| Author/Contributor(s): | Yuan, Xinyi ; Zhang, Shou-Wu ; Zhang, Wei |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Date: | 12/02/2012 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
This comprehensive account of the Gross-Zagier formula on Shimura curves over totally real fields relates the heights of Heegner points on abelian varieties to the derivatives of L-series. The formula will have new applications for the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture and Diophantine equations.
The book begins with a conceptual formulation of the Gross-Zagier formula in terms of incoherent quaternion algebras and incoherent automorphic representations with rational coefficients attached naturally to abelian varieties parametrized by Shimura curves. This is followed by a complete proof of its coherent analogue: the Waldspurger formula, which relates the periods of integrals and the special values of L-series by means of Weil representations. The Gross-Zagier formula is then reformulated in terms of incoherent Weil representations and Kudla's generating series. Using Arakelov theory and the modularity of Kudla's generating series, the proof of the Gross-Zagier formula is reduced to local formulas.The Gross-Zagier Formula on Shimura Curves will be of great use to students wishing to enter this area and to those already working in it.