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The quotient of a superspecial abelian surface by the involution
Let $E_i\!: y_i^2 = f(x_i)$ be two copies of a supersingular elliptic curve over a field of odd characteristics. Consider the involution
$$
i\!: E_1\times E_2 \to E_1\times E_2,\qquad (x_1, y_1, x_2, ...
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Non algebraizable formal abelian schemes
I'd like to collect a good number of examples of formal schemes over $\text{Spf}(\mathbf{Z}_p)$, whose special fiber is a projective variety over $\mathbf{F}_p$, but that are not algebraizable.
If ...
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Under what conditions are superspecial abelian surfaces isomorphic over a finite field?
Let $E_1$, $E_2$, $E_3$, $E_4$ be supersingular elliptic curves over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_{p^2}$, where $p$ is an odd prime. There is a well known theorem stating that over the algebraic closure ...
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Subschemes in group action
Let $k$ be a field, of any characteristic. Let $G$ be a smooth group scheme over $k$ and let $X$ be a smooth scheme of finite type over $k$. Let $Y\subseteq X$ be a smooth subscheme of $X$, and let $...
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Generic Mumford Tate group and algebraic points
I will stick with a concrete example for this question, but it should probably be cast in a more general framework.
Let $Sym_g(\mathbf{C})$ be the space of symmetric matrices of order $g$ with ...
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Endomorphisms of abelian varieties with real multiplication
Let us work over $\mathbb{C}$ to make life easier.
I've came across to the following definition. Let $F$ be a totally real number field of degree $g$, with ring of integers $\mathcal{O}_F$. An ...
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Translates of a line bundle on a complex $n$-torus
Suppose $\mathbb T:=V/\Gamma$ is a complex $n$-torus (i.e., $V$ is an $n$-dimensional $\mathbb C$-vector space and $\Gamma$ is a rank $2n$ lattice in $V$). Fix a holomorphic line bundle $L\in\text{Pic}...
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Endomorphism ring of simple ordinary abelian variety
Is there an example of an ordinary and simple abelian variety $A$ over an algebraically closed field $K$ (of characteristic $p>0$) such that ${\rm End}(A)$ is not commutative? Note that the answer ...
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schemes vs varieties in abelian varieties and maximal subscheme where line bundle is trivial
This is a very elementary question as I am just learning about abelian varieties by reading Mumford's book,
Let $X$ be a complete variety (irreducible and reducible over an algebraically closed field)...
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Bhargava's work on the BSD conjecture
How much would Bhargava's results on BSD improve if finiteness of the Tate-Shafarevich group, or at least its $\ell$-primary torsion for every $\ell$, was known? Would they improve to the point of ...
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Chow groups modulo homological equivalence for abelian varieties
Let $X$ be an abelian variety over a field $k$.
Let $A^p_{\rm hom}(X)$ be the $p$-th Chow group of cycles modulo homological equivalence ($\ell$-adic, if $k$ is of char $p$).
Do we have $$A^p_{\rm ...
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Is the isogeny class 1109.a of abelian surfaces in the LMFDB complete?
The LMFDB lists the Jacobian of the genus-2 curve 1109.a.1109.1 (http://www.lmfdb.org/Genus2Curve/Q/1109/a/1109/1) as being isolated in its rational-isogeny class. However, the LMFDB does not purport ...
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Descent via an explicit isogeny (genus 2)
This question is related to a previous question posted by me here answered by Prof. M. Stoll. 5-Descent or ($\sqrt{5}$-Descent?) on certain genus 2 Jacobians.
Here I ask some technicalities of a ...
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Points of abelian varieties over purely transcendental extensions
I heard about the result in the theory of abelian varieties which says the following: given an abelian variety $X$ defined over a field $k$ and a purely transcendental extension $k\subset L\subset L'$ ...
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Tate-Shafarevich group over number fields
Let $A$ be an abelian variety over a number field $K$, $\text{Sha}(A/K)$ its Tate-Shafarevich group, $\ell$ a prime.
Is it known that the $\ell$-primary torsion subgroup $\text{Sha}(A/K)\{\ell\}$ is ...
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Why do "large" opens of abelian surfaces have "small" canonical bundle?
Let $A$ be an abelian surface, and let $S$ be a finite set of points. Let $U=A\setminus S$. Note that $U$ is a "large" open of $A$.
Let $B\to A$ be a proper birational surjective morphism with $B$ ...
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How to prove that a certain curve does not lie in a proper abelian subvariety of abelian variety
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ by the equation
$$E: y^2=x^3-Ax+B=:f(x).$$
Consider the abelian variety $E^3:=E \times E \times E \subset \mathbb{P}^2 \times \mathbb{P}^2 \...
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Indecomposablity in purely inseparable extensions
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p$ (e.g. the separable closure of $\mathbb{F}_p(t)$) and consider the extension $k(x)/k$ where $x^p\in k$ but $x$ does not. Consider a (finitely generated) ...
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Trivial Tate modules
Let $A$ be an abelian group, and $p$ a prime.
I'll call $$T_p(A) := \text{Hom}_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{Q}_{p}/\mathbf{Z}_{p}, A).$$
If $A$ is finite, then $T_p(A)$ is trivial, but the converse is not ...
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Relations between an projective variety and galois cohomology
Let $f_1, \cdots, f_k$ be homogeneous polynomials over $\mathbb{Q}[x_0, \cdots, x_n]$. They define an projective variety $X$ over $\mathbb{P}^n(\mathbb{C})$, namely their set of zeros $$X = Z(f_1, \...
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subvarieties of abelian varieties over number fields
How "special" are closed subvarieties of abelian varieties over number fields? (Dimension 1 is easy.)
For example: Are there interesting families of varieties of general type which are not closed ...
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Sha finiteness vs $\ell$-primary torsion
Where do I find a proof of the fact that over global function fields of characteristic $p>0$, finiteness of the Tate-Shafarevich group of an abelian variety is equivalent to finiteness of its $\ell$...
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Global sections of higher direct images
If $f : X\to V$ is a smooth proper map of smooth schemes, what are the global sections of
$R^if_{fppf, *}\mu_p$
$R^if_{fppf, *}\mathbb{G}_{\rm m}$
I was reading Milne's book "Arithmetic duality", ...
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Néron models vs integral models
Let $X$ be a smooth projective $k$-scheme, $k$ being a number field. Let $\mathcal{O}_k$ be the ring of integers of $k$.
Fix a large enough category of schemes $\text{Sch}/k$ containing $X$, and ...
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A question about abelian varieties
For an abelian variety $A$ over a global field $K$, $\mathcal{A}$ its Néron model on $C$, either a smooth projective geometrically irreducible curve over a finite field, or the spectrum of the ring of ...
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Component groups of commutative group schemes
I'm interested in the following question.
Suppose $P$ is a smooth commutative group scheme over a global field $k$, such that $P$ is separated and locally of finite type.
Suppose, in addition, $P^0$ ...
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Lefschetz fixed-point theorem for the Frobenius map
Where can one find a proof of Lefschetz fixed-point theorem for the Frobenius map on elliptic curves over algebraic closures of $F_{p}$ ?
This could immediately follow if their coholomogies (for the ...
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On families of supersingular abelian surfaces over the projective line
Let $k=\mathbb{F}_q$. I recently learned that there are non-isotrivial families $f:X\to \mathbb{P}^1_k$ of supersingular abelian surfaces. In particular, the Kodaira-Spencer map of this family is non-...
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Cotangent complex of perfect algebra over a perfect field
Let $A$ be a perfect $\kappa$-algebra over a perfect field $\kappa$ of positive characteristic $p$. Then the algebraic (= classical) cotangent complex $L_{A/\kappa}^{\operatorname{alg}}$ is known to ...
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Triviality of torsors after a field extension of bounded degree
Let $G$ be an abelian variety defined over a ring $R$. Is there a natural number $n$ such that, for any field $k$ over $R$ and any $G_k$-torsor $T$, there exists an extension $L/k$ of degree $n$ for ...
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Weil Pairing and Galois descent
One way the Weil pairing for an Abelian Variety $A/k$ is phrased is the following (for simplicity, let me only deal with the multiplication by $m$ map ($[m]: A\to A$) instead of arbitrary isogenies):
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Intersection number of divisors on abelian surfaces and its invariance under translation by 2-Torsion points
I am reading Fulton's but I cannot find a useful result for my problem that seems to be something well known.
Let $\mathcal{J}$ be the Jacobian of a hyperelliptic curve of genus $2$. Consider $D_1,...
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Universal vectorial bi-extension as a scheme
In 'The universal vectorial Bi-extension and p-adic heights' Coleman works with the pullback of the Poincaré biextension of an abelian variety A to its universal vectorial extension and claims this is ...
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Mumford-Tate groups of abelian surfaces
For elliptic curves, one may easily compute Mumford-Tate groups; there are just two cases:
1) $E$ has no complex multiplication, and the Mumford-Tate group of $E$ is $GL_2$
2) $E$ has complex ...
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Identification of cohomology sheaf in the definition of the Kodaira-Spencer morphism for abelian schemes
Let $p:A \to S$ be a projective abelian scheme, where $S$ is some smooth scheme over a base field $k$. Then we have the Kodaira-Spencer morphism
$$
\kappa : T_{S/k} \to R^1p_*T_{A/S}
$$
where $T_{S/k}$...
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Real endomorphism algebra of abelian surface is never $\mathbb{C}$?
I'm reading about the Sato Tate conjecture for genus 2, and I came to the paper here. This breaks the conjecture into 6 different parts, based on the real endomorphism algebra of the surface, or the ...
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Map associated to linear system onto curve is morphism
In Mumford's first paper on Surfaces in char $p$ [1], part 2 Step (II), he wants to show that, given an indecomposable curve of canonical type $D$ on a smooth projective surface $F$ with $p_g(F)=0, ...
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$K_0$-equivalence of varieties
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero.
Let $A$ be the $\mathbf{Z}$-subalgebra of the Grothendieck ring of $k$-varieties $K_0(\text{Var}_k)$ generated by classes of semi-...
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What is the essential image of $AbVar$ in $p-div$?
Given an abelian variety $A$ over a base scheme $\text{Spec } \mathcal{O}_{K_p}$, we define the functor $P$ as taking $A \mapsto \text{colim}_n A[p^n]$, its associated $p$-divisible group. What is the ...
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absolute Galois group of the function field of a curve over $\mathbb{F}_p^{alg}$
In their 2008 paper "Torelli theorem for curves over finite fields" Bogomolov, Korotiaev and Tschinkel mention in the beginning of Section 9 that absolute Galois groups of curves over $\mathbb{F}_p^{...
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Norms of elements in Artin-Schreier extensions
The following is claimed in the proof of Theorem 7.5 of Auslander, Goldman, "The Brauer group of a commutative ring":
Let $k$ be a nonperfect field of positive characteristic $p$, let $K := k(x)$ ...
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A short proof for simple connectedness of the projective line
The Riemann-Hurwitz formula implies that the projective line $\mathbb{P}^1_K$ over any algebraically closed field $K$ is simply connected (i.e., $\pi_1^{et}(\mathbb{P}^1_K) = 1$; equivalently, if $\...
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Are general ample divisors on abelian varieties smooth?
It is well known that in $\mathcal{A}_g$, the space of principally polarized abelian varieties, the general element has a smooth theta divisor (see Andreotti-Mayer, for example).
Now let $\mathcal{A}...
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What are the easiest counterexamples to Serre-Lang over non-algebraically closed fields?
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero. Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $k$. Let $X\to A$ be a finite etale morphism with $X$ a connected (smooth projective) variety over $k$.
Then, choosing a ...
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Orders of reductions of rational points on elliptic curves
I am looking for references where the following (or similar questions) have been studied:
Let $K$ be a number field or a function field in one variable over a finite field and let $E$ be an elliptic ...
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Surjectivity of map of Picard schemes implies abelian
Note: This question was asked on MSE first, but got zero reactions. So I deleted it there, and am now posting it here.
I am looking for a reference or explanation of the fact that is used in Mumford'...
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Global invariant cycles in positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$ and fix a prime $\ell\neq p$. Let $X$ be a smooth connected $k$-variety and $f:Y\rightarrow X$ a smooth projective morphism. ...
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Faltings height variation "at place of bad reduction''
Is there any example in the literature where someone has considered the problem of bounding the variation of Faltings height at a place of bad reduction? Specifically, if $A_i$ for $i\in \{1,2\}$ are ...
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Connected component of Picard group of a genus $2$ curve and its Jacobian over an imperfect field
Let $H/k$ be a genus $2$ curve. Consider the function field of $H$ given by $k(H)$. Take the base extension of $H$ to $k(H)$, namely $\hat H:=H\otimes_k k(H)$. Consider the Jacobian $J$ of the curve $...
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Isotrivial factors of Jacobian
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic that it is not the algebraic closure of a finite field. Fix a smooth proper $k$-curve $C$ and write $J_C$ for its Jacobian abelian ...
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