Seminar series
Date
Thu, 08 May 2008
Time
11:00 - 12:00
Location
SR1
Speaker
Jamshid Derakhshan
Organisation
Oxford

I will discuss some theorems of Chatzidakis, van den Dries, and Macintyre on definable sets over finite fields (Crelle 1992). This includes a geometric decomposition theorem for definable sets and a generalization of the Lang-Weil estimates, and uses model theory of finite and pseudo-finite fields.

If time permits, I shall mention a recent application of this work by Emmanuel Kowalski on new bounds for exponential sums (Israel Journal of Math 2007).

I would also like to mention some connections to the model theory of p-adic and motivic integrals and to general problems on counting and equidistribution of rational points.

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