Perfectoid Spaces

This book contains selected chapters on perfectoid spaces, their introduction and applications, as invented by Peter Scholze in his Fields Medal winning work. These contributions are presented at the conference on "Perfectoid Spaces" held at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, India, from 9-20 September 2019. The objective of the book is to give an advanced introduction to Scholze's theory and understand the relation between perfectoid spaces and some aspects of arithm ...