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Convergent Power Series and Lemmas

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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 covers the convergence of power series and Lemmas related to proving the convergence on specific domains. It discusses the process of finding convergent power series and their applications in lifting characteristics. The instructor explains Dwork's Lemma and its implications, emphasizing the importance of understanding the convergence of power series in various contexts.

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