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Number Fields and Function Fields - Two Parallel Worlds 2005 Edition
Contributor(s): Van Der Geer, Gerard B. M. (Editor), Moonen, Bjj (Editor), Schoof, René (Editor)
ISBN: 0817643974     ISBN-13: 9780817643973
Publisher: Birkhauser
OUR PRICE:   $123.49  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2005
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Annotation: Ever since the analogy between number fields and function fields was discovered, it has been a source of inspiration for new ideas, and a long history has not in any way detracted from the appeal of the subject.

As a deeper understanding of this analogy could have tremendous consequences, the search for a unified approach has become a sort of Holy Grail. The arrival of Arakelov's new geometry that tries to put the archimedean places on a par with the finite ones gave a new impetus and led to spectacular success in Faltings' hands. There are numerous further examples where ideas or techniques from the more geometrically-oriented world of function fields have led to new insights in the more arithmetically-oriented world of number fields, or vice versa.

These invited articles by leading researchers in the field 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.

This volume is aimed at a wide audience of graduate students, mathematicians, and researchers interested in geometry and arithmetic and their connections.

Contributors: G. Bckle; T. van den Bogaart; H. Brenner; F. Breuer; K. Conrad; A. Deitmar; C. Deninger; B. Edixhoven; G. Faltings; U. Hartl; R. de Jong; K. Khler; U. Khn; J.C. Lagarias; V. Maillot; R. Pink; D. Roessler; and A. Werner.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Geometry - Algebraic
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational
Dewey: 512.3
LCCN: 2006530652
Series: Progress in Mathematics
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.62" W x 9.34" (1.30 lbs) 321 pages
 
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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