Lectures on the theory of algebraic numbers

Includes bibliography (p. 239) and references

I Elements of Rational Number Theory
II Abelian Groups
III Abelian Groups in Rational Number Theory
IV Algebra of Number Fields
V General Arithmetic of Algebraic Number Fields
VI Introduction of Transcendental Methods into the Arithmetic of Number Fields
VII The Quadratic Number Field
VIII The Law of Quadratic Reciprocity in Arbitrary Number Fields

If one wants to make progress in mathematics one should study the masters not the pupils. N. H. Abel Heeke was certainly one of the masters, and in fact, the study of Heeke L­ series and Heeke operators has permanently embedded his name in the fabric of number theory. It is a rare occurrence when a master writes a basic book, and Heeke's Lectures on the Theory of Algebraic Numbers has become a classic. To quote another master, Andre Weil: "To improve upon Heeke, in a treatment along classical lines of the theory of algebraic numbers, would be a futile and impossible task.