Abstract. If L(a, s) := n c(n, a)n −s is a family of "geometric" L−functions depending on a parameter a, then the function (p, a) → c(p, a), where p runs through the set of prime integers, is not a rational function and hence is not a function belonging to algebraic geometry. The aim of the paper is to show that if one enlarges algebraic geometry by "adjoining a Fermat quotient operation", then the functions c(p, a) become functions in the enlarged geometry at least for L−functions of curves and Abelian varieties.