Homepage › Solution manuals › Kenneth Ireland › A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory › Exercise 11.2
Exercise 11.2
Prove the converse to Proposition 11.1.1.
Answers
Proof. If where are complex numbers, then
Here is a variable, and both members are formal polynomials in , so we don’t study convergence. Nevertheless, the left member has a radius of convergence at least , and the right member .
Therefore,
is a rational fraction. □