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Computing zeta functions via p-adic cohomology

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We survey some recent applications of p-adic cohomology to machine computation of zeta functions of algebraic varieties over finite fields of small characteristic, and suggest some new avenues for further exploration.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403233,
  title  = {Computing zeta functions via p-adic cohomology},
  author = {Kiran S. Kedlaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403233},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

18 pages; to appear in the Proceedings of ANTS-VI (Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium, 2004)