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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450150503321

Autore

Thakur Dinesh S. <1961->

Titolo

Function field arithmetic [[electronic resource] /] / by Dinesh S. Thakur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2004

ISBN

1-281-87236-9

9786611872366

981-256-238-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Disciplina

512/.3

Soggetti

Algebraic fields

Arithmetic functions

Drinfeld modules

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-388).

Nota di contenuto

Function Field Arithmetic; Contents; 1. Number fields and Function fields; 2. Drinfeld modules; 3. Explicit class field theory; 4. Gauss sums and Gamma functions; 5. Zeta functions; 6. Higher rank theory; 7. Higher dimensions and geometric tools; 8. Applications to Gauss sums, Gamma and Zeta values; 9. Diophantine approximation; 10. Transcendence results; 11. Automata and algebraicity: Applications; Note on the Notation; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

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.