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Subgroups-ideals correspondence for abelian varieties over $\mathbf{F}_p$
The question I have arose while reading Waterhouse's Thesis (Abelian varieties over finite fields. Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. (4) 2 1969 521–560.), and motivates another question I recently asked.
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Purely additive reduction of Jacobian of Hyperelliptic curve
For general, let X be an abelian variety of dimension g.
We say that X has 'purely additive reduction' at prime p if the dimension of the unipotent radical of the special fiber of the Neron Model of ...
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Duality for rank one modules over a number ring
Let $K$ be a number field, and $R$ an order of $K$. Consider the category $\mathcal{M}$ of all finitely generated $R$-submodules of $K$. If $X$ is an object of $\mathcal{M}$ such that $R=\textrm{End}...
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alternate interpretations of Galois action on Tate module
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over a field $K$, and let $\ell$ be a prime different from the characteristic of $K$. Consider the well-known short exact sequence of etale fundamental groups (geometric ...
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A frustrating cohomology class on the moduli of abelian surfaces
Here's a very frustrating question that I have been stuck on for some time. I believe that my question could fit in a general framework of what happens when you restrict $L^2$-cohomology classes on a ...
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Nakai-Moishezon theorem for abelian varieties
In Birkenhake and Lange's book, they prove a version of the Nakai-Moishezon theorem for complex abelian varieties that says that if $L_0$ is an ample line bundle on a complex abelian variety $X$ of ...
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$(\varphi, \Gamma)$-module of dimension 2 modulo $p$
Let $p$ be a prime number $\geq 3$. Let $V$ be a representation of $Gal(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}_p/ \mathbb{Q}_p)$ with coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_p$. Assume $V$ is a non-split extension of two characters $\...
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General curves of genus 3 as plane sections of Kummer surfaces
Is it true that a general curve of genus 3 is a plane section of an appropriate Kummer surface in $\mathbb P^3$? By Kummer surface I mean image of a principally polarized Abelian surface w.r.t. the ...
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On Non F-pure ideal and Sharp F-Purity for a pair $(X, \Delta)$ where $K_X+\Delta$ is NOT $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier
Suppose $(X,\Delta\ge 0)$ is a pair such that $(p^g-1)(K_X+\Delta)$ is an Integral Weil Divisor for some $g>0$ and $X$ is a normal variety. Define $\mathcal{L}_{e,\Delta} = \mathcal{O}_X( (1-p^g)(...
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Properties of divisors when moving from char 0 to char p.
Consider a smooth projective variety $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$ such that $X$ has models over $\mathbb{Z}[1/N]$ and $X_p=X_{\mathbb{Z}[1/N]}\times \text{Spec}(\mathbb{F}_p)$ is also a smooth projective ...
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Compactifying the space of indecomposable abelian varieties
Let $A_g$ be the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties and $A_g^0$ the open substack of indecomposable ones. Abstractly we know $A_g^0$ has a compactification with complement a ...
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K-theory of categories of group schemes and abelian varieties
Let $k$ be a field (perfect, or characteristic zero if you want - I'm especially interested in when $k$ is a number field). Consider the categories $\mathsf{G}_k=\{\text{commutative affine group ...
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Semiabelian actions appearing in the toroidal campactification of a degenearting abelian varieties
Given a totally degenerated abelian variety $A_K$ (to make it easier) over a complete discrete valuation field $K$ with $R$, $\pi$ and $k$ the corresponding discrete valuation ring, uniformiser and ...
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Intersection multiplicity in abelian varieties
Suppose $A$ is an abelian variety, $X, Y$ are subvarieties of $A$ of complementary dimension,
Does every component of $X \cap Y$ contribute non-negatively to the intersection number?
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Conductor of abelian varieties
Let $A$ be a non-zero abelian variety defined over a number field $F$. Let $v$ be a finite place of $F$, and let $f_v(A)$ be the usual conductor exponent of $A$ at $v$ (defined e.g. on p.500 of the ...
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Status of the Euler characteristic in characteristic p
In the introduction to the Asterisque 82-83 volume on `Caractérisque d'Euler-Poincaré, Verdier writes:
Enfin signalons que la situation en caractéristique positive est loin
d'être aussi ...
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Higher level analogs of Nicolas-Serre theory
NICOLAS-SERRE THEORY
Let $F \in Z/2[[x]]$ be $x+x^9+x^{25}+...$, the exponents being the odd squares, and $V$ be the space spanned by the $F^k$ with $k$ odd. Nicolas and Serre define formal Hecke ...
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Products of primitive roots of the unity
Let $m>2$ be an integer and $k=\varphi(m)$ be the number of $m$-th primitive roots of the unity. Let $\Phi = \{ \xi_1, \ldots, \xi_{k/2}\} $ be a set of $k/2$ pairwise distinct primitive $m$-th ...
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Ramification in Division field of Abelian Varieties II
This is a follow-up question after this
The set-up is almost the same as before,
Let $k$ be a number field, $p$ be a rational prime. Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $k$ which has a good ...
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Intuitive meaning of $k$-polarized Abelian surface?
Are there any good way to understand $k$-polarized Abelian surfaces? I am aware that if $A \cong \mathbb{C}^2/\Gamma$ is $k$-polarized, the lattice $\Gamma$ can be taken of the form
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Nef classes on abelian varieties in positive characteristic
Thomas Bauer shows in http://arxiv.org/pdf/alg-geom/9712019v1.pdf that for a complex abelian variety a nef line bundle is numerically equivalent to an effective divisor (this is shown in Lemma 1.1). ...
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field of definition of abelian varieties with extra endormorphism
Let $A$ be a complex abelian variety such that $\mathrm{End}(A)$ is strictly bigger than $\mathbb{Z}$.
Question: Is is true that $A$ is defined over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$?
This is of course what ...
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Vanishing theorems in positive characteristic
In the paper
Deligne, Pierre; Illusie, Luc (1987), "Relèvements modulo $p^{2}$ et décomposition du complexe de De Rham", Inventiones Mathematicae 89 (2): 247–270, doi:10.1007/BF01389078
I found the ...
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Can the Albanese map be anything?
Sorry for the vague title. This question is about the Albanese map from the variety $M$ of canonically polarized varieties to the set of abelian varieties. (The variety $M$ is not of finite type...)
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a reference for Kummer theory, with proofs ?
What is a standard reference for Kummer theory of semi-Abelian varieties ?
I need a complete exposition with detailed proofs. Also in prime characteristic,
although I am not sure what the statement ...
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etale cohomology of an abelian variety and its dual
Let $A$ an abelian variety over a field $k$ and $A^{*}$ the dual abelian variety.
How can we relate the étale cohomology of $A$ with etale cohomology of $A^{*}$?
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Bound for field of definition (vs field of moduli) of an abelian variety
Let $A$ be a principally polarised abelian variety over $\mathbb{C}$ of dimension $g$.
Let $K$ be the field of moduli of $A$.
Proposition. $A$ has a model defined over an extension $L$ of $K$ such ...
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do commutative groups torsors have a point in an Abelian extension of the base field?
Let $A$ be a principal homogeneous space for a commutative algebraic group defined over a field $k$ that contains all roots of unity. Is it true that $A$ has a $K$-point for an extension $K \supset k$ ...
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Simple abelian varieties over non algebraically closed fields.
I was wondering what people would normally mean by a simple abelian variety $A$ where $A$ is defined over a field $k$ that is not algebraically closed.
The definition I found in for example on the ...
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When is an ample line bundle on an abelian variety base point free?
So, any line bundle $L$ on an abelian variety $X$ determines a type $(d_1,\ldots,d_g)$ where $d_i|d_{i+1}$. It's well known that if $d_1\geq 3$ then $L$ defines an embedding, that if $L$ has no fixed ...
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Does this space of mod 2 modular forms admit a (Z/8)* degree decomposition?
Fix an odd N>0. Let M consist of all odd elements of Z/2[[x]] that are the mod 2 reductions of elements of Z[[x]] arising as the Fourier expansions of modular forms for (Gamma_0)(N); it's easy to see ...
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Lang isogeny for group stacks
Let $G$ be a commutative algebraic group stack over $\mathbb{F}_q$ (I don't really care about the precise definition: I'm secretly thinking about the Picard stack of a projective curve). To what ...
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Ramification in Division field of Abelian Varieties
This might be a very simple question, and that might be the reason that I could not find any reference on this.
My question is
Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over a number field $k$, and $N$...
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Prym varieties as Jacobian varieties
A generic abelian variety of dimension 2 or 3 is a jacobian of a curve.
Is there a canonical way to determine a curve whose jacobian is a prym variety of a unramified double cover of a curve of genus ...
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Is the stabilizer of an irreducible subvariety of an abelian variety irreducible ?
Let $A$ be a (semi-)abelian variety over an algebraically closed field $K$, and $X$ be a closed irreducible subvariety. Can $X$ have a non-trivial finite stabilizer ? By stabilizer, I mean the closed ...
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Infinitely many curves with isogenous Jacobians
Let $g\geq 4$. Are there infinitely many compact genus $g$ Riemann surfaces with (mutually) isogenous Jacobians?
Does the situation change in positive characteristic?
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Is the moduli space of ppAVs smooth?
Let $A_g$ be the moduli space of principally polarised abelian varieties of dimension $g$ over the complex numbers. (EDIT: I mean the coarse moduli space.) Is this smooth?
Since $A_g$ is the ...
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Gauss mapping in finite characteristic
Suppose that $X\subset\mathbb P^n$ is a $d$-dimentional smooth projective variety (not a linear subspace) over an algebraically closed field. If $\gamma\colon X\to\mathrm{Gr}(d,\mathbb P^n)$ is Gauss ...
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Automorphisms of Generic Abelian Varieties
Automorphism groups of elliptic curves are very well understood. Of course, every elliptic curve has the automorphism $[-1]$ of order $2$. If we are over a (algebraically closed) field, this is the ...
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Kawamata-Viehweg Vanishing Theorem for Excellent Surfaces
Is there any version of Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing theorem that holds for excellent surfaces? I will be very glad if there is one such, but if not then is it at least true for a surface over a non ...
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Adjunction Formula for Weil Divisors on a Normal Variety X
Let $X$ be a normal variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$ and $S$ be a prime Weil divisor on $X$ which is normal too. Now if $K_X+S$ is NOT $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier, ...
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A subring of the Serre Swinnerton -Dyer ring of level N modular power series
Suppose ell is prime and (N,ell)=1. Consider those power series over Z that are expansions at infinity of modular forms for gamma_0 (N) of weight a multiple of ell-1. I'll say that an element of (Z/...
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Local Norm Mapping for Abelian Varieties
Let $A/K$ be an abelian variety defined over a nonarchimedean local field $K$ of characteristic $0$ and let $L$ be a finite extension of $K$. Consider the norm map $$A(L)\xrightarrow{N_{L/K}}A(K)$$ I ...
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About Alexeev and Nakamura's paper "on Mumford's construction of degenerating abelian varieites"
Is there anyone familiar with this paper? It seems to me it contains "some" typos and even some small elementary mistakes, which makes my reading very slow. Of course the key reason for my slow ...
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Weil restriction of abelian schemes along finite étale (resp. finite locally free) morphisms
Q: Is there a simple proof of the fact that the Weil restriction of an abelian scheme along a finite étale morphism is an abelian scheme ?
Details: Let $S$ be a scheme and $f:S'\rightarrow S$ a ...
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Moduli Spaces of Higher Dimensional Complex Tori
I know that the space of all complex 1-tori (elliptic curves) is modeled by $SL(2, \mathbb{R})$ acting on the upper half plane. There are many explicit formulas for this action.
Similarly, I have ...
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Quotient of a reductive group by a non-smooth subgroup
This is a continuation of my question Quotient of a reductive group by a non-smooth central finite subgroup.
Let $G$ be a smooth, connected, reductive $k$-group over a field $k$ of characteristic $p&...
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How to Construct a ''Nice'' Birational Model in Characteristic $p>0$?
Let $X={\rm Spec} A$ be a normal affine variety of dimension $n$ over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$. Also, assume that $S\subset X$ is a prime Weil-divisor on $X$.
Now,...
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Have we ever proved any non-solvable case of reciprocity without the Langlands program ?
The reciprocity of the title is the following not completely well-posed problem:
Fix $P(X)$ a monic irreducible polynomial of degree $n$, with coefficients in $\mathbb Z$. "Describe"
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Existence of a point on the Shimura variety of PEL-type correponding to a specific abelian variety
I have been puzzle by the following question for a while. Suppose that we have an a Shimura variety $Sh(G,h_0)$ given by some datatum $(L, V, \psi, h_0)$ such as in Section 4.9 of "Travaux de Shimura"...
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