Gauss sums, Kloosterman sums, and monodromy groups / by Nicholas M. Katz

Katz, Nicholas M. (1943-)

ISBN 10: 0691084335 / ISBN 13: 9780691084336

Published by Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1988

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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 246 p. Subject: Gaussian sums. Kloosterman sums. Homology theory. Monodromy groups. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gauss sums, Kloosterman sums, and monodromy groups / by Nicholas M. Katz
• Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691084335
• ISBN 13: 9780691084336
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The study of exponential sums over finite fields, begun by Gauss nearly two centuries ago, has been completely transformed in recent years by advances in algebraic geometry, culminating in Deligne's work on the Weil Conjectures. It now appears as a very attractive mixture of algebraic geometry, representation theory, and the sheaf-theoretic incarnations of such standard constructions of classical analysis as convolution and Fourier transform. The book is simultaneously an account of some of these ideas, techniques, and results, and an account of their application to concrete equidistribution questions concerning Kloosterman sums and Gauss sums.