Moments, Monodromy, and Perversity. (Am-159): A Diophantine Perspective. (Am-159)

by Nicholas M. Katz

Book Overview

It is now some thirty years since Deligne first proved his general equidistribution theorem, thus establishing the fundamental result governing the statistical properties of suitably "pure" algebro-geometric families of character sums over finite fields (and of their associated L-functions). Roughly speaking, Deligne showed that any such family obeys a "generalized Sato-Tate law," and that figuring out which generalized Sato-Tate law applies to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691123306
• ISBN13: 9780691123301
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.8"