The Riemann Hypothesis in Characteristic p in Historical Perspective

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Roquette, Peter (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: History of Mathematics Subseries, 2222
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; History.; Number theory.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Number Theory.

This book tells the story of the Riemann hypothesis for function fields (or curves) starting with Artin's 1921 thesis, covering Hasse's work in the 1930s on elliptic fields and more, and concluding with Weil's final proof in 1948. The main sources are letters which were exchanged amon...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• - Overture
• Setting the stage
• The Beginning: Artin's Thesis
• Building the Foundations
• Enter Hasse. - Diophantine Congruences. - Elliptic Function Fields. - More on Elliptic Fields. - Towards Higher Genus. - A Virtual Proof. - Intermission. - A.Weil. - Appendix. - References. - Index.