The fields of algebraic functions of one variable appear in several areas of mathematics: complex analysis, algebraic geometry, and number theory. This text ado

Early in the development of number theory, it was noticed that the ring of integers has many properties in common with the ring of polynomials over a finite fie

From the reviews:"The book...is a thorough and very readable introduction to the arithmetic of function fields of one variable over a finite field, by an author

This book grew out of a set of notes for a series of lectures I orginally gave at the Center for Communications Research and then at Princeton University. The m

This book provides an exposition of function field arithmetic with emphasis on recent developments concerning Drinfeld modules, the arithmetic of special values