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.
| ISBN: | 9780817643973 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 2005 |
| Author: | Gerard van der Geer, Ben Moonen, René Schoof |
| Publisher: | Birkhauser an imprint of Birkhäuser Boston |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | Progress in Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Algebraic geometry Mathematical physics Number theory |
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.
Number Fields and Function Fields features in the following genres: Algebraic geometry, Mathematical physics, Number theory
Number Fields and Function Fields is available in Hardback
Number Fields and Function Fields was written by Gerard van der Geer, Ben Moonen, René Schoof and published by Birkhauser an imprint of Birkhäuser Boston
Number Fields and Function Fields has 318 pages
Yes it is part of Progress in Mathematics series
£98.99