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This textbook covers the basics of algebraic number theory: unique factorization, Euclidean rings, Dedekind rings, integral bases, ideal factorization, units, and the class group. The discussion is fairly standard, except that the theory of cyclotomic fields was dropped and replaced by a thorough discussion of cubic fields; this seems reasonable since the applications given in the last chapter concern cubic Diophantine equations. Each chapter gives the theory, a wealth of examples (the recent book by \textit{Sir P. Swinnerton-Dyer} [A brief guide to algebraic number theory. Cambridge Univ. Press (2001; Zbl 0963.11001)] covers much more material in about one third of the pages), a list of exercises, and an annotated bibliography with `suggested reading'. The overall presentation makes the book suitable for a course for advanced undergraduate students. The book also contains a few minor errors and inconsistencies, the most serious being that in several theorems about prime ideals the condition that the prime ideal be nonzero is missing.




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