The development of the princial genus theorem

2002/07/16 by Franz Lemmermeyer, Lemmermeyer, Franz
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT) #math.NT

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0207306

arxiv created 2002/07/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

In this article we sketch the development of the principal genus theorem from its conception by Gauss in the case of binary quadratic forms to the cohomological formulation of the principal genus theorem of class field theory by Emmy Noether.

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