Arithmetic of higher-dimensional algebraic varieties

Bjorn Poonen, Yuri Tschinkel081763259X, 9780817632595

One of the great successes of twentieth century mathematics has been the remarkable qualitative understanding of rational and integral points on curves, gleaned in part through the theorems of Mordell, Weil, Siegel, and Faltings. It has become clear that the study of rational and integral points has deep connections to other branches of mathematics: complex algebraic geometry, Galois and ,tale cohomology, transcendence theory and diophantine approximation, harmonic analysis, automorphic forms, and analytic number theory. This text, which focuses on higher dimensional varieties, provides precisely such an interdisciplinary view of the subject. It is a digest of research and survey papers by leading specialists; the book documents current knowledge in higher-dimesional arithmetic and gives indications for future research. It will be valuable to not only to practitioners in the field, but to a wide audience of mathematicians and graduate students with an interest in arithmetic geometry. Contributors include: P. Swinnerton-Dyer * B. Hassett * Yu. Tschinkel * J. Shalika * R. Takloo-Bighash * J.-L. Colliot-Th,lSne * A. de Jong * Ph. Gille * D. Harari * J. Harris * B. Mazur * W. Raskind * J. Starr * T. Wooley