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Counting abelian varieties over finite fields in a given isogeny class
Let $f(x) \in \mathbb Z[x]$ be a monic polynomial of degree $g$ with all roots having absolute value $\sqrt{q}$. How many principally polarized abelian varieties over $\mathbb F_q$ have $f(x)$ as the ...
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Does bounded-degree base extension yield Zariski-dense Mordell-Weil group?
If $d$ and $n$ are positive integers, does there exist a constant $B=B(d,n)$ with the following property?
For any $n$-dimensional abelian variety $A$ over a degree-$d$ number field $K$, there is an ...
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Simplicity of a rank 2 vector bundle over a principally polarized abelian surface
Let $A := \textrm{Jac}(C)$ be the Jacobian of a genus $2$ curve $C$, with principal polarization $\Theta$.
Studying some branched covers of $A$, I was led to consider some rank $2$ holomorphic ...
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Is the compositum of all quadratic extensions of the rationals an ample field?
Let $K$ be the compositum of all quadratic extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$, that is $$K = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d} \ : \ d \in \mathbb{Q}).$$
Is there a (geometrically irreducible) smooth variety $V/\mathbb{...
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Lifting torsors in characteristic $p$ to characteristic zero
Let $R$ be a local integral domain with residue field $k$ such that $R$ is of characteristic zero and $k$ is of characteristic $p>0$. Let $G$ be a smooth finite type affine group scheme with ...
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Complex plane mod lattice to elliptic curve correspondence generalization
If we observe the correspondence
$$\mathbb{C}/\Lambda \rightarrow E: Y^{2} = X^{3} - \frac{g_{2}(\Lambda)}{4}X - \frac{g_{3}(\Lambda)}{4},$$
we see the relationship between weight 4 and weight 6 ...
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Definition field of isogeny between abelian varieties
Let $K$ be a number field. Let $A$ and $B$ be abelian varieties over $K$. Assume that $A$ and $B$ are isogenous over $\bar{K}$, the algebraic closure of $K$. We further assume that the endomorphism ...
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CM abelian varieties over the rationals
Let $K$ be a number field and let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $g$ over $K$. Let $L$ be a CM field and suppose that $[L:{\bf Q}]=2g$. Suppose that there exists an embedding $\iota:L\...
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Non-algebraic K3 surfaces in characteristic $p$
I have a very naive question.
Recall that over the field of complex numbers, there exist non-algebraic K3 surfaces. Namely, smooth non-projective simply connected compact complex surfaces with ...
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Distribution of Mordell–Weil ranks of higher genus curves
By "nice curve", I mean a smooth, projective, geometrically integral curve over $\newcommand{\Q}{\mathbb{Q}}\newcommand{\Jac}{\operatorname{Jac}}\Q$ with at least one $\Q$-rational point. The Mordell–...
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n-th root of unity in n-th division field of abelian variety?
Let $K$ be a number field and $A/K$ an abelian variety over it.
Can it be that $K(A[n])$ does not contain a primitive $n$-th rooth of unity?
If the answer is yes is it always possible to ...
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A Siegel modular form related to the product of two eta functions
I am looking for a Siegel modular form of genus $2$ (living on the Siegel modular 3-fold $A_2=\mathrm{Sp}(4,\mathbb{Z})\backslash \mathfrak H_2$) which becomes "roughly" the product of two eta ...
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Endomorphism algebras of abelian surfaces with real multiplication
Given an abelian variety $A$ over a field $F$, one may consider the ring of endomorphisms $End(A)$, the ring of $F$-rational maps $A \to A$ respecting the group structure on $A$. We may also consider ...
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Varieties acted upon faithfully by an abelian variety
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over the complex numbers. Suppose that some positive-dimensional abelian variety $A$ acts faithfully on $X$.
Examples of such varieties $X$ are provided by ...
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Extending the Abel-Jacobi map over the DM-compactification $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_2$?
Let $\mathcal{M}_2$ be the moduli space of genus two curves and $\mathcal{A}_2$ the moduli space of principally polarized abelian surfaces. Then the Abel-Jacobi map gives an open embedding $\mathcal{M}...
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Reduction of tangent space of abelian variety
Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over a number field $K$ with good reduction everywhere. Let $\mathcal P$ be a prime of $K$.
Does reduction of $A$ modulo $\mathcal P$ induce a well-defined ...
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a problem about ideals of polynomial rings
Let $\{f_n\}_{n=1}^\infty\in \mathbb{C}[x,y]$ be a sequence of polynomials given by the following expressions
$$
f_n(x,y)=\sum_{i=0}^{[\dfrac{n}{2}]}(-1)^{n-i}{{n-i}\choose i}x^{n-2i}y^i.
$$
Let $(...
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Mod 2 modular forms in levels 5 and 25--how to account for this Hecke isomorphism?
The space $P1$ of my earlier question 203755 "Two spaces attached to mod 2 level 9 modular forms...", is essentially the space of mod 2 level 3 modular forms. That such a space should appear inside ...
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Are curves over imperfect fields defined over a smaller field?
Let $C$ be regular projective curve defined over a field $K$. Let $K/L$ be a totally inseparable finite extension. Does there exist a regular projective curve $C'$ over $L$ such that that the pullback ...
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Two spaces attached to mod 2 level 9 modular forms--a conjectural Hecke isomorphism
MOTIVATION
Nicolas and Serre have analyzed the structure of the space of mod $2$ modular forms of level $1$, viewed as a "Hecke-module". They show that for each $p>2$, the operator $T_p$ acting on ...
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Interpreting Frobenius pullback as an invariant differential in the case of an elliptic curve
Let $S$ be an affine scheme of characteristic $p > 0$, let $E \rightarrow S$ be an elliptic curve over $S$, and let $F$ denote the absolute Frobenius. Since $E$ is its own $\mathrm{Pic}^0$ there is ...
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A question about decomposing mod 2 modular forms of level p^2
Fix an odd prime $p$. Each $f \in \mathbb{Z}/2[[x]]$ can be written as $f_{+} + f_{-} + f_0$ where each exponent k of $x$ appearing in $f_{+}$ (resp. $f_{-}$, $f_0$) has Legendre symbol $(k/p)$ equal ...
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Abelian varieties with good reduction everywhere over function fields
There is a famous theorem due to J.-M. Fontaine,
Il n'y a pas de variété abélienne sur Z
(and independently by V.A. Abrashkin) that there are no abelian varieties over Z. I was wondering whether ...
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Degeneration of wildly ramified local monodromy representations - near or far from Deligne?
Suppose we have a surface $S$ mapping to a curve $C$ and a finite cover $Y/S$ that is ramified at a divisor $D$. For each point $x \in C$ we get a ramified cover of the curve $S_x$, and we can study ...
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Local duality for abelian varieties
Let $A$ be an abelian variety over a p-adic field $K$. Let $I$ be the inertia group of $K$. There is a Yoneda pairing $$H^n(\hat{\mathbb{Z}},A^I) \times Ext^{2-n}_{\hat{\mathbb{Z}}}(A^I,\mathbb{Z}) \...
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integral basis for the Lie algebra of the Neron model of an abelian variety
Let $A$ be an abelian variety over a number field $K$. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the Neron model of $A$ over $O_K$. Let $\Omega_{\mathcal{A}/O_K}$ be the sheaf of invariant differential forms on $\mathcal{...
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Motivic integration in positive characteristic: how much is known?
It seems that in papers on motivic integration people usually assume the base field to have characteristic $0$ (and algebraically closed?). My question is: how much can one prove over a positive ...
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Can an abelian variety/Q have no non-trivial points over Q_sol?
Let $A/\mathbb{Q}$ be an abelian variety. Must there be a finite solvable
extension $K/\mathbb{Q}$ such that $A(K)$ is nontrivial?
This follows from the conjecture that the maximal (pro-)solvable ...
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Exactness on rational points of algebraic groups
Let $k$ be a finite extension of the p-adic number field $Q_p$ and G be a connected algebraic (not affine) group over $k$. It is well-known (see e.g. [1] Proposition 3.1) that G decomposes as
$1\...
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An explicit formula for Weil pairing on a complex torus
I begin by defining the Weil pairing in general (as in Oda's 1969 paper). My question is about an explicit formula for this pairing in the case of an elliptic curve over complex numbers.
Let $\lambda\...
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degenerate abelian surfaces
I am wondering if the family of degenerate abelian surfaces constructed by K. Hulek, C. Kahn and S.H. Weintraub in "Moduli spaces of Abelian Surfaces: Compactification, Degenarations, and Theta ...
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Excellent schemes
I noticed that many results in positive characteristic assumes that the object of the theorem is excellent. I have looked up the definition of excellent and have tried to get a feeling for it, but all ...
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Need information about particular kind of quotients of semisimple algebraic groups by free abelian discrete subgroups
Let me start with the simplest version of the question since already there I don't know anything.
For a complex number $q$, consider the quotient space $X_q:=\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb C)\left/\left\{\...
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When is "independence of l" known?
My question is for which varieties over local fields is "independence of l" known for
etale cohomology. Say $X/{\mathbb Q}_p$ is a complete non-singular variety and $W_l$ is the (complex) Weil-...
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The uniform boundedness of rational torsion for traceless abelian surfaces over a function field
The function field analog of the theorem of Mazur-Kamienny-Merel (giving a universal bound in $[K:\mathbb{Q}]$ for the size of the $K$-rational torsion of an elliptic curve) is immediate just from the ...
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Pathological behavior of Lie algebra under a map of abelian schemes
I am trying to understand Example 7.5/9 from the book "Neron models". There one has a discrete valuation ring $R'$ that is the localization of $\mathbb{Z}[\zeta_p]$ at $p$, so that the absolute ...
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Coherent cohomology of an abelian scheme and base change
Let $f\colon A \rightarrow S$ be an abelian scheme of dimension $d$. I would like a reference or an argument for the fact that $R^1f_* \mathcal{O}_A$ is locally free of dimension $d$ and that its ...
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Weil height of an Abelian Variety with everywhere (potentially) good reduction
Background: Suppose that $E$ is an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ with everywhere (potentially) good reduction. there are many ways to define the height of $E$, and I will be concerned with the ...
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Do all 0-dimensional Shimura Varieties show up (as CM points) in $\mathcal{A}_g$?
Question: Let $S$ be a 0-dimensional Shimura variety. Does $S$ necessarily admit a morphism (in the category of Shimura varieties) to $\mathcal{A}_g$ for some $g\geq 1$? Here $\mathcal{A}_g$ is the ...
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Adjoining torsion points from abelian varieties
Let $L/\mathbb{Q}$ be the field generated over $\mathbb{Q}$ by all of the (projective) coordinates of all of the torsion points of all abelian varieties defined over $\mathbb{Q}$. Is $L$ algebraically ...
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Am I missing something about this notion of Mirror Symmetry for abelian varieties?
This is a continuation of my recent question: Mirror symmetry for polarized abelian surfaces and Shioda-Inose K3s.
In the comments of the question, I was directed to the paper http://arxiv.org/abs/...
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Mirror symmetry for polarized abelian surfaces and Shioda-Inose K3s
It is well known (cf. Dolgachev) that there is a beautiful notion of mirror symmetry for lattice-polarized K3 surfaces. That is, if we are given a rank $r$ lattice $M$ of signature $(1, r - 1)$ and a ...
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Do complex tori contain quasi-projective open subsets?
Complex tori are not associated to projective varieties in general.
But can one find an open $U$ inside a complex torus $\mathbb C^g/L$ such that $U$ is the analytification of a quasi-projective ...
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On a proposition in Hartshorne's paper "Ample vector bundles on curves"
In Prop. 4.1, p. 87 of the article "Ample vector bundles on curves" (Nagoya Math. J. 43 [1971], 73--89), R. Hartshorne states the following:
Let $A$ be an abelian variety [over an alg. closed field $...
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Abel-Prym map for Prym-Tyurin varieties
Let $(J,\Theta)$ be the Jacobian of a smooth projective curve $C$, and let $i:P\hookrightarrow J$ be an abelian subvariety of $J$ such that $i^*\Theta\equiv e\Xi$ for some principal polarization $\Xi$ ...
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Faltings height in short exact sequences
Let $K$ be a number field and $0 \rightarrow A \rightarrow B \rightarrow C \rightarrow 0$ a short exact sequence of abelian varieties over $K$. Let $h(A)$ denote the logarithmic Faltings height (...
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Is there a proof of Warning's Second Theorem using p-adic cohomology?
Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field, $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, and $f_1,\ldots,f_r \in \mathbb{F}_q[t_1,\ldots,t_n]$ with $\operatorname{deg}(f_i) = d_i$. Put $d = \sum_{i=1}^n d_i$ and suppose $d< n$...
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Marten's proof of torelli theorem
I am trying to read the proof of torelli theorem by Henrik H.Martens "A new proof of torelli's theorem" Annals of mathematics vol78 no. 1 .The proof seems to me like using mysterious combination of 3 ...
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Picard scheme of varieties over imperfect fields
Let $k$ be a field and $X$ a proper $k$-scheme. It is a theorem of Murre and Oort that the Picard functor is representable by a $k$-group scheme $\operatorname{Pic}_{X/k}$ which is locally of finite ...
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Are there noncommutative extensions of $\alpha_p$ by $\mathbb{G}_m$?
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p > 0$ (algebraically closed, if you want; that doesn't make a difference). Consider a finite type $k$-group scheme $E$ that is a (central) extension of $\...
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