperelliptic curve cryptography and the independent co-creator of elliptic curve cryptography. Professor Koblitz received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he was a Putnam Fellow, in 1969. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1974 under the direction of Nickolas Katz.

From the Back Cover

The most important revision in the second edition are the enlargment of the treatment of p-adic functions in Ch. 4 to include the Iwasawa logarithm and the p-adic gamma-function, the rearrangement and addition of some exercises, the inclusion of an extensive appendix of answers and hints to the exercises, and numerous corrections and clarifications. The first edition has become the standard introduction to the theory of p-adic numbers on the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461270146
• ISBN 13: 9781461270140
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 153