We prove a twist formula for the ε \varepsilon -factor of a constructible sheaf on a projective smooth variety over a finite field in terms of characteristic class of the sheaf. This formula is a modified version of the formula conjectured by Kato and Saito in [Ann. of Math. 168 (2008), pp. 33–96]. We give two applications of the twist formula. First, we prove that the characteristic classes of constructible étale sheaves on projective smooth varieties over a finite field are compatible with proper push-forward. Secondly, we show that the two Swan classes in the literature are the same on proper smooth surfaces over a finite field.

Abstract. We give a bound for the order of the local monodromy of a compatible system of l-adic representations, which is independent of l. For the etale cohomology of a variety, the bound depends only on some numerical invariants of varieties.

We prove a twist formula for the ε-factor of a constructible sheaf on a projective smooth variety over a finite field in terms of characteristic class of the sheaf. This formula is a modified version of the formula conjectured by Kato and Saito in [23, Ann. Math., 168 (2008):33-96, Conjecture 4.3.11].We give two applications of the twist formula. Firstly, we prove that the characteristic classes of constructible étale sheaves on projective smooth varieties over a finite field are compatible with proper push-forward. Secondly, we show that the two Swan classes in the literature are the same on proper smooth surfaces over a finite field.

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