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are several approaches to class field theory. None <strong>of</strong> them makes<br />

any other obsolete, and each gives a different <strong>in</strong>sight from the oth-<br />

ers.<br />

The orig<strong>in</strong>al Benjam<strong>in</strong> notes consisted <strong>of</strong> Chapters I through IX.<br />

Subsequently I wrote up Chapter X, which deals with applications<br />

to algebraic geometry. It is essentially a transcription <strong>of</strong> weekly<br />

<strong>in</strong>stallment letters which I received from Tate dur<strong>in</strong>g 1958-1959. I<br />

take <strong>of</strong> course full responsibility for any errors which might have<br />

crept <strong>in</strong>, but I have made no effort to make the exposition anyth<strong>in</strong>g<br />

more than a rough sketch <strong>of</strong> the material. Also the reader should<br />

not be surprised if some <strong>of</strong> the diagrams which have been qualified<br />

as be<strong>in</strong>g commutative actually have character -1.<br />

The first n<strong>in</strong>e chapters are basically elementary, depend<strong>in</strong>g only<br />

on standard homological algebra. The Art<strong>in</strong>-Tate axiomatization<br />

<strong>of</strong> class formations allows for an exposition <strong>of</strong> the basic properties <strong>of</strong><br />

class field theory at this elementary level. Pro<strong>of</strong>s that the axioms<br />

are satisfied are <strong>in</strong> the Art<strong>in</strong>-Tate notes, follow<strong>in</strong>g Tate's article<br />

[Ta 52]. The material <strong>of</strong> Chapter X is <strong>of</strong> course at a different level,<br />

assum<strong>in</strong>g some knowledge <strong>of</strong> algebraic geometry, especially some<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> abelian varieties.<br />

I thank Spr<strong>in</strong>ger Verlag for keep<strong>in</strong>g all this material ill pr<strong>in</strong>t. I<br />

also thank Donna Belli and Mel Del Vecchio for sett<strong>in</strong>g the manu-<br />

script <strong>in</strong> AMSTeX, <strong>in</strong> a victory <strong>of</strong> person over mach<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

<strong>Serge</strong> <strong>Lang</strong><br />

New Haven, 1995

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