%0 Journal Article %T Homomorphisms of abelian varieties over finite fields %A Yuri G. Zarhin %J Mathematics %D 2007 %I arXiv %X These are notes of my lectures at the summer school ``Higher-dimensional geometry over finite fields" in Goettingen, June--July 2007. We present a proof of Tate's theorem on homomorphisms of abelian varieties over finite fields (including the $\ell=p$ case) that is based on a "quaternion trick". In fact, a a slightly stronger version of those theorems with "finite coefficients" is proven. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1615v3