Charles Alley : Dirichlet Characters and Quadratic Forms

Posted by Cara Mullen , part of the Graduate Number Theory Seminar.

At

Nov. 3, 2014, 3 p.m.

In

SEO 712

Abstract

In this talk I will present results from Chapters 5 and 6 in Davenport's "Multiplicative Number Theory". In particular, I will outline the connection between Dirichlet characters and quadratic forms in order to state Dirichlet's Class Number Formula.