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Analyzing Character Lifts in Cp

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MATH-494: Topics in arithmetic geometry

P-adic numbers are a number theoretic analogue of the real numbers, which interpolate between arithmetics, analysis and geometry. In this course we study their basic properties and give various applications, notably we will prove rationality of the Weil Ze ...

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This lecture focuses on constructing characters and lifting them to analytic functions on Cp. The instructor explains the process step by step, emphasizing the goal of constructing characters and lifting them. Various definitions and exercises are presented to illustrate the concepts. The lecture also covers the importance of adding correction terms to ensure convergence. The instructor highlights the formal power series and the crucial observations related to the construction of characters. The lecture concludes with a discussion on the powers of X and Y in the series, emphasizing the significance of each term.

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Analytic function

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