Numbers

To be used for a reading course or as a supplemental text for a course in number theory.

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus und Prof. Dr. Jörg Flum forschen am Mathematischen Institut der Universität Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Thomas am Lehrstuhl für Informatik 7 (Logik und Theorie diskreter Systeme) der RWTH Aachen.

Klappentext

To be used for a reading course or as a supplemental text for a course in number theory.

Inhalt
A. From the Natural Numbers, to the Complex Numbers, to the p-adics.- 1. Natural Numbers, Integers, and Rational Numbers.- 2. Real Numbers.- 3. Complex Numbers.- 4. The Fundamental Theorem of Algebr.- 5. What is ??.- 6. The p-Adic Numbers.- B. Real Division Algebras.- Repertory. Basic Concepts from the Theory of Algebras.- 7. Hamilton's Quaternions.- 8. The Isomorphism Theorems of FROBENIUS, HOPF and GELFAND-MAZUR.- 9. CAYLEY Numbers or Alternative Division Algebras.- 10. Composition Algebras. HURWITZ's Theorem-Vector-Product Algebras.- 11. Division Algebras and Topology.- C. Infinitesimals, Games, and Sets.- 12. Nonsiandard Analysis.- 13. Numbers and Games.- 14. Set Theory and Mathematics.- Name Index.- Portraits of Famous Mathematicians.