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The relationship between the definitions of ''G'' and ''Z'' can be explained in a number of ways. (See for example the infinite product formula for ''Z'' below.) In practice it makes ''Z'' a [[rational function]] of ''t'', something that is interesting even in the case of ''V'' an [[elliptic curve]] over finite field.

The local ''Z'' zeta functions are multiplied to get ''global ''<math>\zeta</math>'' zeta functions''. These generally involve different finite fields (for example the whole family of fields '''Z'''/''p'''''Z''' as ''p'' runs over all [[prime number]]s).

In these fields, the variable ''t'' is substituted by ''p^−s'', where ''s'' is the complex variable traditionally used in [[Dirichlet series]]. (For details see [[Hasse–Weil zeta function]].)