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This book gives a new foundation for the theory of links in 3-space modeled on the modern developmentby Jaco, Shalen, Johannson, Thurston et al. of the theory of 3-manifolds. The basic construction is a method of obtaining any link by "splicing" links of the simplest kinds, namely those whose exteriors are Seifert fibered or hyperbolic. This approach to link theory is particularly attractive since most invariants of links are additive under splicing.Specially distinguished from this viewpoint is the class of links, none of whose splice components is hyperbolic. It includes all links constructed by cabling and connected sums, in particular all links of singularities of complex plane curves. One of the main contributions of this monograph is the calculation of invariants of these classes of links, such as the Alexander polynomials, monodromy, and Seifert forms.

Algebraic geometry --- Differential geometry. Global analysis --- Link theory. --- Curves, Plane. --- SINGULARITIES (Mathematics) --- Curves, Plane --- Invariants --- Link theory --- Singularities (Mathematics) --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Low-dimensional topology --- Piecewise linear topology --- Higher plane curves --- Plane curves --- Invariants. --- 3-sphere. --- Alexander Grothendieck. --- Alexander polynomial. --- Algebraic curve. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic surface. --- Algorithm. --- Ambient space. --- Analytic function. --- Approximation. --- Big O notation. --- Call graph. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Characteristic polynomial. --- Closed-form expression. --- Cohomology. --- Computation. --- Conjecture. --- Connected sum. --- Contradiction. --- Coprime integers. --- Corollary. --- Curve. --- Cyclic group. --- Determinant. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diffeomorphism. --- Dimension. --- Disjoint union. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Euler number. --- Existential quantification. --- Exterior (topology). --- Fiber bundle. --- Fibration. --- Foliation. --- Fundamental group. --- Geometry. --- Graph (discrete mathematics). --- Ground field. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology sphere. --- Identity matrix. --- Integer matrix. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Isolated point. --- Isolated singularity. --- Jordan normal form. --- Knot theory. --- Mathematical induction. --- Monodromy matrix. --- Monodromy. --- N-sphere. --- Natural transformation. --- Newton polygon. --- Newton's method. --- Normal (geometry). --- Notation. --- Pairwise. --- Parametrization. --- Plane curve. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Projective plane. --- Puiseux series. --- Quantity. --- Rational function. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Root of unity. --- Scientific notation. --- Seifert surface. --- Set (mathematics). --- Sign (mathematics). --- Solid torus. --- Special case. --- Stereographic projection. --- Submanifold. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Topology. --- Torus knot. --- Torus. --- Tubular neighborhood. --- Unit circle. --- Unit vector. --- Unknot. --- Variable (mathematics).

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For hundreds of years, the study of elliptic curves has played a central role in mathematics. The past century in particular has seen huge progress in this study, from Mordell's theorem in 1922 to the work of Wiles and Taylor-Wiles in 1994. Nonetheless, there remain many fundamental questions where we do not even know what sort of answers to expect. This book explores two of them: What is the average rank of elliptic curves, and how does the rank vary in various kinds of families of elliptic curves? Nicholas Katz answers these questions for families of ''big'' twists of elliptic curves in the function field case (with a growing constant field). The monodromy-theoretic methods he develops turn out to apply, still in the function field case, equally well to families of big twists of objects of all sorts, not just to elliptic curves. The leisurely, lucid introduction gives the reader a clear picture of what is known and what is unknown at present, and situates the problems solved in this book within the broader context of the overall study of elliptic curves. The book's technical core makes use of, and explains, various advanced topics ranging from recent results in finite group theory to the machinery of l-adic cohomology and monodromy. Twisted L-Functions and Monodromy is essential reading for anyone interested in number theory and algebraic geometry.

L-functions. --- Monodromy groups. --- Functions, L --- -L-functions. --- Group theory --- -Number theory --- L-functions --- Monodromy groups --- Abelian variety. --- Absolute continuity. --- Addition. --- Affine space. --- Algebraically closed field. --- Ambient space. --- Average. --- Betti number. --- Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. --- Blowing up. --- Codimension. --- Coefficient. --- Computation. --- Conjecture. --- Conjugacy class. --- Convolution. --- Critical value. --- Differential geometry of surfaces. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dimension. --- Direct sum. --- Divisor (algebraic geometry). --- Divisor. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equation. --- Equidistribution theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Factorization. --- Finite field. --- Finite group. --- Finite set. --- Flat map. --- Fourier transform. --- Function field. --- Functional equation. --- Goursat's lemma. --- Ground field. --- Group representation. --- Hyperplane. --- Hypersurface. --- Integer matrix. --- Integer. --- Irreducible component. --- Irreducible polynomial. --- Irreducible representation. --- J-invariant. --- K3 surface. --- L-function. --- Lebesgue measure. --- Lefschetz pencil. --- Level of measurement. --- Lie algebra. --- Limit superior and limit inferior. --- Minimal polynomial (field theory). --- Modular form. --- Monodromy. --- Morphism. --- Numerical analysis. --- Orthogonal group. --- Percentage. --- Polynomial. --- Prime number. --- Probability measure. --- Quadratic function. --- Quantity. --- Quotient space (topology). --- Representation theory. --- Residue field. --- Riemann hypothesis. --- Root of unity. --- Scalar (physics). --- Set (mathematics). --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Subgroup. --- Summation. --- Symmetric group. --- System of imprimitivity. --- Theorem. --- Trivial representation. --- Zariski topology.

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This book studies the interplay between the geometry and topology of locally symmetric spaces, and the arithmetic aspects of the special values of L-functions.The authors study the cohomology of locally symmetric spaces for GL(N) where the cohomology groups are with coefficients in a local system attached to a finite-dimensional algebraic representation of GL(N). The image of the global cohomology in the cohomology of the Borel-Serre boundary is called Eisenstein cohomology, since at a transcendental level the cohomology classes may be described in terms of Eisenstein series and induced representations. However, because the groups are sheaf-theoretically defined, one can control their rationality and even integrality properties. A celebrated theorem by Langlands describes the constant term of an Eisenstein series in terms of automorphic L-functions. A cohomological interpretation of this theorem in terms of maps in Eisenstein cohomology allows the authors to study the rationality properties of the special values of Rankin-Selberg L-functions for GL(n) x GL(m), where n + m = N. The authors carry through the entire program with an eye toward generalizations.This book should be of interest to advanced graduate students and researchers interested in number theory, automorphic forms, representation theory, and the cohomology of arithmetic groups.

Shimura varieties. --- Cohomology operations. --- Number theory. --- Arithmetic groups. --- L-functions. --- Functions, L --- -Number theory --- Group theory --- Number study --- Numbers, Theory of --- Algebra --- Operations (Algebraic topology) --- Algebraic topology --- Varieties, Shimura --- Arithmetical algebraic geometry --- Addition. --- Adele ring. --- Algebraic group. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Arithmetic group. --- Automorphic form. --- Base change. --- Basis (linear algebra). --- Bearing (navigation). --- Borel subgroup. --- Calculation. --- Category of groups. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Combination. --- Commutative ring. --- Compact group. --- Computation. --- Conjecture. --- Constant term. --- Corollary. --- Covering space. --- Critical value. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Dimension. --- Dirichlet character. --- Discrete series representation. --- Discrete spectrum. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Eisenstein series. --- Elaboration. --- Embedding. --- Euler product. --- Field extension. --- Field of fractions. --- Free module. --- Freydoon Shahidi. --- Function field. --- Functor. --- Galois group. --- Ground field. --- Group (mathematics). --- Group scheme. --- Harish-Chandra. --- Hecke L-function. --- Hecke character. --- Hecke operator. --- Hereditary property. --- Induced representation. --- Irreducible representation. --- K0. --- L-function. --- Langlands dual group. --- Level structure. --- Lie algebra cohomology. --- Lie algebra. --- Lie group. --- Linear combination. --- Linear map. --- Local system. --- Maximal torus. --- Modular form. --- Modular symbol. --- Module (mathematics). --- Monograph. --- N0. --- National Science Foundation. --- Natural number. --- Natural transformation. --- Nilradical. --- Permutation. --- Prime number. --- Quantity. --- Rational number. --- Reductive group. --- Requirement. --- Ring of integers. --- Root of unity. --- SL2(R). --- Scalar (physics). --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Spectral sequence. --- Standard L-function. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Tensor product. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Triangular matrix. --- Triviality (mathematics). --- Two-dimensional space. --- Unitary group. --- Vector space. --- W0. --- Weyl group.