Étale Cohomology
An authoritative introduction to the essential features of étale cohomology

A. Grothendieck’s work on algebraic geometry is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the twentieth century. In the early 1960s, he and M. Artin introduced étale cohomology to extend the methods of sheaf-theoretic cohomology from complex varieties to more general schemes. This work found many applications, not only in algebraic geometry but also in several different branches of number theory and in the representation theory of finite and p-adic groups. In this classic book, James Milne provides an invaluable introduction to étale cohomology, covering the essential features of the theory.

Milne begins with a review of the basic properties of flat and étale morphisms and the algebraic fundamental group. He then turns to the basic theory of étale sheaves and elementary étale cohomology, followed by an application of the cohomology to the study of the Brauer group. After a detailed analysis of the cohomology of curves and surfaces, Milne proves the fundamental theorems in étale cohomology—those of base change, purity, Poincaré duality, and the Lefschetz trace formula—and applies these theorems to show the rationality of some very general L-series.

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Étale Cohomology
An authoritative introduction to the essential features of étale cohomology

A. Grothendieck’s work on algebraic geometry is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the twentieth century. In the early 1960s, he and M. Artin introduced étale cohomology to extend the methods of sheaf-theoretic cohomology from complex varieties to more general schemes. This work found many applications, not only in algebraic geometry but also in several different branches of number theory and in the representation theory of finite and p-adic groups. In this classic book, James Milne provides an invaluable introduction to étale cohomology, covering the essential features of the theory.

Milne begins with a review of the basic properties of flat and étale morphisms and the algebraic fundamental group. He then turns to the basic theory of étale sheaves and elementary étale cohomology, followed by an application of the cohomology to the study of the Brauer group. After a detailed analysis of the cohomology of curves and surfaces, Milne proves the fundamental theorems in étale cohomology—those of base change, purity, Poincaré duality, and the Lefschetz trace formula—and applies these theorems to show the rationality of some very general L-series.

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Étale Cohomology

Étale Cohomology

by James S. Milne
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Étale Cohomology

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An authoritative introduction to the essential features of étale cohomology

A. Grothendieck’s work on algebraic geometry is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the twentieth century. In the early 1960s, he and M. Artin introduced étale cohomology to extend the methods of sheaf-theoretic cohomology from complex varieties to more general schemes. This work found many applications, not only in algebraic geometry but also in several different branches of number theory and in the representation theory of finite and p-adic groups. In this classic book, James Milne provides an invaluable introduction to étale cohomology, covering the essential features of the theory.

Milne begins with a review of the basic properties of flat and étale morphisms and the algebraic fundamental group. He then turns to the basic theory of étale sheaves and elementary étale cohomology, followed by an application of the cohomology to the study of the Brauer group. After a detailed analysis of the cohomology of curves and surfaces, Milne proves the fundamental theorems in étale cohomology—those of base change, purity, Poincaré duality, and the Lefschetz trace formula—and applies these theorems to show the rationality of some very general L-series.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691273778
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 04/08/2025
Series: Princeton Mathematical Series , #33
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 52 MB
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About the Author

James S. Milne is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

  • Frontmatter, pg. i
  • Contents, pg. vii
  • Preface, pg. ix
  • Terminology and Conventions, pg. xiii
  • Chapter I. Étale Morphisms, pg. 1
  • Chapter II. Sheaf Theory, pg. 46
  • Chapter III. Cohomology, pg. 82
  • Chapter IV. The Brauer Group, pg. 136
  • Chapter V. The Cohomology of Curves and Surfaces, pg. 155
  • Chapter VI. The Fundamental Theorems, pg. 220
  • Appendix A. Limits, pg. 304
  • Appendix B. Spectral Sequences, pg. 307
  • Appendix C. Hypercohomology, pg. 310
  • Bibliography, pg. 313
  • Index, pg. 321



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