Class Field Theory
by J. S. Milne
2008
Number of pages: 287
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Class field theory describes the abelian extensions of a local or global field in terms of the arithmetic of the field itself. These notes contain an exposition of abelian class field theory using the algebraic/cohomological approach of Chevalley and Artin and Tate.
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