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Selmer Group versus Selmer Variety
For an abelian variety $A$, the $p$-adic Selmer group is defined to be the subset of $H^1(G_k,H_1^{et}(A;\mathbb{Q}_{p}))$ whose restriction to $G_{k_v}$ is in the image of $A(k_v)$ for all places $v$ ...
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Constructing groups of Type E7 with certain Tits Index
In a new survey on $E_8$, namely
Skip Garibaldi - E8 the most exceptional group
, the author gives an example (Example 8.4., page 15) on how to construct a group of type E8 with a prescribed Tits-...
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Normalizer of non-split tori
Let $\mathbb{G}$ be a connected reductive group over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $G:=\mathbb{G}(\mathbb{C}(\!(t)\!))$. Let $T$ be a maximal torus in $G$.
Question: What do we know about the normalizer $N_G(T)$...
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First Galois cohomology of Weil restriction of $\mathbb{G}_m$
Let $L/K$ be a finite Galois extension, write $G:= Gal(L/K)$. Denote by $R = Res(\mathbb{G}_m)$ the Weil restriction of $\mathbb{G}_m$, from $L$ to $K$. I want to show that its first Galois cohomology ...
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Galois cohomology of a non-abelian group over a function field
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, and $X$ a connected smooth projective curve over $X$. Let $F$ be the function field of $k$. Let $G$ be an algebraic group over $k$ (assume that it is smooth, ...
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Norm variety for n=5, p=2 not isomorphic to a quadric
In the paper "Motivic construction of cohomological invariants", the author displays a list of known norm varieties for several $n,p$ on page $11$. For $p=2, n=5$ it says that a norm variety is given ...
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Generic triviality of $G$-bundles
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and $X$ a curve over $k$. Then any $G$-bundle on a curve (where $G$ is reductive and connected) is generically trivial. This is the one of the main results of ...
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Torsors trivializing over a fixed finite etale cover
Let $S$ be an integral regular scheme and let $T\to S$ be a finite etale morphism. Let $G$ be a smooth affine finite type group scheme over $S$.
Is the set of $S$-isomorphism classes of $G$-torsors ...
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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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A question on the cohomology of elliptic curves over local fields
Let $K$ be a number field,$\nu$ a nonarchimedian prime of $K$, $K_{\nu} $ the completion of $K $ at $\nu $ with maximal unramified extension $K_{\nu}^{unr} $. Let $E $ be an elliptic curve defined ...
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Twists of projective automorphisms
Let $X$ be a projective variety over a perfect field $k$. Recall that a twist of $X$ is a variety $Y$ over $k$ such that $$X_{\bar k} \cong Y_{\bar k}.$$
The twists of $X$ are classified by the Galois ...
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Motives of a variety of type D4
Over the last decade Nikita Semenov, Skip Garibaldi and others have made some progress in the theory of cohomological invariants, (Rost)-motives and motivic decompositions of algebraic groups. For ...
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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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Splitting varieties of two Galois cohomology symbols
One characteristic property of the so called norm varieties defined by Rost, is that they split pure symbols of Galois cohomology groups $H^n(k,\mu_p)$, meaning:
For some $\alpha \in H^n(k,\mu_p)$ ...
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On Serre's problem regarding the injectivity of Albert-Algebra cohomological invariants
In these Lecture Notes http://molle.fernuni-hagen.de/~loos/jordan/archive/cohinv/cohinv.pdf from 2006 by Garibaldi on page 21. 7.5 there is the following open problem mentioned:
Is the map
$g_3 \...
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"Forms" of quadrics
The theory of Severi-Brauer varieties is well-known. Let $k$ be a (perfect) field. There may exist varieties not isomorphic to $\mathbf{P}^n$ over $k$, which are isomorphic to $\mathbf{P}^n$ over $\...
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The cardinality of first non-abelian Galois cohomology
Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group over a non-archimedean local field $F$. Let $H^1(F,G)$ be the first non-abelian Galois cohomology. It is known that when $F$ is of characteristic 0, i.e. finite ...
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torsors on quasi-split groups
Let $\mathbf{G}$ be a split connected reductive group scheme over a scheme $X$.
Let $X'\rightarrow X$ an étale Galois cover of group $\Gamma$.
We consider $G$ a quasi-split group scheme over $X$ ...
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Variant of Hilbert 90 for Galois extensions
Let $K/\mathbb F_q(x)$ be a finite Galois extension with Galois group $G$. Let $Aut(K)$ be the group of $\mathbb F_q$-automorphisms of $K$.
Obviously, $G\subseteq Aut(K)$. It is well known that
$H^1(G,...
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Continuity of l-adic cohomology: is the cohomology of the generic point isomorphic to the completion of the limit of cohomology of open subvarieties?
Let $X$ be a variety over an algebraically closed field $k$. Denote by $\eta$ its generic point; it is the inverse limit of the open subvarieties $X_i$ of $X$. It is well known that the etale ...
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rationality question while dealing with an isogeny
I don't think that the following is known, but before going to other things, I would like to know what can be said about it. Thanks in advance for any relevant comment !
So here is the situation. Let ...
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Forms of algebraic varieties
Let $X$ be an algebraic variety (say, projective, irreducible and smooth), defined over a field $K$, and let $L$ be a Galois extension. I am interested in algebraic varieties $Y$, defined over $K$, ...
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What is the interpretation of this galois cohomology set?
Let $K$ be a field of characteristic zero. Let $G_K:=Gal(\bar{K}/K)$
The nontrivial elements of the set $H^1(G_K,PGL_2)$ correspond to $\bar{K}/K$-forms of $\mathbb{P}^1$; i.e. curves that are ...
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$L/k$ forms for affine schemes of finite type
Notations and terminology: Let $k$ be a field and $X$ be a $k$-scheme. Denote by $X_L$ the scheme $X\times_k\rm Spec(L)$. For a field extension $L/k$, a $L/k$ form is a $k$-scheme $Y$ such that there ...
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Descent for group actions
Suppose I have a finite Galois extension of fields $K/k$, as well as a finite group $G$ with a surjection $f: G \rightarrow \mathrm{Gal}(K/k)$.
Finally, suppose I have an action $\sigma$ of $G$ on a ...
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Is the number of twists of a curve with a section in a given field finite
Let $X$ be a smooth projective geometrically connected curve over a number field $k$ of genus $g\geq 2$.
Is the number of twists of $X$ always infinite? (The answer is no, because there aren't any ...
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surjectivity of rational points induced by surjective map from affine space
Let $k$ be a local field of char $0$ (which is the case I concern).
Let $V$ be a variety defined over $k$ and
let $f: \mathbb A^n\to V$ be a surjective map
(over the algebraic closure of $k$) ...
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Explicit Bijection between Central Simple Algebras and twists of $\mathbb P^n$
The automorphism group of the algebra of $n$-dimensional matrices over a field $K$ is $PGL_n(K)$. The automorphism group of $n-1$-dimensional projective space over $K$ is also $PGL_n(K)$. Therefore, ...
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Galois cohomology of generic points of formal completions (of components of a hypercovering of the subvariety): examples or general statements?
Let $Y$ be a closed smooth subvariety in a (smooth) affine variety $X$. What can one say about the etale cohomology of the generic points of the formal completion of $X$ along $Y$ i.e. about the ...
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Ordered Cech(-like) complexes that compute etale cohomology (of fields!)
It is well known (cf. Equivalence of ordered and unordered cech cohomology. ) that for 'usual' topologies one can compute the cohomology of sheaves either using unordered Cech complexes or ordered ...
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Is there a canonical height on the Weil-Chatelet group?
Jon Hanke and I were just chatting and realized we didn't know the answer to the following question. If E is an elliptic curve over a number field, is there in any sense a "canonical height" on the ...
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Is the direct limit of Weil restriction of an elliptic curve a scheme?
In a discussion today on the Shafarevich-Tate group of an elliptic curve, the following structure and question came up. I will abuse many notations and be very vague about some things, but am very ...
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Are all Galois cohomology groups also étale cohomology groups?
Let $K$ be a field and $K^s$ a separable closure of $K$, and let $\mathcal{F}$ be a sheaf on $\mathrm{Spec}(K)$ (in the étale topology).
By Grothendieck's Galois Theory, we have the isomorphism
$$H_{...
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