p-adic L-functions and p-adic representations
By: Bernadette Perrin-Riou ; translated by Leila Schneps.
Series: SMF/AMS texts and monographs,; v. 3
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Providence, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: L-functions.; p-adic numbers.; Algebraic number theory.
Description: "Traditionally, p-adic L-functions have been constructed from complex L-functions via special values and Iwasawa theory. In this volume, Perrin-Riou presents a theory of p-adic L-functions coming directly from p-adic Galois representations (or, more generally, from motives). This theory encompasses, in particular, a construction of the module of p-adic L-functions via the arithmetic theory and a conjectural definition of the p-adic L-function via its special values."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.