Number Theory in Function Fields

Download or read book Number Theory in Function Fields written by Michael Rosen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the development of number theory, it was noticed that the ring of integers has many properties in common with the ring of polynomials over a finite field. The first part of this book illustrates this relationship by presenting analogues of various theorems. The later chapters probe the analogy between global function fields and algebraic number fields. Topics include the ABC-conjecture, Brumer-Stark conjecture, and Drinfeld modules.