Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Contents XI
5. 1 Introduction to ideal numbers 1
6. 2 Congruence classes of ideal numbers 21
7. 3 Composition of ideal numbers 39
8. 4 Classes of ideal numbers 60
9. 5 Genera of ideal numbers 78
10. 6 Ideal numbers of negative discriminant 96
11. 7 Ideal numbers of positive discriminant 120
12. A Appendix: Review of number theory 149
13. B Appendix: Review of groups 172
14. C Appendix: Ideals of quadratic domains 185
15. D Appendix: Continued fractions 215
16. References 233
17. Index 235