L-Functions and Galois Representations

Timely collection of articles bringing together topics at the forefront of the theory, including the local Langlands programme and automorphic forms.

Highlighting important progress being made in areas such as the local Langlands programme and automorphic forms, this timely volume is indispensable for researchers in the area of L-functions and Galois representations. Articles include Khare on Serre's conjecture, Yafaev on the André-Oort conjecture, and Emerton on Jacquet functors.This collection of survey and research articles brings together topics at the forefront of the theory of L-functions and Galois representations. Highlighting important progress in areas such as the local Langlands programme, automorphic forms and Selmer groups, this timely volume treats some of the most exciting recent developments in the field. Included are survey articles from Khare on Serre's conjecture, Yafaev on the André-Oort conjecture, Emerton on his theory of Jacquet functors, Venjakob on non-commutative Iwasawa theory and Vigneras on mod p representations of GL(2) over p-adic fields. There are also research articles by: Böckle, Buzzard, Cornut and Vatsal, Diamond, Hida, Kurihara and R. Pollack, Kisin, Nekovář, and Bertolini, Darmon and Dasgupta. Presenting the very latest research on L-functions and Galois representations, this volume is indispensable for researchers in algebraic number theory.