Diophantine geometryIn mathematics, Diophantine geometry is the study of Diophantine equations by means of powerful methods in algebraic geometry. By the 20th century it became clear for some mathematicians that methods of algebraic geometry are ideal tools to study these equations. Diophantine geometry is part of the broader field of arithmetic geometry. Four theorems in Diophantine geometry which are of fundamental importance include: Mordell–Weil theorem Roth's theorem Siegel's theorem Faltings's theorem Serge Lang published a book Diophantine Geometry in the area in 1962, and by this book he coined the term "Diophantine Geometry".
Glossary of arithmetic and diophantine geometryThis is a glossary of arithmetic and diophantine geometry in mathematics, areas growing out of the traditional study of Diophantine equations to encompass large parts of number theory and algebraic geometry. Much of the theory is in the form of proposed conjectures, which can be related at various levels of generality. Diophantine geometry in general is the study of algebraic varieties V over fields K that are finitely generated over their prime fields—including as of special interest number fields and finite fields—and over local fields.
Height functionA height function is a function that quantifies the complexity of mathematical objects. In Diophantine geometry, height functions quantify the size of solutions to Diophantine equations and are typically functions from a set of points on algebraic varieties (or a set of algebraic varieties) to the real numbers. For instance, the classical or naive height over the rational numbers is typically defined to be the maximum of the numerators and denominators of the coordinates (e.g.
Cohomologie étaleLa cohomologie étale est la théorie cohomologique des faisceaux associée à la topologie étale. Elle mime le comportement habituel de la cohomologie classique sur des objets mathématiques où celle-ci n'est pas envisageable, en particulier les schémas et les espaces analytiques. La cohomologie étale a été introduite pour les schémas par Alexander Grothendieck et Michael Artin dans SGA 4 et 41⁄2, avec l'objectif de réaliser une cohomologie de Weil et ainsi résoudre les conjectures de Weil, objectif partiellement rempli, plus tard complété par Pierre Deligne avec l'introduction de la cohomologie l-adique.
