Title: Very not self contained
Review: Hi,I tried to read this book as I wanted to understand Bombieri'sproof of Weil's Theorem (Reimann hypothesis for function fields overfinite field)For me this this book was very hard to read- I spent alot of time trying tounderstand the first chapter-and did not get far.The book is far from self contained and contains some errorsI think that this is far from inevitable- as thereare books who explain Bombieri's proof- the new vesion ofSchmidt's book equations over finite fields, and I think Stichentoff'sbook algberaic function fields and codes- that are much moreaccesibleMaybe this book has advantages that I currently cannotappreciate- but If you're in a situation like mine-someonethat has undergraduate and partial graduate knowledge ofmath , and you want to understand Bombieri's proofand some concepts from function fields and algebraic geometry- I recommend you look elsewhere
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