Zeta functions of regular arithmetic schemes at s=0
Abstract
Lichtenbaum conjectured the existence of a Weil-étale cohomology in order to describe the vanishing order and the special value of the Zeta function of an arithmetic scheme $\mathcal{X}$ at $s=0$ in terms of Euler-Poincaré characteristics. Assuming the (conjectured) finite generation of some étale motivic cohomology groups we construct such a cohomology theory for regular schemes proper over $\mathrm{Spec}(\mathbb{Z})$. In particular, we obtain (unconditionally) the right Weil-étale cohomology for geometrically cellular schemes over number rings. We state a conjecture expressing the vanishing order and the special value up to sign of the Zeta function $\zeta(\mathcal{X},s)$ at $s=0$ in terms of a perfect complex of abelian groups $R\Gamma_{W,c}(\mathcal{X},\mathbb{Z})$. Then we relate this conjecture to Soulé's conjecture and to the Tamagawa number conjecture of Bloch-Kato, and deduce its validity in simple cases.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2011
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1103.6061
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1103.6061
- Bibcode:
- 2011arXiv1103.6061M
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory;
- Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry;
- 14F20;
- 14G10;
- 11S40;
- 11G40;
- 19F27
- E-Print:
- 53 pages. To appear in Duke Math. J