| Abstract |
(This is a reading seminar presented by two graduate students.) In this reading seminar, we will present an introduction to étale cohomology and the Weil conjectures based on Milne's lecture notes. Beginning with the étale topology and the theory of sheaves on étale sites, we will develop the basic constructions and properties of étale cohomology. We will then explain several fundamental results of the theory including the purity theorem, the base change theorems, and the comparison theorem. Finally, we will discuss how these results culminate in the proof of the Weil conjectures. |
