Lectures on Elliptic Curves

by J.W.S. Cassels and John William Scott Cassels

Book Overview

The study of special cases of elliptic curves goes back to Diophantos and Fermat, and today it is still one of the liveliest centers of research in number theory. This book, addressed to beginning graduate students, introduces basic theory from a contemporary viewpoint but with an eye to the historical background. The central portion deals with curves over the rationals: the Mordell-Wei finite basis theorem, points of finite order (Nagell-Lutz), etc...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521425301
• ISBN13: 9780521425308
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"