The riemann hypothesis for varieties over finite fields. Early history of the riemann hypothesis in positive. The goal of the seminar is to prove the riemann hypothesis part of the weil conjectures. However, the proof itself was never published, nor was it found in stieltjes papers following his. Weils work on the riemann hypothesis for curves over. Kudryavtseva 1 filip saidak peter zvengrowski abstract an exposition is given, partly historical and partly mathematical, of the riemann zeta function s and the associated riemann hypothesis. The ideas that weil developed for solving this version of the riemann hypothesis has led to many important developments in modern mathematics, whose applications are not limited to the original. The riemann zeta function is the function of the complex. Trying to understand delignes proof of the weil conjectures. Weil conjectures and motivation september 15, 2014 1 the zeta function of a curve we begin by motivating and introducing the weil conjectures, which was bothy historically fundamental for the development of etale cohomology, and also constitutes one of its greatest successes. Weils work on the riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields led him to state his famous weil conjectures, which drove. Assume that the product formula holds for the cohomological dynamical degrees.
The aim of this ergebnisbericht is to develop as selfcontained as possible and as short as possible grothendiecks 1adic cohomology theory including delignes monodromy theory and to present his original proof of the weil conjectures. The weil conjecture delignes best known achievement is his spectacular solution of the last and deepest of the weil conjectures, namely the analogue of the riemann hypothesis for algebraic varieties over a finite field. In section 3, we state the extended satotate conjecture and follow the same simple to advanced development in the previous section. Andre was the brother of the philosopher and mystic simone weil. The statement of the riemann hypothesis makes sense for all global.
The riemann hypothesis rh is one of the seven millennium prize problems put forth by the clay mathematical institute in 2000. Pdf riemanns hypothesis and conjecture of birch and. The conjecture addresses rational points on elliptic curves fx,y0, i. Weil conjectures weil made three conjectures regarding this zeta function, aiming to understand the number of solutions to a system of polynomial equations over a nite eld. The weil conjectures are a statement about the zeta function of varieties over finite fields. We then turn to the role of rh in generating new mathematics, its role in the evolution of algebraic geometry in the xxth century through the weil conjectures, proved by deligne, and the elaboration by grothendieck of the notions of scheme and of. Today, we will formulate the statements and talk about how they can be interpreted using etale cohomology. Delignes proof of the weilconjecture uni regensburg. The riemann hypothesis was posed in 1859 by bernhard riemann, a mathematician who was not a number. Similarly, it is possible to prove many theorems by using the rh.
The riemann hypothesis is the conjecture made by riemann that the euler zeta function has no zeros in a halfplane larger than the halfplane which has no zeros by the convergence of the euler product. Using techniques similar to those of riemann, it is shown how to locate and count nontrivial zeros of s. Thus, i think that this problem is as difficult as riemann hypothesis. I believe that if the riemann hypothesis is valid then the riemann hypothesis for such a hasse weil zeta function is valid. The part regarding the zeta function was analyzed in depth. Moreover, in 1859 riemann gave a formula for a unique the socalled holomorphic extension of the function onto the entire complex plane c except s 1. The riemann hypothesis has thus far resisted all attempts to prove it. After introducing related topics, we state and prove the main theorem of this thesis. Is there a riemann hypothesis for the hasseweil zeta. The following conjecture, veri ed in many examples, was also proposed in 8. Bombieris statement bo1 written for that occasion is excellent. However, grothendiecks standard conjectures remain open except for the hard lefschetz theorem, which was proved by deligne by extending his work on the weil conjectures, and the analogue of the riemann hypothesis was proved by deligne, using the etale cohomology theory but circumventing the use of standard conjectures by an ingenious argument. In section 2, we prove the conjecture for elliptic curves following hasse. There cannot be number theory of the twentieth century, the shimurataniyamaweil conjecture stwc and the langlands program lp without the riemann hypothesis rh.
However, it was not long before dedekind generalized the riemann hypothesis to a whole family of zeta functions, and in doing so opened the door to further generalization. Finally in section 3 we explain a proof due to serre of a complex analogue of the weil conjectures which is a simpli ed model of the proof using etale. In mathematics, the riemann hypothesis is a conjecture that the riemann zeta function has its zeros only at the negative even integers and complex numbers with real part 1 2. The later history, from the proof by weil of the riemann hypothesis in charac teristic p for all algebraic curves over a finite field, to the weil conjectures, proofs.
Particular detail is devoted to the proof of the riemann hypothesis for cubic threefolds in projective 4space, as given by bombieri and. The proof of the riemann hypothesis is presented in three different ways in this paper. Weil s work on the riemann hypothesis for curves over. Chandans answer is proposing a setting based on weil s explicit formula where solving the global rh needs a bunch of analytical objects whose theory is completely different from their curves over finite fields counterpart, thus suggesting that the correct citation of weil was the riemann hypothesis would be settled by analysis rather than. However, the formula 2 cannot be applied anymore if the real part. Mindful of the analogy with the riemann zeta function, we introduce with. The weil conjecture and analogues in complex geometry. Andre weil on the riemann hypothesis ghent university. Deligne succeded in proving the weil conjectures on the basis of grothendiecks ideas.
Trying to understand delignes proof of the weil conjectures people. Connections between the riemann hypothesis and the satotate. Yeah, im jealous the riemann hypothesis is named after the fact that it is a hypothesis, which, as we all know, is the largest of the three sides of a right triangle. Stieltjes 1885 published a note claiming to have proved the mertens conjecture with c 1, a result stronger than the riemann hypothesis and from which it would have followed. We pick up again in the 1920s with the questions asked by hardy and littlewood, and indeed by cram er. So suppose xis a smooth, projective variety over f q. All eyes are on the riemann s hypothesis, zeta, and lfunctions, which are false, read this paper. In mathematics, the weil conjectures were some highly influential proposals by andre weil, which led to a successful multidecade program to prove them, in which many leading researchers developed the framework of modern algebraic geometry and number theory. Did andre weil predict that the riemann hypothesis would be. Chapter 11 consists of four expository papers on the riemann hypothesis, while chapter 12 gathers original papers that develop the theory surrounding the riemann hypothesis. Lapidus and carl pomerance received 7 april 1991revised 10 december 1991 abstract based on his earlier work on the vibrations of drums with fractal boundary, the first author has. The riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields.
Using factorization method, we can prove that riemamns hypothesis and. In the present context, the birch and swinnertondyer conjecture as formulated in the millennium setting, will be considered and notations from clay mathematics institutes prize problem1 are used. Etale cohomology and the weil conjectures sommaire. In the following we introduce these conjectures, namely the rationality conjecture, the functional equation and the riemann hypothesis. The euler product converges absolutely over the whole complex plane. This shows the analogy with the riemann zeta function the computation is very similar to that done for the zeta function of the gauss or. Feb 24, 2017 in the 1940s, the mathematician andre weil solved a version of the riemann hypothesis, which applies to the riemann zeta function over finite fields. By using rh it is possible to prove five hundred theorems or more including wiles theorem of fermats last theorem flt which is false, because rh is disproved. Uwe jannsen winter term 201516 inhaltsverzeichnis 0 introduction 3 1 rationality of the zeta function 9 2 constructible sheaves 14 3 constructible z. Trying to understand delignes proof of the weil conjectures a tale in two parts january 29, 2008 part i. Im thinking of the hasse weil zeta function associated with a certain elliptic curve, which has cm. This memoir studies weil s wellknown explicit formula in the theory of prime numbers and its associated quadratic functional, which is positive semidefinite if and only if the riemann hypothesis. At this point, it is natural to ask what happens if we go to higher dimensions. The hardest part is an analogue of the riemann hypothesis.
The to this day unproved riemann hypothesis states that all nontrivial zeros. When riemann made his conjecture, zeros were of interest for polynomials since a polynomial is a product of linear factors determined by zeros. We introduce the weil conjectures, concerning the problem of counting solu tions to a system of polynomial equations over a finite field. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The riemann hypothesis for varieties over finite fields sander mackcrane 16 july 2015 abstract we discuss the weil conjectures, especially the riemann hypothesis, for varieties over. However, that doesnt mean that things have stood still. Our proof of the riemann hypothesis in the function field case, red.
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