文摘
I discuss four unpublished letters of Deligne (one on Hodge theory, two on Euler–Poincaré characteristics and ramification of \({\ell}\)-adic sheaves, one on generalized divisors), and sketch some of the developments they generated. Keywords and phrases mixed Hodge theory \({\ell}\)-adic sheaf ramification Swan conductor Euler–Poincaré characteristic characteristic cycle logarithmic structure