Questions tagged [weil-conjectures]
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How did Weil prove the Weil conjectures for curves?
I understand that Weil proved the Weil conjectures for curves. I have seen his proof of the third and trickiest part, the "Riemann Hypothesis for curves," but I am curious about how he showed ...
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How many proofs of the Weil conjectures are there?
I hope this this is not seen as too much as jumping on the band-wagon, but here goes.
Deligne's proof of the last of the Weil conjectures is well-known and just part of a huge body of work that has ...
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weight monodromy conjecture for curves?
Hi,
Is there a simple proof of the weight monodromy conjecture in the case of a curve over a mixed characteristic local field?
Thanks!
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Elementary examples of the Weil conjectures
I'm looking for examples of the Weil conjectures---specifically rationality of the zeta function---that can be appreciated with minimal background in algebraic geometry. Are there varieties for which ...
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Hodge numbers of reduction mod $p$
Let $X$ be a projective variety defined over a number field $K$, and $p \in \textrm{Spec }\mathcal{O}_K$ a maximal ideal, so that reduction mod $p$ makes sense, and the resulting scheme (mod $p$) $\...
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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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On the Hasse-Weil L-function of $P^n$
So let us start with the "simplest" scheme over $Spec(\mathbf{Z})$ namely $X_0=Spec(\mathbf{Z})$. Then the (reciprocal) Weil zeta function of $X_0$ at a prime $p$ is given by $Z_p(T)=1-T$ (a ...
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Can one find the hodge number by counting points over finite fields?
Given a proper smooth variety $X$ of dimension $n$ over $\mathbb{C}$, assume it has a model over a DVR of mixed characteristic $(0,p)$ with residue field $\mathbb{F}_q$, and assume the closed fiber $...
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Is the integrality of the zeta function easy?
I'm trying to get the gist of the proof of the Weil conjectures. Let $X$ be a variety over $\mathbb{F}_{p^n}$. A priori $Z(X,t)\in \mathbb{Q}[[t]]$. Due to the Grothendieck-Lefschetz fixed point ...
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In what way do the Weil Conjectures pertain to Langlands?
For a relative variety $X$ over a ring of integers $O_K$, we can define a zeta function. This zeta function is defined as the product of the zeta functions of the variety specialized to $O_K/\mathfrak{...
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Serre's Analogue of the Weil Conjectures for Non-Compact Kahler Manifolds
The classical Riemann Hypothesis concerns the locations of zeroes of the Riemann zeta-function, or more generally the Dedekind zeta-functions of number fields. Its analogue for varieties defined over ...
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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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Direct proof of special case of Hasse's theorem for elliptic curves
Consider the elliptic curve $y^2 = x^3 + x$ over $\mathbb{F}_p$, where $p \equiv 1 \pmod 4$.
If memory serves correctly, the number of points (excluding the point at infinity) is $p - a$ where $a$ is ...
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Do the Standard Conjectures imply parts of the "Weil II" Riemann Hypothesis?
It is known that Grothendieck's Standard Conjectures on algebraic cycles imply the Riemann Hypothesis of the original Weil Conjectures. However, do they also say something about the version of the ...
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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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Weil conjecture for algebraic surfaces
Deligne's proof of the Weil conjecture is difficult.
On the other hand, there are some "simpler" proofs of the Weil conjecture in the case of algebraic curves.
For instance, in GTM52, one see it ...
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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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Weil Conjectures for Grassmannians
To establish the Weil conjectures for $n$-dimensional projective space over a finite field is elementary. Does there exist a simple direct proof of the conjectures for finite field Grassmannians?
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Equivalent statements of the Riemann hypothesis in the Weil conjectures
In the cohomological incarnation, the Riemann hypothesis part of the Weil conjectures for a smooth proper scheme of finite type over a finite field with $q$ elements says that: the eigenvalues of ...
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