Number theory in function fields

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Since the times of Hasse, Weil, Deuring and Chevalley, wonderful work has been done by numerous mathematicians providing the fundamentals of the theory of ``function fields in one variable -- at least over finite fields -- in equivalence to the established theory of numbers. The last fruitful result was the proof of the Langlands conjectures over function fields by \textit{L. Lafforgue} [Invent. Math. 147, 1--241 (2002; Zbl 1038.11075)]. So, all ``important conjectures in number theory [Riemann, Brumer-Stark, etc.] are now solved for algebraic function fields. Everybody who wants to get in touch with these results should have a look into this book. For example, Chapter VII (``Extension of function fields) gives a beautiful application of the Riemann-Hurwitz theorem to the proof of the ABC-conjecture, or Chapter X explains a proof of Artin's primitive root conjecture. The audience eagerly awaits a second part of this book containing the class field theory in the sense of \textit{G. Gras} [Class field theory. From theory to practice. Berlin: Springer (2003; Zbl 1019.11032)] including an introduction to Lafforgue's proof (loc. cit.) -- with an invitation to Drinfeld modules, the fundamentals of which are given in this volume. Then the ideas of \textit{H. Hasse} [Zahlentheorie. Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1949; Zbl 0035.02002)] -- this author is not mentioned in the bibliography!? -- finally should be fulfilled.




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