Prologue |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Relations Between Periods |
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2 | (2) |
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1.3 Dimensions of Period Spaces |
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4 | (3) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.6 The Case of Elliptic Curves |
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8 | (1) |
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1.7 Values of Hypergeometric Functions |
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9 | (1) |
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1.8 Structure of the Monograph |
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10 | (3) |
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13 | (54) |
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15 | (6) |
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2.1 Additive and Ahelian Categories |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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3 Homology and Cohomology |
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21 | (10) |
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21 | (3) |
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3.2 Algebraic de Rham Cohomology |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (2) |
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4 Commutative Algebraic Groups |
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31 | (12) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (4) |
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4.3 Semi-abelian Varieties |
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37 | (2) |
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4.4 Universal Vector Extensions |
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39 | (1) |
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4.5 Generalised Jacobians |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (5) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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5.3 Integration over Paths |
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45 | (3) |
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6 The Analytic Subgroup Theorem |
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48 | (6) |
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48 | (2) |
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6.2 Analytic vs Algebraic Homomorphisms |
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50 | (4) |
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7 The Formalism of the Period Conjecture |
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54 | (13) |
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54 | (5) |
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7.2 The Period Conjecture |
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59 | (8) |
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PART TWO PERIODS OF DELIGNE 1-MOTIVES |
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67 | (42) |
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69 | (13) |
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8.1 The Category and the Realisation Functors |
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69 | (6) |
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8.2 The Functor to Mixed Hodge Structures |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (11) |
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9.1 Definition and First Properties |
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82 | (2) |
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9.2 Relations Between Periods |
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84 | (3) |
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9.3 Transcendence of Periods of 1-Motives |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (8) |
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93 | (2) |
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10.2 Transcendence of Logarithms |
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95 | (2) |
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10.3 Hilbert's Seventh Problem |
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97 | (2) |
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10.4 Abelian Periods for Closed Paths |
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99 | (2) |
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11 On Non-closed Elliptic Periods |
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101 | (8) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (3) |
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PART THREE PERIODS OF ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES |
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109 | (36) |
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12 Periods of Algebraic Varieties |
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111 | (9) |
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12.1 Spaces of Cohomological 1-Periods |
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111 | (1) |
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12.2 Periods of Curve Type |
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112 | (3) |
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12.3 Comparison with Periods of 1-Motives |
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115 | (2) |
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12.4 The Motivic Point of View |
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117 | (3) |
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13 Relations Between Periods |
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120 | (8) |
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13.1 Kontsevich's Period Conjecture |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (5) |
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14 Vanishing of Periods of Curves |
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128 | (17) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (4) |
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14.3 Forms of the First Kind |
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134 | (2) |
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14.4 Forms of the Second Kind |
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136 | (2) |
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14.5 Forms of the Third Kind |
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138 | (2) |
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14.6 Arbitrary Differential Forms |
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140 | (1) |
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14.7 Vanishing of Simple Periods |
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141 | (4) |
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PART FOUR DIMENSIONS OF PERIOD SPACES |
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145 | (62) |
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15 Dimension Computations: An Estimate |
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147 | (16) |
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15.1 Set-up and Terminology |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (4) |
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15.4 Proof of the Dimension Estimate |
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159 | (4) |
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16 Structure of the Period Space |
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163 | (4) |
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17 Incomplete Periods of the Third Kind |
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167 | (11) |
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167 | (7) |
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17.2 Alternative Description of σinc3(M) |
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174 | (4) |
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178 | (13) |
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18.1 Classical Theory of Periods |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (1) |
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18.4 Transcendence of Incomplete Periods |
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184 | (2) |
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18.5 Elliptic Period Space |
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186 | (5) |
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19 Values of Hypergeometric Functions |
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191 | (16) |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (10) |
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207 | (22) |
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209 | (8) |
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Appendix B Voevodsky Motives |
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217 | (4) |
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Appendix C Comparison of Realisations |
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221 | (8) |
List of Notation |
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229 | (6) |
References |
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235 | (6) |
Index |
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