Two lectures on number theory, past and present

zbMath0283.10001MaRDI QIDQ1844249

André Weil

Publication date: 1974

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannquadratic formsquadratic fieldsclass numbersgeneral Dirichlet seriesreciprocity lawsalgebraic numbersEpstein zeta functionDedekindL-seriesGaussian numberspentagonal number theoremcomplex multiplication of elliptic functionscurves of genus oneFermat's method of infinite descentWeil's conjectureswork of Euler on the Riemann zeta-functionzeta functions and Riemann hypotheses of algebraic varieties over finite fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to number theory (11-02) History of number theory (11-03) General histories, source books (01A05)

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