A translation of a classic work by one of the truly great figures of mathematics.

This monograph makes available, in English, the elementary parts of classical algebraic number theory. This second edition follows closely the plan and style of

The exposition of the classical theory of algebraic numbers is clear and thorough, and there is a large number of exercises as well as worked out numerical exam

. . . if one wants to make progress in mathematics one should study the masters not the pupils. N. H. Abel Heeke was certainly one of the masters, and in fact,

A translation of Hilberts "Theorie der algebraischen Zahlkörper" best known as the "Zahlbericht", first published in 1897, in which he provides an elegantly in