Some new directions in -adic Hodge theory
We recall some basic constructions from -adic Hodge theory, then describe some recent results in the subject. We chiefly discuss the notion of -pairs, introduced recently by Berger, which provides a natural enlargement of the category of -adic Galois representations. (This enlargement, in a different form, figures in recent work of Colmez, Bellaïche, and Chenevier on trianguline representations.) We also discuss results of Liu that indicate that the formalism of Galois cohomology, including Tate...