# Rings and ideals parameterized by binary n‐ic forms

@article{Wood2011RingsAI,
title={Rings and ideals parameterized by binary n‐ic forms},
author={Melanie Matchett Wood},
journal={Journal of the London Mathematical Society},
year={2011},
volume={83}
}
• M. Wood
• Published 30 July 2010
• Mathematics
• Journal of the London Mathematical Society
The association of algebraic objects to forms has had many important applications in number theory. Gauss, over two centuries ago, studied composition of binary quadratic forms, which we now understand via Dedekind's association of ideal classes of quadratic rings to integral binary quadratic forms. Delone and Faddeev, in 1940, showed that cubic rings are parameterized by equivalence classes of integral binary cubic forms. Birch, Merriman, Nakagawa, del Corso, Dvornicich, and Simon have all…
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