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Halter-Koch, Franz

Quadratic irrationals :an introduction to classical number theory Franz Halter-Koch, University of Graz, Austria. - Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2015 - xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Pure and applied mathematics. Monographs and textbooks in pure and applied mathematics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This work focuses on the number theory of quadratic irrationalities in various forms, including continued fractions, orders in quadratic number fields, and binary quadratic forms. It presents classical results obtained by the famous number theorists Gauss, Legendre, Lagrange, and Dirichlet. Collecting information previously scattered in the literature, the book covers the classical theory of continued fractions, quadratic orders, binary quadratic forms, and class groups based on the concept of a quadratic irrational"--

ISBN: 9781466591837 (hardback)

LCCN: 2013008422

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quadratic fields.
Algebraic number theory.
MATHEMATICS / Algebra / General.
MATHEMATICS / Number Theory.
MATHEMATICS / Combinatorics.

LC Class. No.: QA247 / .H254 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 512.74 HAL/Qua