Function field arithmetic

Includes bibliography (p. 373-388) and references

1. Number fields and Function fields; 2. Drinfeld modules; 3. Explicit class field theory; 4. Gauss sums and Gamma functions; 5. Zeta functions; 6. Higher rank theory; 7. Higher dimensions and geometric tools; 8. Applications to Gauss sums, Gamma and Zeta values; 9. Diophantine approximation; 10. Transcendence results; 11. Automata and algebraicity

This book provides an exposition of function field arithmetic withemphasis on recent developments concerning Drinfeld modules, thearithmetic of special values of transcendental functions (such as zetaand gamma functions and their interpolations), diophantineapproximation and related interesting open problems.