Basic Structures of Function Field Arithmetic

Basic Structures of Function Field Arithmetic
Author: David Goss
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642614809

From the reviews:"The book...is a thorough and very readable introduction to the arithmetic of function fields of one variable over a finite field, by an author who has made fundamental contributions to the field. It serves as a definitive reference volume, as well as offering graduate students with a solid understanding of algebraic number theory the opportunity to quickly reach the frontiers of knowledge in an important area of mathematics...The arithmetic of function fields is a universe filled with beautiful surprises, in which familiar objects from classical number theory reappear in new guises, and in which entirely new objects play important roles. Goss'clear exposition and lively style make this book an excellent introduction to this fascinating field." MR 97i:11062

Basic Structures of Function Field Arithmetic

Basic Structures of Function Field Arithmetic
Author: David Goss
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1997-11-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9783540635413

From the reviews:"The book...is a thorough and very readable introduction to the arithmetic of function fields of one variable over a finite field, by an author who has made fundamental contributions to the field. It serves as a definitive reference volume, as well as offering graduate students with a solid understanding of algebraic number theory the opportunity to quickly reach the frontiers of knowledge in an important area of mathematics...The arithmetic of function fields is a universe filled with beautiful surprises, in which familiar objects from classical number theory reappear in new guises, and in which entirely new objects play important roles. Goss'clear exposition and lively style make this book an excellent introduction to this fascinating field." MR 97i:11062

Function Field Arithmetic

Function Field Arithmetic
Author: Dinesh S. Thakur
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9812388397

This book provides an exposition of function field arithmetic with emphasis on recent developments concerning Drinfeld modules, the arithmetic of special values of transcendental functions (such as zeta and gamma functions and their interpolations), diophantine approximation and related interesting open problems. While it covers many topics treated in 'Basic Structures of Function Field Arithmetic' by David Goss, it complements that book with the inclusion of recent developments as well as the treatment of new topics such as diophantine approximation, hypergeometric functions, modular forms, transcendence, automata and solitons. There is also new work on multizeta values and log-algebraicity. The author has included numerous worked-out examples. Many open problems, which can serve as good thesis problems, are discussed.

Field Arithmetic

Field Arithmetic
Author: Michael D. Fried
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2005
Genre: Algebraic fields
ISBN: 9783540228110

Field Arithmetic explores Diophantine fields through their absolute Galois groups. This largely self-contained treatment starts with techniques from algebraic geometry, number theory, and profinite groups. Graduate students can effectively learn generalizations of finite field ideas. We use Haar measure on the absolute Galois group to replace counting arguments. New Chebotarev density variants interpret diophantine properties. Here we have the only complete treatment of Galois stratifications, used by Denef and Loeser, et al, to study Chow motives of Diophantine statements. Progress from the first edition starts by characterizing the finite-field like P(seudo)A(lgebraically)C(losed) fields. We once believed PAC fields were rare. Now we know they include valuable Galois extensions of the rationals that present its absolute Galois group through known groups. PAC fields have projective absolute Galois group. Those that are Hilbertian are characterized by this group being pro-free. These last decade results are tools for studying fields by their relation to those with projective absolute group. There are still mysterious problems to guide a new generation: Is the solvable closure of the rationals PAC; and do projective Hilbertian fields have pro-free absolute Galois group (includes Shafarevich's conjecture)?

Algebraic Function Fields and Codes

Algebraic Function Fields and Codes
Author: Henning Stichtenoth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2009-02-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540768785

This book links two subjects: algebraic geometry and coding theory. It uses a novel approach based on the theory of algebraic function fields. Coverage includes the Riemann-Rock theorem, zeta functions and Hasse-Weil's theorem as well as Goppa' s algebraic-geometric codes and other traditional codes. It will be useful to researchers in algebraic geometry and coding theory and computer scientists and engineers in information transmission.

Function Field Arithmetic

Function Field Arithmetic
Author: Dinesh S. Thakur
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9812562389

This book provides an exposition of function field arithmetic withemphasis on recent developments concerning Drinfeld modules, thearithmetic of special values of transcendental functions (such as zetaand gamma functions and their interpolations), diophantineapproximation and related interesting open problems.

Arithmetic Geometry over Global Function Fields

Arithmetic Geometry over Global Function Fields
Author: Gebhard Böckle
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3034808534

This volume collects the texts of five courses given in the Arithmetic Geometry Research Programme 2009-2010 at the CRM Barcelona. All of them deal with characteristic p global fields; the common theme around which they are centered is the arithmetic of L-functions (and other special functions), investigated in various aspects. Three courses examine some of the most important recent ideas in the positive characteristic theory discovered by Goss (a field in tumultuous development, which is seeing a number of spectacular advances): they cover respectively crystals over function fields (with a number of applications to L-functions of t-motives), gamma and zeta functions in characteristic p, and the binomial theorem. The other two are focused on topics closer to the classical theory of abelian varieties over number fields: they give respectively a thorough introduction to the arithmetic of Jacobians over function fields (including the current status of the BSD conjecture and its geometric analogues, and the construction of Mordell-Weil groups of high rank) and a state of the art survey of Geometric Iwasawa Theory explaining the recent proofs of various versions of the Main Conjecture, in the commutative and non-commutative settings.

Weil's Conjecture for Function Fields

Weil's Conjecture for Function Fields
Author: Dennis Gaitsgory
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691184437

A central concern of number theory is the study of local-to-global principles, which describe the behavior of a global field K in terms of the behavior of various completions of K. This book looks at a specific example of a local-to-global principle: Weil’s conjecture on the Tamagawa number of a semisimple algebraic group G over K. In the case where K is the function field of an algebraic curve X, this conjecture counts the number of G-bundles on X (global information) in terms of the reduction of G at the points of X (local information). The goal of this book is to give a conceptual proof of Weil’s conjecture, based on the geometry of the moduli stack of G-bundles. Inspired by ideas from algebraic topology, it introduces a theory of factorization homology in the setting l-adic sheaves. Using this theory, Dennis Gaitsgory and Jacob Lurie articulate a different local-to-global principle: a product formula that expresses the cohomology of the moduli stack of G-bundles (a global object) as a tensor product of local factors. Using a version of the Grothendieck-Lefschetz trace formula, Gaitsgory and Lurie show that this product formula implies Weil’s conjecture. The proof of the product formula will appear in a sequel volume.

Number Fields and Function Fields – Two Parallel Worlds

Number Fields and Function Fields – Two Parallel Worlds
Author: Gerard B. M. van der Geer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2006-11-24
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817644474

Invited articles by leading researchers explore various aspects of the parallel worlds of function fields and number fields Topics range from Arakelov geometry, the search for a theory of varieties over the field with one element, via Eisenstein series to Drinfeld modules, and t-motives Aimed at graduate students, mathematicians, and researchers interested in geometry and arithmetic and their connections