Alexander Grothendieck

Seminaire de Geometrie Algebrique du Bois Marie - 1962 - Cohomologie locale des faisceaux coherents et theoremes de Lefschetz locaux et globaux - (SGA 2)

(redige par un groupe d'auditeurs)
Augmente d'un expose de Mme Michele Raynaud
Documents Mathematiques 4 (2005), x+208 pages

Resume :
Ce volume est une edition recomposee et annotee du livre á Cohomologie locale des faisceaux coherents et theoremes de Lefschetz locaux et globaux (SGA 2) â , Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics 2, North-Holland Publishing Company - Amsterdam, 1968, par A. Grothendieck et al.

Dans cet ouvrage, on donne des conditions necessaires et suffisantes de finitude des faisceaux de cohomologie locale d'un faisceau coherent. Ces resultats conduisent a des theoremes d'algebrisation qui permettent en particulier d'obtenir, a l'aide de theoremes de purete egalement demontres dans le texte, des theoremes de type Lefschetz pour le groupe fondamental ou de Picard.

Mots clefs : Algebrisation, theoreme de Lefschetz, dualite locale, cohomologie locale, profondeur, profondeur homotopique, groupe fondamental, groupe de Picard

Abstract:
Cohomologie locale des faisceaux coherents (SGA 2)
This volume is a new updated edition of the book ``Cohomologie locale des faisceaux coherents et theoremes de Lefschetz locaux et globaux (SGA 2)'', Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics 2, North-Holland Publishing Company - Amsterdam, 1968, by A. Grothendieck et al.

In this monograph are given necessary and sufficient conditions for the finiteness of the local cohomology sheaves of coherent sheaves. These results provide algebraization theorems leading in particular, with the help of purity results also proved in the text, to Lefschetz's theorem for both the fundamental group and the Picard group.

Key words: Algebraization, Lefschetz's theorem, local duality, local cohomology, depth, homotopical depth, fundamental group, Picard group

Class. math. : 14-02, 14B10, 14B15, 14B20, 14C22, 14J70, 32S20

ISBN : 2-85629-169-4


BEAUVILLE,A. ET AL

Seminaire Bourbaki - Volume 2003/2004 - Exposes 924-937

Asterisque 299 (2005), x+350 pages

Resume :

Comme les precedents volumes de ce seminaire, celui-ci contient quatorze exposes de synthese sur des sujets d'actualite: trois exposes de geometrie algebrique, quatre sur les equations aux derivees partielles, un de probabilites, un de theorie des nombres, un sur les systemes dynamiques, un sur les algebres d'operateurs, un sur les inegalites geometriques, un de theorie des representations des groupes et un d'analyse harmonique.

Abstract:

Seminaire Bourbaki, volume 2003/2004, exposes 924-937
As in the preceding volumes of this seminar, one finds here fourteen survey lectures on topics of current interest: three lectures on algebraic geometry, four on partial differential equations, one on probability, one on number theory, one on dynamical systems, one on operator algebras, one on geometric inequalities, one on the representation theory of groups and one on harmonic analysis.

ISBN : 2-85629-173-2


Claude Sabbah

Polarizable twistor D-modules

Asterisque 300 (2005), vi+208 pages

Resume :

D-modules avec structure de twisteur polarisable
Nous montrons un theoreme de decomposition pour l'image directe d'un systeme local irreductible sur une variete projective complexe lisse par un morphisme a valeurs dans une autre variete projective complexe lisse. A cet effet, nous construisons une categorie de -modules avec structure de twisteur polarisee et nous montrons un theoreme de decomposition dans cette categorie.

Mots clefs : Structure de twisteur, D-module, specialisation, polarisation, poids

Abstract:

We prove a Decomposition Theorem for the direct image of an irreducible local system on a smooth complex projective variety under a morphism with values in another smooth complex projective variety. For this purpose, we construct a category of polarized twistor -modules and show a Decomposition Theorem in this category.

Key words: Twistor structure, D-module, specialization, polarization, weight

Class. math. : 32S40

ISBN : 2-85629-174-0

Nicholas M. Katz

Moments, Monodromy, and Perversity:
A Diophantine Perspective.

Paper | November 2005 | ISBN: 0-691-12330-6
Cloth | November 2005 | ISBN: 0-691-12329-2
448 pp. | 7 x 10
(AM-159)

It is now some thirty years since Deligne first proved his general equidistribution theorem, thus establishing the fundamental result governing the statistical properties of suitably "pure" algebro-geometric families of character sums over finite fields (and of their associated L-functions). Roughly speaking, Deligne showed that any such family obeys a "generalized Sato-Tate law," and that figuring out which generalized Sato-Tate law applies to a given family amounts essentially to computing a certain complex semisimple (not necessarily connected) algebraic group, the "geometric monodromy group" attached to that family.

Up to now, nearly all techniques for determining geometric monodromy groups have relied, at least in part, on local information. In Moments, Monodromy, and Perversity, Nicholas Katz develops new techniques, which are resolutely global in nature. They are based on two vital ingredients, neither of which existed at the time of Deligne's original work on the subject. The first is the theory of perverse sheaves, pioneered by Goresky and MacPherson in the topological setting and then brilliantly transposed to algebraic geometry by Beilinson, Bernstein, Deligne, and Gabber. The second is Larsen's Alternative, which very nearly characterizes classical groups by their fourth moments. These new techniques, which are of great interest in their own right, are first developed and then used to calculate the geometric monodromy groups attached to some quite specific universal families of (L-functions attached to) character sums over finite fields.

Nicholas M. Katz is Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. He is the author of five previous books in this series: Arithmetic Moduli of Elliptic Curves (with Barry Mazur); Gauss Sums, Kloosterman Sums, and Monodromy Groups; Exponential Sums and Differential Equations; Rigid Local Systems; and Twisted L-Functions and Monodromy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Basic results on perversity and higher moments 9
Chapter 2: How to apply the results of Chapter 2 93
Chapter 3: Additive character sums on An 111
Chapter 4: Additive character sums on more general X 161
Chapter 5: Multiplicative character sums on An 185
Chapter 6: Middle addivitve convolution 221
Appendix A6: Swan-minimal poles 281
Chapter 7: Pullbacks to curves from A1 295
Chapter 8: One variable twists on curves 321
Chapter 9: Weierstrass sheaves as inputs 327
Chapter 10: Weirstrass families 349
Chapter 11: FJTwist families and variants 371
Chapter 12: Uniformity results 407
Chapter 13: Average analytic rank and large N limits 443
References 455
Notation Index 461
Subject Index 467


Cisar Gomez / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid
Martm Ruiz-Altaba / Universite de Geneve
German Sierra / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid

Quantum Groups in Two-Dimensional Physics

Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Paperback (ISBN-10: 0521020042 | ISBN-13: 9780521020046)

Published September 2005 | 475 pages | 247 x 174 mm

This book is an introduction to integrability and conformal field theory in two dimensions using quantum groups. The book begins with a brief introduction to S-matrices, spin chains and vertex models as a prelude to the study of Yang?Baxter algebras and the Bethe ansatz. The basic ideas of integrable systems are then introduced, giving particular emphasis to vertex and face models. Special attention is given to explaining the underlying mathematical tools, including braid groups, knot invariants and towers of algebra. The book then goes on to give a detailed introduction to quantum groups as a prelude to chapters on integrable models, two-dimensional conformal field theories and superconformal field theories. The book contains many diagrams and exercises to illustrate key points in the text.

* Quantum groups of great current interest

* Special emphasis on explaining underlying mathematical tools

* One of the few books available that show applications in physics

* Highly illustrated to explain key concepts

Contents

Preface; 1. S-matrices, spin chains and vertex models; 2. The Yang?Baxter equation ? a first look; 3. Bethe ansatz ? some examples; 4. The eight-vertex model; 5. Face models; 6. Quantum groups ? mathematical review; 7. Integrable models at roots of unit; 8. Two-dimensional conformal field theories; 9. Duality in conformal field theories; 10. Coulomb gas representation; 11. Quantum groups in conformal field theory.

A. Colin Cameron / University of California, Davis
Pravin K. Trivedi / Indiana University, Bloomington

Microeconometrics
Methods and Applications

Hardback (ISBN-10: 0521848059 | ISBN-13: 9780521848053)

Published July 2005 | 1056 pages | 253 x 177 mm

Courses: econometrics, microeconometrics, applied economics, statistics, applied mathematics
Levels: FINAL-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES AND ABOVE
This book provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of microeconometrics, the analysis of individual-level data on the economic behavior of individuals or firms using regression methods for cross section and panel data. The book is oriented to the practitioner. A basic understanding of the linear regression model with matrix algebra is assumed. The text can be used for a microeconometrics course, typically a second-year economics PhD course; for data-oriented applied microeconometrics field courses; and as a reference work for graduate students and applied researchers who wish to fill in gaps in their toolkit. Distinguishing features of the book include emphasis on nonlinear models and robust inference, simulation-based estimation, and problems of complex survey data. The book makes frequent use of numerical examples based on generated data to illustrate the key models and methods. More substantially, it systematically integrates into the text empirical illustrations based on seven large and exceptionally rich data sets.

* Most comprehensive text on microeconometrics available anywhere

* Authors are leading experts on the subject matter

* Self-contained, rich with exercises, perennially important subject

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Causal and non-causal models; 3. Microeconomic data structures; 4. Linear models; 5. ML and NLS estimation; 6. GMM and systems estimation; 7. Hypothesis tests; 8. Specification tests and model selection; 9. Semiparametric methods; 10. Numerical optimization; 11. Bootstrap methods; 12. Simulation-based methods; 13. Bayesian methods; 14. Binary outcome models; 15. Multinomial models; 16. Tobit and selection models; 17. Transition data: survival analysis; 18. Mixture models and unobserved heterogeneity; 19. Models of multiple hazards; 20. Models of count data; 21. Linear panel models: basics; 22. Linear panel models: extensions; 23. Nonlinear panel models; 24. Stratified and clustered samples; 25. Treatment evaluation; 26. Measurement error models; 27. Missing data and imputation; A. Asymptotic theory; B. Making pseudo-random draw.

Reviews

eThis book presents an elegant and accessible treatment of the broad range of rapidly expanding topics currently being studied by microeconometricians. Thoughtful, intuitive, and careful in laying out central concepts of sophisticated econometric methodologies, it is not only an excellent textbook for students, but also an invaluable reference text for practitioners and researchers.f Cheng Hsiao, University of Southern California

eI wish Microeconometrics was available when I was a student! Here, in one place - and in clear and readable prose - you can find all of the tools that are necessary to do cutting-edge applied economic analysis, and with many helpful examples.f Alan Krueger, Princeton University

eCameron and Trivedi have written a remarkably thorough and up-to-date treatment of microeconometric methods. This is not a superficial cookbook; the early chapters carefully lay the theoretical foundations on which the authors build their discussion of methods for discrete and limited dependent variables and for analysis of longitudinal data. A distinctive feature of the book is its attention to cutting-edge topics like semiparametric regression, bootstrap methods, simulation-based estimation, and empirical likelihood estimation. A highly valuable book.f Gary Solon, University of Michigan

eThe empirical analysis of micro data is more widespread than ever before. The book by Cameron and Trivedi contains a superb treatment of all the methods that economists like to apply to such data. What is more, it fully integrates a number of exciting new methods that have become applicable due to recent advances in computer technology. The text is in perfect balance between econometric theory and empirical intuition, and it contains many insightful examples.f Gerard J. van den Berg, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands