Number Fields and Function Fields—Two Parallel Worlds

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geer, Gerard van der (Editor), Moonen, Ben (Editor), Schoof, René (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston, 2005.
• Series: Progress in Mathematics ; 239
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Number theory.; Physics.; Algebraic Geometry.; Number Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

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...