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Roots of weight of a characteristic polynomial of Frobenius
We are expected to solve a conjecture of the title. Reference is Jean-Pierre Serre — Propriétés conjecturales des groupes de Galois motiviques et des représentations l-adiques.
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Conjecture A:...
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Eilenberg-Steenrod cohomological theory versus Weil cohomological theory [closed]
Can someone enlighten me what is the difference between an Eilenberg-Steenrod cohomological theory ( See here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilenberg%E2%80%93Steenrod_axioms ), and a Weil ...
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What would a "moral" proof of the Weil Conjectures require?
At the very end of this 2006 interview (rm), Kontsevich says
"...many great theorems are originally proven but I think the proofs are not, kind of, "morally right." There should be better proofs......
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Motivic proof of Weil-conjectures?
Assuming the standard conjectures (and whatever is needed in addition),
is there a nice proof of the Weil-conjectures written completely in the language of motives?
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How would a motivic proof of the Riemann hypothesis over finite fields go?
It is well known that Grothendieck had a different idea than Deligne about how one should go about proving the Riemann hypothesis for finite fields. However, since Grothendieck's desired proof never ...
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Why is the zeta function of a variety over a finite field not a polynomial? (question about motives)
I've been doing some light(?) reading on motives and the standard conjectures in an attempt to put various things that I tangentially know in perspective.
The question is this: the Weil conjectures ...
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Are there "motivic" proofs of Weil conjectures in special cases?
This is a question meant as a first step to get into reading more on Weil conjectures and standard conjectures. It is known that the standard conjectures on vanishing of cycles would imply the Weil ...
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