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Algebraic number theory is the branch of number theory that uses the techniques of abstract algebra to study the integers, the rational numbers and their generalizations to algebraic number fields. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Central Question
Whether the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, that every integer factors uniquely into primes, continues to hold in the ring of integers of a general algebraic number field, a property that can fail once the integers are generalized this way. 1
Key Debate
How far Gauss's introduction of the Gaussian integers as a ring with its own arithmetic, laid out in the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, could be extended to general number fields once unique factorization was found to fail there, a gap that motivated the ideal-theoretic machinery the field later built to repair it. 1
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Pure or Applied
Pure Mathematics 1
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Source Albert-Brauer-Hasse-Noether theorem (Wikipedia)
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Source Brauer-Siegel theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Brumer-Stark conjecture (Wikipedia)
Source Discriminant of an Algebraic Number Field (Wikipedia)
Source Emil Artin (Wikipedia)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Fermat's Last TheoremWiles's general proof section
Source Ferrero-Washington theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Gauss congruence, Wikipedia
Source Gauss Sum (Wikipedia)
Source Gaussian Integer (Wikipedia)
Source Grunwald-Wang theorem (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor biography of Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt, St Andrews
Source Helmut Hasse (Wikipedia)
Source Herbrand-Ribet theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Hilbert-Speiser theorem (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor biography of Jean-Pierre Serre, St Andrews
Source Wikipedia: Ken Ribet
Source Landau prime ideal theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Leopoldt's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Olga Taussky-Todd
Source Principal ideal theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Reflection theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Takagi existence theorem (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor History of Mathematics: Teiji Takagi
Source Wikipedia: Wilhelm Grunwald
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1. Algebraic Number Theory (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Opening paragraph
    Algebraic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses the techniques of abstract algebra to study the integers, rational numbers, and their generalizations.
  • Failure of unique factorization
    An important property of the ring of rational integers Z is that it satisfies the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, that every (positive) integer has a factorization into a product of prime numbers, and this factorization is unique up to the ordering of the factors. This may no longer be true in the ring of integers O of an algebraic number field K.
  • Gauss
    One of the founding works of algebraic number theory, the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Latin: Arithmetical Investigations) is a textbook of number theory written in Latin by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1798 when Gauss was 21 and first published in 1801 when he was 24.
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Wikipedia: Fermat's Last Theorem
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Fermat's Last Theorem, Wiles's general proof section
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The proof's method of identification of a deformation ring with a Hecke algebra (now referred to as an R=T theorem) to prove modularity lifting theorems has been an influential development in algebraic number theory.
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Gaussian Integer (Wikipedia)
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Artin-Verdier duality (Wikipedia)
Includes: Artin-Verdier Duality, Lead
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Artin-Verdier duality is a duality theorem for constructible abelian sheaves over the spectrum of a ring of algebraic numbers
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MacTutor History of Mathematics: Teiji Takagi
Includes: Teiji Takagi, Biography text
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Takagi proved a conjecture on abelian extensions of imaginary number fields made by Kronecker
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Reflection theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Reflection Theorem, Lead section
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In algebraic number theory, a reflection theorem or Spiegelungssatz (German for reflection theorem - see Spiegel and Satz) is one of a collection of theorems linking the sizes of different ideal class groups (or ray class groups), or the sizes of different isotypic components of a class group.
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Gauss Sum (Wikipedia)
Includes: Gauss Sum, Lead sentence
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In algebraic number theory, a Gauss sum or Gaussian sum is a particular kind of finite sum of roots of unity, typically G ( χ ) :=
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Brumer-Stark conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Brumer-Stark Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Albert-Brauer-Hasse-Noether theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Albert-Brauer-Hasse-Noether Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Leopoldt's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Leopoldt's Conjecture, Lead sentence
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In algebraic number theory, Leopoldt's conjecture, introduced by Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt, states that the p-adic regulator of a
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Ferrero-Washington theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Ferrero-Washington Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Grunwald-Wang theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Grunwald-Wang Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Landau prime ideal theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Landau Prime Ideal Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Landau Prime Ideal Theorem, Lead sentence
In algebraic number theory, the prime ideal theorem is the number field generalization of the prime number theorem.
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Principal ideal theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Principal Ideal Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Principal Ideal Theorem, Lead sentence
ideal theorem of class field theory, a branch of algebraic number theory, says that extending ideals gives a mapping on the class
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Helmut Hasse (Wikipedia)
Includes: Helmut Hasse, Lead paragraph
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algebraic number theory
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Emil Artin (Wikipedia)
Includes: Emil Artin, Lead paragraph [in-branch]
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algebraic number theory
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Wikipedia: Olga Taussky-Todd
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published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory
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Wikipedia: Ken Ribet
Includes: Ken Ribet, Lead
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working in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry
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Wikipedia: Wilhelm Grunwald
Includes: Wilhelm Grunwald, Lead
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who introduced the Grunwald-Wang theorem
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Brauer-Siegel theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Brauer-Siegel Theorem, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Brauer-Siegel Theorem, Lead paragraph
In mathematics, the Brauer-Siegel theorem, named after Richard Brauer and Carl Ludwig Siegel, is an asymptotic result on the behaviour of algebraic number fields, obtained by Richard Brauer and Carl Ludwig Siegel.
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Gauss congruence, Wikipedia
Includes: Gauss Congruence, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Gauss Congruence, Lead paragraph
Sequences satisfying Gauss congruence naturally occur in the study of topological dynamics, algebraic number theory and combinatorics.
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Hilbert-Speiser theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hilbert-Speiser Theorem, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Hilbert-Speiser Theorem, Lead section
In mathematics, the Hilbert-Speiser theorem is a result on cyclotomic fields, characterising those with a normal integral
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Takagi existence theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Takagi Existence Theorem, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Takagi Existence Theorem, Lead section
In class field theory, the Takagi existence theorem states that for
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Discriminant of an Algebraic Number Field (Wikipedia)
Includes: Discriminant of an algebraic number field, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Discriminant of an algebraic number field, Lead section
In mathematics, the discriminant of an algebraic number field is a numerical invariant that, loosely speaking
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Herbrand-Ribet theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Herbrand-Ribet Theorem, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Herbrand-Ribet Theorem, Lead section
mathematics, the Herbrand-Ribet theorem is a result on the class group of certain number fields. It is a strengthening of Ernst Kummer's theorem
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MacTutor biography of Jean-Pierre Serre, St Andrews
Includes: Jean-Pierre Serre, Summary
Quote, Includes: Jean-Pierre Serre, Summary
Jean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician who has made important contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory.
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MacTutor biography of Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt, St Andrews
Includes: Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt, Summary
Quote, Includes: Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt, Summary
Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt was a German mathematician who worked in algebraic number theory.
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