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Algebraic Hodge decomposition of CM abelian varieties
On p. 205 of Katz's paper entitled "p-adic L-functions for CM fields" Katz says that
"Shimura's algebraicity theorem, in our context, is an easy consequence of the fact that Hodge decomposition of ...
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Hasse-Weil L-Functions of CM Abelian Varieties
In Shimura's paper "On the Zeta Function of an Abelian Variety With Complex Multiplication", in his terminology, the `one-dimensional part' of the zeta function is identified with a Hecke $L$-function ...
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Potential good reduction of abelian varieties
In Corollary 3 on page 498 of the article "Good reduction of abelian varieties" it says that, under some specified conditions, the minimal subextension $L/K$ of $\overline{K}/K$ over which an abelian ...
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A question on Kähler differentials and cotangent spaces on schemes
I have the following question (should be easy for those who know something about the field):
On page 92 (97 of the old edition) of Mumford's book "Abelian varieties", the author talks about an ...
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formal group laws of Abelian varieties in positive characteristic
Let $G$ be an algebraic group defined over an (algebraically closed) field $k$. Then one can obtain a formal group law by completing the multiplication map $m: G \times G \to G$ at the unit of $G$.
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Conductor CM abelian variety
This is probably well known but I am not an expert in the subject.
Given an abelian variety $A$ of dimension $g$ with CM by $O_K$ where $K$
is a CM field of degree $2g$, let $N_A$ be the norm of the ...
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where do CM abelian varieties get good reduction?
Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ and assume that $A$ has complex multiplication by the ring of integers of a CM field $K$. Then $A$ has potentially good reduction, that is: ...
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Why study CM abelian varieties?
I know that abelian varieties of CM type have central importance in algebraic geomtry and number theory. There are many conjectures and concepts related to them like Andre-Oort, Coleman conjecture, ...
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Nori fundamental group and etale fundamental group in positive characteristic
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface over an algebraically closed field of char $p > 0$. Suppose that $\pi_{1}^{et}(X) = \{1\}$. Can Nori fundamental group scheme of $X$ be non-trivial?
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Hodge structure of abelian surfaces
In my case, I have an abelian surface $A$ of (2,8)-polarization, and I have some finite group (may not be abelian group) $G$ acting on $A$ without fixed point. I want to understand when there is a ...
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the group of all biholomorphic group automorphisms of complex tori
My background is complex geometry, but when I confront complex tori, I feel it is easier to consider it as a compact connected complex Lie group although I just know the definition of Lie group.
Let $...
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Covering of Abelian variety by product of elliptic curves
Let $A$ be an complex abelian variety of dimension $n$. Is it possible to find $n$ elliptic curves $E_1,\dots,E_n$ such that the product $E_1\times \dots \times E_n$ of the elliptic curves etale ...
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The "Level N modular equation for delta" in characteristics 3, 5, 7 and 13
When $N > 1$, the modular forms $\Delta(z)$ and $\Delta(Nz)$ are algebraically independent over the complexes, and the same then is true of their expansions at infinity. But using the fact that
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Effect of Hecke transform on the Mumford-Tate group
Let $Sh_{K}(G,X)$ be a Shimura variety and $Z\subset Sh_{K}(G,X)$ be a special subvariety. $Z$ is given by a Shimura sub-datum $(H,Y)$ with $H\subset G$ an algebraic subgroup which I call the $Mumford-...
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Are automorphisms of abelian varieties detected by the formal group?
Let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $g$ over an algebraically closed field $k$.
Assume $k$ has characteristic $p$ and denote by $A(p)$ the $p$-divisible group of dimension $g$ associated with ...
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Katz--Mazur for abelian varieties
Over $\mathbb Z$, there is a smooth DM stack $A_g$ classifying abelian varieties.
Over $\mathbb Z[\frac 1N]$, there is finite etale cover $A_g(N)_{\mathbb Z[\frac 1N]}\to A_g\otimes\mathbb Z[\frac 1N]...
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What is the motivation for defining the conductor of an abelian variety?
Let $K$ be a $p$-adic field, and let $A$ be an abelian variety over $K$. The conductor of the abelian variety is often defined as $2u+t+\delta$, where $u$, $t$ and $\delta$ are invariants related to ...
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Do varieties with ample canonical bundle have finite automorphism group in small characteristic?
Suppose $X$ is a smooth projective variety over a field $k$, with ample canonical bundle. If $\operatorname{char}(k)=0$ or $\operatorname{char}(k)>\dim(X)$ and $X$ lifts to $W_2(k)$ (thanks ...
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Are torsion points in a semi-abelian variety over $\mathbb C_p$ bounded?
Let $A$ be a semi-abelian variety defined over (a subfield of) $\mathbb C_p$. Consider its $p$-adic topology with some (non-canonical) metric. Can we bound the distance of torsion points to $0$ with ...
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Why was it so difficult to define the relative de Rham-Witt complex?
In Illusie's original article, the de Rham-Witt complex is defined for a smooth scheme over a perfect characteristic $p$ base $S$, without reference to $S$. Some 25 years later, Langer and Zink ...
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Picard number of principally polarized abelian varieties
Let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $n$. Over $\mathbb{C}$, at least, it is known that the Picard number (that is, the rank of the Neron-Severi group of $A$) is less than or equal to $n^2$, ...
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Fourier-Mukai transform for abelian varieties
Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $\mathbb{C}$, $L$ be a very ample line bundle on $A$, then the dual abelian variety is $\hat{A} \cong A/K(L)$ with $K(L)$ the kernel of surjective morphism $A \to ...
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can all CM types be realized by Jacobians?
The question is kind of self contained, but let me develop a bit further.
Assume K is a CM field of degree $2g$, that is, a quadratic imaginary extension of a totally real field. A CM type of $K$ is ...
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Number of curves over a finite field
Let $K$ be a finite field. Is there a formula for the number of isomorphism classes of genus $g$ smooth curves over $K$?
In other words does there exists a formula for the number of rational points ...
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Faltings height of a CM abelian variety
Let A be a CM abelian variety, say simple of dimension g, with $End(A) = O_K$, where $K$ is a CM field
of degree $2g$.
Is there an upper bound for the Faltings height $h(A)$ in terms of the ...
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Connected cycles of Shimura curves in $A_{g}$ not contained in larger Shimura subvarieties
Is there always a finite family of Shimura curves $(C_{i})$ in $A_{g}$ the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension $g(\geq 2)$, such that the union $\cup C_{i}$ is ...
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Vanishing theorems that work in positive characteristic
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over a field of characteristic $p>0$ of dimension at least $2$. I am looking for some examples when $H^2(\mathcal{O}_X)$ vanishes. Is there any standard way ...
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algebraicity of Néron-Tate canonical height for Abelian varieties over global function fields
(transcendence of canonical heights)
Is the Néron-Tate canonical height for an Abelian variety $A$ over a global function field $K$, $\hat{h}: A(K) \times A^\vee(K) \to \mathbf{R}$ known to always ...
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Minimal polynomial of symmetric endomorphism on abelian variety
Let $(A,\Theta)$ be a principally polarized abelian variety over an algebraically closed field $k$, and let $f$ be a symmetric endomorphism of $A$ (that is, $f^\dagger=f$ where $\dagger$ denotes the ...
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Picard number of abelian variety [closed]
I would like references or a result about the computation of the picard number of the jacobian of an algebraic curve.
What about the special case when the picard number of the Jacobian is one (is ...
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Branching rule for classical Lie algebras in positive characteristic
The restriction of an irreducible $\mathfrak{sl}_n(\mathbb{C})$-module to $\mathfrak{sl}_{n-1}(\mathbb{C})$ is described by a branching rule which says that if $L(\lambda)$ is the simple $\mathfrak{sl}...
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What is the structure of the group of rational points of an abelian variety over a Laurent series field?
Let $K = \mathbb{F}_q((t))$, and let $A_{/K}$ be a nontrivial abelian variety. Then $A(K)$ is a compact $K$-adic Lie group. What can be said about its structure?
By way of comparison, if $K/\mathbb{...
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Isogeny of abelian varieties
Suppose we have a curve $X$ (of genus $\geq 3$), and we know that $\{\phi_i : X \to E_i\ \textrm{ for } i = 1, ..., r\}$ are covers of degrees $d_i$ (with the $d_i$'s not necessarily all equal), ...
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stably birational abelian varieties are isomorphic
Can anybody help me to prove the following result:
Proposition. Let $A$ and $B$ be abelian varieties over a field $k$ of characteristic zero. Assume that $A \times \mathbb{P}_k^n$ and $B \times \...
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Dual of a Complex 2-Torus
Is a complex torus $A$ of dimension 2 always isomorphic to its dual torus (i.e. the torus obtained by taking the dual lattice), or are there counterexamples to this?
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Kernels and cokernels for morphisms of abelian schemes up to isogenies
For $S$ a noetherian scheme, let $\mathcal{A}(S)$ be the additive category of abelian schemes over $S$ and $\mathcal{A}_{\mathbb{Q}}(S)$ be the category of abelian schemes up to isogenies, i.e. ...
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Colon property of Gorenstein rings
Let $(R, \mathfrak{m})$ be a Gorenstein local ring of characteistic $p>0$. Let $x_1,...,x_d$ be a system of parameters of $R$. Let $I$ be an $\mathfrak{m}$-primary ideal containg $(x_1,...,x_d)$. ...
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Could we construct the Jacobian variety of a smooth curve $C$ with genus $>2$ from its derived category $D(C)$?
Let's consider a smooth curve $C$ over $\mathbb{C}$. We know that the Jacobian variety $Jac(C)$ of $C$ is the moduli space of the degree $0$ line bundles on $C$. $Jac(C)$ is an abelian variety of ...
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Purity for abelian schemes up to $p$-isogenies
Let $S$ be a noetherian excellent regular scheme and $U\subset S$ an everywhere dense open of codimension $\geq 2$. For some fibered categories of geometric objects, it makes sense to ask whether the ...
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Degree of isogenies between (semi-)abelian schemes
Let $S$ be a connected noetherian normal scheme of dimension 0 or 1 (i.e. $S$ is a connected Dedekind scheme).
Let $f:G\to G'$ be a morphism of semi-abelian schemes over $S$. In their book on Neron ...
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Example of non-modular elliptic surface?
In "On elliptic modular surfaces", Shioda proves some interesting theorems on smooth elliptic surfaces (admitting a section); he then focuses on "modular elliptic surfaces" and proves some more ...
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Descent theory of line bundles on abelian varieties under isogenies (in char p>0)
I have a couple of questions regarding the descent theory of line bundles on abelian varieties under isogenies in positive characteristic.
Let $X$ be an abelian variety and $L\in Pic(X)$ a line ...
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Are these subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$ stable under the shallow Hecke algebra?
This is a characteristic $3$ analog of part of my earlier question, "Are these two subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/2[[x]]$ the same?"
Notation
Fix a prime $N$ other than $3$. Let $F,G \in \mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$...
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Nagata's conjecture in positive characteristic
For a $\mathbb C P^2$ is known a result: if through the generic points $p_1,p_2,\dots p_n$ with multiplicities $m_1,m_2\dots, m_n$ correspondingly a degree $d$ irreducible reduced curve passes then $d^...
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Does every linear group admit a subgroup of dimension 1?
Suppose that $G$ is a linear group of positive dimension, defined over some field $k$. Is that true, that $G$ admits a (closed) one-dimensional subgroup?
I'm pretty much sure this is true in ...
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Quotient of an abelian surface by an antisymplectic involution
What can we say about the quotient of an abelian surface by an antisymplectic involution?
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$k$-isogenies and $k$-subgroups of abelian varieties
Let $k$ be a field of char0, with algebraic closure $\bar{k}$. Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $k$ of positive dimension and let $d\geq 1$ be an integer.
Let $S(A,k,d)$ be the set of abelian ...
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Is there an analogue of distributions in characteristic p?
Some motivation: When working over $\mathbb{C}$, distributions (in the sense of generalized functions) act as natural generators for $D$-modules (in the sense that any regular holonomic $D$-module is ...
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Nef divisors on abelian varieties
The following question stems from a question I already asked on MO:
Nakai-Moishezon theorem for abelian varieties
I would like to prove that if $L_0$ is an ample line bundle on an abelian variety $A$...
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Image of abelian varieties
Let $k$ be an arbitrary field, and let $\varphi:A\to B$ be a morphism of abelian varieties over $k$.
If $k$ has characteristic zero, then $\varphi(A)$ has the structure of an abelian subvariety of $B$...
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