The St. Petersburg School of Number Theory

Download or read book The St. Petersburg School of Number Theory written by Boris Nikolaevich Delone and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book acquaints the reader with the most important works of these six eminent members of the St. Petersburg school. A short biography is given for each of them, followed by an exposition of some of his most significant contributions. Each contribution is presented as a summary of the author's original work and is followed by commentary. Certain works receive relatively complete expositions, while others are dealt with more briefly." "With a Foreword written for the English edition, this volume will appeal to a broad mathematical audience, including mathematical historians and mathematicians working in number theory."--Jacket.