03334cam a2200373 i 4500991002945559707536160714s2015 sz a ob 000 0 eng d978331911028810.1007/978-3-319-11029-5doib14258298-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Matematicaeng516.3523AMS 14-06AMS 14F20AMS 14G22LC QA551Berkovich spaces and applications /Antoine Ducros, Charles Favre, Johannes Nicaise, editorsCham [Switzerland] :Springer,2015xix, 413 p. :ill. ;24 cmLecture notes in mathematics,0075-8434 ;2119Includes bibliographical referencesIntroduction to Berkovich analytic spaces -- Etale cohomology of schemes and analytic spaces -- Countability properties of Berkovich spaces -- Cohomological finiteness of proper morphisms in algebraic geometry: a purely transcendental proof, without projective tools -- Bruhat-Tits buildings and analytic geometry -- Dynamics on Berkovich spaces in low dimensions -- Compactifications of spaces of representations (after Culler, Morgan and Shalen)We present an introduction to Berkovich?s theory of non-archimedean analytic spaces that emphasizes its applications in various fields. The first part contains surveys of a foundational nature, including an introduction to Berkovich analytic spaces by M. Temkin, and to étale cohomology by A. Ducros, as well as a short note by C. Favre on the topology of some Berkovich spaces. The second part focuses on applications to geometry. A second text by A. Ducros contains a new proof of the fact that the higher direct images of a coherent sheaf under a proper map are coherent, and B. Rémy, A. Thuillier and A. Werner provide an overview of their work on the compactification of Bruhat-Tits buildings using Berkovich analytic geometry. The third and final part explores the relationship between non-archimedean geometry and dynamics. A contribution by M. Jonsson contains a thorough discussion of non-archimedean dynamical systems in dimension 1 and 2. Finally a survey by J.-P. Otal gives an account of Morgan-Shalen's theory of compactification of character varieties. This book will provide the reader with enough material on the basic concepts and constructions related to Berkovich spaces to move on to more advanced research articles on the subject. We also hope that the applications presented here will inspire the reader to discover new settings where these beautiful and intricate objects might ariseGeometry, AnalyticTopologyDucros, Antoineauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut739650Favre, Charlesauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut478896Nicaise, Johannesauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut721075.b1425829822-11-1614-07-16991002945559707536LE013 14-XX DUC11 (2015)12013000293691le013pE72.79-l- 01010.i1578879922-11-16Berkovich spaces and applications1465253UNISALENTOle01314-07-16ma -engsz 00