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Some Applications of Fourier series in the Analytic Theory of Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

L. J. Mordell
Affiliation:
formerly of St John's College

Extract

It is a familiar fact that an important part is played in the Analytic Theory of Numbers by Fourier series. There are, for example, applications to Gauss' sums, to the zeta functions, to lattice point problems, and to formulae for the class number of quadratic fields.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1928

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