Title: The Classical Fields: Structural Features of the Real and Rational Numbers (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Series Number 112)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521865166
ISBN 13: 9780521865166
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The classical fields are the real, rational, complex and p-adic numbers. Each of these fields comprises several intimately interwoven algebraical and topological structures. This comprehensive volume analyzes the interaction and interdependencies of these different aspects. The real and rational numbers are examined additionally with respect to their orderings, and these fields are compared to their non-standard counterparts. Typical substructures and quotients, relevant automorphism groups and many counterexamples are described. Also discussed are completion procedures of chains and of ordered and topological groups, with applications to classical fields. The p-adic numbers are placed in the context of general topological fields: absolute values, valuations and the corresponding topologies are studied, and the classification of all locally compact fields and skew fields is presented. Exercises are provided with hints and solutions at the end of the book. An appendix reviews ordinals and cardinals, duality theory of locally compact Abelian groups and various constructions of fields.

About the Authors

Helmutt Salzmann is Full Professor of Mathematics at Mathematisches Institut, Universit�t T�bingen, Germany.

Theo Grundh�fer is Full Professor of Mathematics at Institut f�r Mathematik, Universit�t W�rzburg, Germany.

Hermann H�hl is Full Professor of Mathematics at Institut f�r Geometrie und Topologie, Universit�t Stuttgart, Germany.

Rainer L�wen is Full Professor of Mathematics at Institut f�r Analysis und Algebra, Universit�t Braunschweig, Germany.

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