Moments, Monodromy, and Perversity. (AM-159): A Diophantine Perspective. (AM-159) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)

by NicholasM.Katz (Author)

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  2005

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  Develops techniques based on two ingredients: the theory of perverse sheaves and Larsen's Alternative. These techniques are then used to calculate the geometric monodromy groups attached to some specific universal families of (L-functions attached to) character sums over finite fields.