Questions tagged [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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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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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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Is there a cheap proof of power savings for exponential sums over finite fields?
Let $p$ be a large prime, and let $f(x) = P(x)/Q(x)$ be a non-constant rational function over ${\Bbb F}_p$ of bounded degree. From the Weil conjectures for curves, we have a bound of the form
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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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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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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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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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The connection between the Weil conjectures and Ramanujan's conjecture
I'm writing an essay about Ramanujan's conjecture and have some questions:
1 How is Ramanujan's conjecture connected with the Weil conjectures?
2 How could Ramanujan's conjecture be assumed true or ...
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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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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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