
×
From the book reviews:
“This is the softcover reprint of a monograph that was awarded the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer prize in 1996. It is devoted to a recurring theme in number theory, namely that the non-vanishing of L-functions implies important arithmetical results. … Giving a well-informed overview of related results it will continue to be an important source of information for graduate students and researchers … .” (Ch. Baxa, Monatshefte für Mathematik, 2014)Well-written monograph on a difficult but attractive subject in number theory Provides an excellent easy-to-read introduction to the modern analytic theory of L-functions Each chapter is accompanied by exercises ? Includes supplementary material: sn. pub/extras