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Homogeneous vector bundles on Abelian varieties

I recently encountered a result about vector bundles on Abelian varieties, which I found interesting. It characterizes homogeneous (translation invariant) vector bundles on Abelian varieties. More ...
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Isomorphism of certain irreducible representations over finite fields

We are given a faithful representation of a cyclic group of order 5 $\rho: C_5=G \rightarrow End_{\mathbb{F}_3}(V) $ with $dim_{\mathbb{F}_3}V=8$ as vector space. It is also known that $V=U\oplus W$ ...
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A map on Jacobians coming from a correspondence explicitly

From this question, we know that every map of the form $J(C) \to J(C)$ for a curve $C$ and it's jacobian $J(C)$ comes from a correspondence between $C\times C$ and in fact we can take this ...
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Why does MAGMA claim that the automorphism group of a curve is trivial?

I have been trying to compute the Automorphism group of a curve using MAGMA with no success. This is what I have tried: I have tried to compute the Automorphism group of the curve $y^3=x^4-x$ and no ...
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On the moduli stack of abelian varieties without polarization

(I am especially interested in abelian surfaces and characteristic 0). How bad is the moduli stack of abelian varieties (with no polarization or level structure)? Is it an Artin stack? DM (Deligne-...
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Supersingular elliptic curves and their automorphisms

If $E$ is a supersingular elliptic curve over a finite field of characteristic $p$, what is known about its automorphism group (i.e the stabilizer of a point in algebraic curves terminology). Do all ...
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Sections of infinite order of elliptic surfaces

Let $X\to \mathbb{P}^1$ be a non-isotrivial elliptic surface over $\mathbb{C}$ with a section and with $X$ a smooth projective connected surface over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $\sigma:\mathbb{P}^1\to X$ be a ...
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For which (g,q) does there exist a supersingular curve?

We say a curve over a finite field $\mathbb F_q$ is supersingular if it's Frobenius eigenvalues (on $H^1(X,\mathbb Z_\ell)$) are of the form $q^{1/2}\alpha$ for $\alpha$ a root of unity. As far as I ...
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Restricted Lie algebras with no nonzero proper restricted subalgebras

Let $L\neq 0$ be a restricted Lie algebra over a field $F$ of characteristic $p>0$. If $F$ is algebraically closed, then it is known that $L$ has no nontrivial restricted subalgebras if and only ...
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Surfaces of general type with $q=1$

Let $X$ be a smooth projective connected surface of general type over $\mathbb{C}$ with $q(X) = 1$, where $q(X) = \mathrm{h}^1(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$. Let $E$ be the Albanese variety of $X$, and let $X\to ...
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Proving the Immersion part of an Embedding

Trying to see the proof of embedding the Jacobian of a Compact Riemann Surface $X$ using Theta functions. So, using the Theta divisor we have the corresponding line bundle say $L$, we want to prove ...
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The profinite topology on the Mordell Weil group

In this lecture of Serre on his open image theorem, around 6 minutes, Serre mentions the following theorem of Tate: Let $A/k$ be an abelian variety over a number field and consider the Mordell-Weil ...
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A Lefschetz style formula for the $\ell^\infty$ torsion of an Abelian variety over a finite field

Let $A/\mathbb F_q$ be an abelian variety over a finite field. Define $A_\ell = A[\ell^\infty](\mathbb F_q)$, the $\ell^n$ ($n\geq 0)$ torsion points defined over the base field. I can assume $\ell \...
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Chow variety of 1-cycles on abelian surface

It is an easy exercise to show that on a K3 surface, a smooth genus $g$ curve moves in a $g$-dimensional linear system. Nearly the same exercise shows that on an abelian surface, the corresponding ...
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Structure of non-big divisors in an abelian variety

Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $\mathbb{C}$. If $A$ has an effective non-big divisor, then $A$ is not simple. (In a simple abelian variety, every non-zero effective divisor is ample.) What can ...
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Jacobian fibration of an abelian fibration

Let $f \colon S \rightarrow C$ be a minimal elliptic surface and let $g \colon J \rightarrow C$ be its jacobian fibration. In this case, we know that the fibers of $g$ are better behaved that the ones ...
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The Picard scheme of an ordinary singular curve

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, $C$ a proper reduced connected scheme over $k$ of dimension 1, whose singularity is at worse ordinary, $\pi : \tilde{C} \to C$ the normalization of $C$ and $...
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When a CM abelian variety has complex multiplication by $\mathcal{O}_E$?

I'm reading Milne's note, Complex Multiplication. There are many properties, such as Shimura-Taniyama Formula provided that $A$ is an abelian variety with complex multiplication by $\mathcal{O}_E$. So ...
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Extensions of fraction field and residue field

Let $A \subset B$ be integrally closed local domains, $K(A), K(B)$ be fields of fractions, and $k(A),k(B)$ be residue fields. How to prove $[K(B):K(A)] \ge [k(B):k(A)]$? This question should be easy ...
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Elliptic curves and archimedean place

here is my question : Let $K$ be any field, $ E \to spec(K)$. Let $ v \in M_K $ an archimedean place. We know that $ \overline{K_v} \simeq \mathbb{C}$ and there exists $\tau_v \in \mathbb{H}$ such ...
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Uniqueness of theta divisor

Let $A$ be an abelian variety (at least over $\mathbb{C}$). Suppose we have two theta divisors $\Theta_1$ and $\Theta_2$ on $A$, which give two principal polarizations on $A$. In general, are those ...
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Lifting a Frobenius endomorphism under an étale morphism

Let $X$ be a smooth affine scheme over $\mathbb{Z}/{p^2}$ that is a complete intersection, say $X$ is the spectrum of $\mathbb{Z}/{p^2}[x_1,...x_n]/(f_1, ... f_r)$, where $n-r$ is the dimension of $X$....
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Do Neron-Severi groups of smooth projective unirational varieties contain $\ell$-torsion?

Let $X$ be a smooth projective unirational variety over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$, and $\ell\neq p$ a prime. My question: can the Neron-Severi group of $X$ contain (non-...
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Application of Galois descent

I not understand an assumption done at the beginning of the proof of Rigidity lemma in Moonens and van der Geers book about Abelian variaties (page 12). Here is it: Question: Why the assumption $k= \...
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Automorphisms of Lie algebra of type $A_5$ modulo its center in characteristic 2

Let $L$ be classical Lie algebra of type $A_5$ over field of characteristic 2; let $M$ be the quotient $L/Z(L)$ modulo its center $Z(L)$. What about the group of automorphisms of M? Does anybody ...
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Harish-Chandra isomorphism for characteristic $p$

I am trying to understand the proof of Theorem 1 from this paper V. Kac and B. Weisfeiler (Indag. Math. 1976, DOI link). Theorem 1. Let either $p\neq 2$ or $\varrho\in X(\mathscr{T})$. Then $\gamma(...
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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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An identity in Lie algebras over fields of positive characteristic

Let $L$ be a Lie algebra over a field of characteristic $p>0$ and $D$ a derivation of $L$. For every $x\in L$ denote by $\mathrm{ad} x$ the adjoint map $\mathrm{ad}x: L \rightarrow L, a\mapsto [x,...
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Nef divisors on abelian varieties are pullbacks of ample ones

It is well known that for any polarization ( that is, ample line bundle) $L$ on an abelian variety $A$, there is an isogeny $\phi\colon A \to B$ to another abelian variety with a principal ...
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What is known about lower etale cohomology of unirational varieties?

Which information is currently known about $H^1_{et}(X,\mathbb{Z}_l)$ and $H^2_{et}(X,\mathbb{Z}_l)$, where $X$ is a smooth unirational variety over an algebraically closed field of finite ...
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Over which fields does the Mordell-Weil theorem hold?

According to a well-known theorem of Mordell, the group of rational points $E(\mathbf{Q})$ of an elliptic curve $E/\mathbf{Q}$ is finitely generated. Weil generalized this theorem to abelian varieties ...
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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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A variant on characteristic $p$ de Rham cohomology

I was thinking about de Rham cohomology in characteristic $p$, and in particular the recent question about Poincare residues, and I came up with the following construction. Let $k$ be a perfect field ...
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Compatiblity of completion and fibre products. (Formal completion and formal groups)

Let $S$ be a scheme (not necessarily locally noetherian), $X$ a smooth separated group scheme over $S$, and $\hat{X}$ be the formal completion along with the identity section. Then does the group ...
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Isomorphic Jacobian Varieties Just Like Abelian Varieties — Torelli's Theorem

Torelli's theorem states: Let $R$, $R'$ be compact Riemann surfaces of genus $g$, $J(R)$, $J(R')$ their Jacobian varieties, $\Theta$, $\Theta'$ their respective theta divisors. The Riemann surfaces ...
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Tamagawa numbers

Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with absolute Galois group $G_K$. Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over $K$. The (geometric) Tamagawa number is defined as the order of the ...
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What are the genus 4 curves with Jacobians that are 4-th powers?

Consider the moduli space of all genus $4$ curves $\overline{\mathscr M_4}$ of dimension $3\times 4 - 3 = 9$. Under the Torelli map, there is a map to $\overline{\mathscr A_4}$ (which has dimension $...
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Lifting a splitting of an Abelian variety to characteristic 0

Let $R$ be the ring of integers in a (complete) algebraic closure of $\mathbb Q_p$ with maximal ideal $\mathfrak p$. Suppose I have an Abelian surface $\mathcal A/R$ such that over every $R/\mathfrak ...
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Genus two curves on abelian surfaces

Considering a smooth genus two curve $C_2$, let $J(C_2)$ be its Jacobian surface, and take $p \in J(C_2)$ an $m$-torsion point. Let $A = J(C_2)/Z_m$, where $Z_m$ acts by $x \mapsto x+p$. The image of $...
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Mordell-Weil group of an abelian variety on the perfect closure of a finitely generated field

This question is closely related the question Over which fields does the Mordell-Weil theorem hold? I consider the following question: (1) Let $K$ be a finitely generated field extension of $\...
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A functor on Abelian varieties corresponding to this operation on Weil numbers

Let $A/\mathbb F_q$ be an abelian variety over a finite field with Weil numbers $q^{1/2}\alpha_1,\dots,q^{1/2}\alpha_n$. Consider the numbers $q^{d/2}\alpha_1,\dots,q^{d/2}\alpha_n$. These are still ...
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Reference for de Rham cohomology in positive characteristic

It is known in characteristic $0$ that (algebraic) de Rham cohomology is a Weil cohomology theory. However, in characteristic $p > 0$ it isn't, if only because it has mod $p$ coefficients, whereas ...
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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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Does the compactified Torelli map extend to a proper map of stacks?

Let $M_g^{ct}$ denote the moduli stack of compact type genus $g$ stable curves and $A_g$ the moduli stack of principally polarized $g$-dimensional abelian varieties. Can someone provide a reference ...
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Frobenius twist of a field

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p>0$ (not necessarily perfect). Consider the Frobenius endomorphism $F : k \to k$, $x \mapsto x^p$. I am curious about what happens when we take $k$ as a $k$-...
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Intersection of a certain linear ideals of $K[[X_1,\ldots,X_{np}]]$ for ${\mathrm{ch}}(K) = p > 0$

Suppose ${\mathrm{ch}}(K) = p > 0$ and we consider the formal power series ring $K[[X_1,\ldots,X_{np}]]$ over $K$ in $np$ variables $X_1,\ldots, X_{np}$. Let $\Lambda$ be the set defined as follows$...
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Application of Stein factorisation: rigidity lemma

Let $X,Y$ Noetherian schemes and $f:X \to Y$ proper map. The Stein factorisation factorizes $f$ as $X \xrightarrow{g} Spec \text{ } f_* \mathcal{O}_X \xrightarrow{h} Y$ with $h$ finite and $g$ has ...
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Abelian varieties by Moonen and van der Geer: proof of rigidity lemma

I try to understand a reduction step in the proof of rigidity lemma as proved in Moonen's and van der Geer's Abelian varieties (Lemma 1.11 on page 12- if the link not work the draft version is online ...
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Conditions for $p$-divisible group to come from an abelian variety

Over $\mathbb{Z}_p$ or $\mathbb{Q}_p$, are there any known sufficient conditions on a $p$-divisible group for it to come from an abelian variety?
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Standard application of Oort-Tate classification theorem

$\DeclareMathOperator{\Spec}{Spec} \DeclareMathOperator{\tors}{tors}$In Mazur's paper “Modular curves and the Eisenstein ideals”, on the bottom of page 159, it says that if $T$ is a open subscheme of $...

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