Fourier Analysis on Number Fields - (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Dinakar Ramakrishnan & Robert J Valenza (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book provides a modern approach to number theory through a blending of complementary algebraic and analytic perspectives. It emphasizes harmonic analysis on topological groups, while presenting some of Tate's visionary research in this area. Number theorists and researchers will find the modern approach valuable to their work. 5 illus.

Book Synopsis

The general aim of this book is to provide a modern approach to number theory through a blending of complementary algebraic and analytic perspectives, emphasizing harmonic analysis on topological groups. The more particular goal is to cover John Tate's visionary thesis, giving virtually all of the necessary analytic details and topological preliminaries--technical prerequisites that are often foreign to the typical, more algebraically inclinded number theorist.