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Motivation for zeta function of an algebraic variety
Here's the simple motivation going back to the beginning with Riemann of the cottage industry of zeta functions.
The Euler product for the Riemann zeta function is
$$\zeta(s) = \prod_p \frac{1}{1-p^{-...
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