Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
10 votes
3 answers
1k views

What's the number of solutions of the quadratic equation $x_1^2+\dots+x_m^2=0$ over finite ring $\mathbb{Z}/p^n$?

I want to calculate the number of solutions to the quadratic equation $$x_1^2+\dots+x_m^2=0$$ where $m$ is odd (a given number) and $x_i\in\mathbb{Z}/p^n$ for a given prime number $p$ and a given ...
user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
182 views

Does a $p$-adic power series $F(x,y)=\sum_{i,j \geq 0}b_{ij}x^iy^j \in \mathbb Z_p[[x,y]]$ have finitely many zeros in $\mathfrak{m}_{\mathbb C_p}$?

Let us consider the $p$-adic field $\mathbb Q_p$ with ring of integers $\mathbb Z_p$ and maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$. Then any $p$-adic power series $f(x)=\sum_{n>0}a_nx^n \in \mathbb Z_p[[x]]$ ...
MAS's user avatar
  • 930
7 votes
1 answer
548 views

Étale fundamental group of rigid analytification

Let $X$ be a quasi-projective variety over a $p$-adic field. Denote by $X^{an}$ its rigid analytification. Does $\pi_1^{et}(X)=\pi_1^{et}(X^{an})$?
Yang's user avatar
  • 429
6 votes
0 answers
221 views

Motives in tropical geometry

Is there a notion of motives in tropical geometry? Similar like the notion introduced by Grothendieck in algebraic geometry.
Raoul's user avatar
  • 163
1 vote
0 answers
191 views

Vanishing of the local étale cohomology sheaf (?)

Let $X$ be a locally noetherian regular scheme, and let $Z$ be a closed subscheme of $X$ whose codimension $d > 0$ at every point. Let $U$ be the complement of $Z$ in $X$. For a sheaf $\mathscr{F}$ ...
zom's user avatar
  • 185
10 votes
0 answers
2k views

Roadmap for p-adic Hodge theory

I'd like to be able to start studying p-adic Hodge theory and hope that by posing this question, I can be better prepared to work towards it. I ask for a roadmap because I understand that I have a lot ...
Krill's user avatar
  • 544
2 votes
1 answer
131 views

Adjacent reducible polynomials

Let $P[X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_N]$ be a reducible polynomial in $\mathbb{Z}[X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_N]$ such that $P[X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_N] + 1$ is also reducible. What (if anything) can we say about $P$? One ...
Gautam's user avatar
  • 1,703
2 votes
0 answers
137 views

Tangential basepoint of a log singular local system

Consider the Legendre family $f: X\longrightarrow Y = \mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}$, defined over $K = \mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Q}_p$. having fibre above $t\in Y$, the elliptic curve $E_t := y^2 = x(...
kindasorta's user avatar
  • 2,907
86 votes
4 answers
15k views

Etale cohomology -- Why study it?

I know (at least I think I know) that some of the main motivating problems in the development of etale cohomology were the Weil conjectures. I'd like to know what other problems one can solve using ...
Joel Dodge's user avatar
  • 2,799
15 votes
1 answer
340 views

Are there only finitely many $m$ such that $m$ is the number of elliptic curves with a given conductor?

Let $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ be the map sending $n$ to the number of isomorphism classes of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ with conductor $n$. Is $f(\mathbb{N})$ finite?
Matias2's user avatar
  • 183
23 votes
2 answers
3k views

How can I see the relation between shtukas and the Langlands conjecture?

The following bullet points represent the very peak of my understanding of the resolution of the Langlands program for function fields. Disclaimer: I don't know what I'm writing about. Drinfeld ...
Mr. Palomar's user avatar
43 votes
1 answer
4k views

A mysterious connection between Ramanujan-type formulas for $1/\pi^k$ and hypergeometric motives

The question below is the follow-up of this question on MathOverflow. Motivation: As is stated in the former question, those identities(formula (35)-(44)) of $1/\pi$ attributed to Ramanujan are ...
Y. Zhao's user avatar
  • 3,337
19 votes
1 answer
1k views

Deligne's letter to Bhargava from March 2004

I am quite interested in moduli spaces for Rings and Ideals, a letter from Deligne to Bhargava is cited in Melanie Wood's thesis Moduli spaces for Rings and Ideals (pdf), studying the minimal free ...
loos's user avatar
  • 461
11 votes
2 answers
679 views

Z/8Z elliptic curve with a missing generator

We are searching for the rank $6$ elliptic curves with the torsion subgroup $\mathbb{Z}/8\mathbb{Z}$ using the families similar to Allan MacLeod's as described in A. J. MacLeod, A Simple Method for ...
Maksym Voznyy's user avatar
5 votes
2 answers
391 views

Abelian variety with CM defined over real numbers

Is there an abelian variety $A/\mathbb R$ of dimension $n$ such that $End_{\mathbb R}(A)\otimes \mathbb Q$ contains a field $K$ of degree $[K:\mathbb Q]=2n$? ($End_{\mathbb R}(A)$ is the ring of $\...
Sophie's user avatar
  • 73
10 votes
1 answer
462 views

Homomorphisms between Oort–Tate group schemes

Let $R$ be a complete local $\mathbf{Z}_p$-algebra, for some prime $p$. In the 1970 paper Group schemes of prime order by Oort and Tate, they write down an explicit finite flat group scheme $G_R(a, b)$...
David Loeffler's user avatar
25 votes
8 answers
3k views

Relatively concise English expositions of the proofs of the various Weil conjectures

Where can I find relatively concise (i.e. not excessively wordy and waxing poetic about history and intuitions and such, doesn't spend an eternity carefully developing various parts of the theory of ...
user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
141 views

Height on $\mathbb G^n_m$ and Néron–Tate heights

Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ and let $L$ be a line bundle on $A$. Then a Néron–Tate height $\hat h_L$ can be defined by taking a model $\mathcal A$ of $A$ (over the ring ...
manifold's user avatar
  • 321
5 votes
1 answer
372 views

Number of points on schemes modulo $p^k$

Let $X$ be a finite type scheme over $\mathbb{Z}_p$ for some prime $p$. Assume that $X_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$ is smooth of dimension $n$, but not necessarily irreducible. Then is $$X(\mathbb{Z}/p^k\mathbb{Z})...
Daniel Loughran's user avatar
4 votes
0 answers
252 views

Lifting the connected-etale sequence of the $p$-torsion of an elliptic curve

Suppose that $R$ is a complete DVR with characteristic 0 fraction field $K$, maximal ideal generated by $p$ and characteristic $p>0$ residue field $k$ which is algebraically closed. Suppose that $\...
David Hubbard's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
382 views

Localization at multivariate monic polynomials

Let $R$ be a ring and consider a monomial order $<$ on $R[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$. A nonzero polynomial $f \in R[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$ is said to be monic if its leading coefficient with respect to $<$ is $...
Hassen Chakroun's user avatar
6 votes
2 answers
268 views

Curve with a rational point but no new points in number fields of low degree

Given an integer $d\geq 2$ is there an algebraic curve $C/\mathbb{Q}$ with $C(\mathbb{Q})\neq\emptyset$ and the natural map $C(\mathbb{Q})\to C(F)$ bijective for all number fields of degree at most $d$...
filter grade's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
394 views

Reductive subgroups of $\mathrm{GL}_2$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero

I am reading a very nice paper of Newton and Thorne, Symmetric power functoriality for holomorphic modular forms, and there is an argument concerning the (Zariski-closure of) image of certain $p$-adic ...
babu_babu's user avatar
  • 241
6 votes
1 answer
566 views

Public key cryptography based on non-invertible matrices?

Added Wed 13 Apr 2022 I have written a short note with experimental data, which shows not all pseudo keys are good keys. Public key cryptography based on non-invertible matrices We got public key ...
joro's user avatar
  • 25.4k
4 votes
1 answer
354 views

Can a general quintic be solved using inverse beta regularized function?

Tyma Gaidash has recently posted solutions to some quintics in terms of Inverse Beta Regularized function. He also found the closed form for the equation $\cos x=x$ using the same Inverse Beta ...
Anixx's user avatar
  • 10.1k
2 votes
1 answer
259 views

Rational points on a special class of surfaces

Consider a smooth surface of the following form $$ S = \{f(x,y,t) = p_0(t)x^2+p_1(t)xy+p_2(t)x+p_3(t)y^2+p_4(t)y+p_5(t) = 0\}\subset\mathbb{A}^3 $$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, and set $$ U_S = \{t' \in \mathbb{...
Puzzled's user avatar
  • 8,998
14 votes
2 answers
571 views

Number of d-Calabi-Yau partitions

This problem arises from algebraic geometry/representation theory, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0668.pdf (chapter 2). We call a partition $p=[p_1,...,p_n]$ with $2 \leq p_1 \leq p_2 \leq ... \leq ...
Mare's user avatar
  • 26.5k
3 votes
1 answer
296 views

$p$-power torsion of semiabelian variety

Let $K$ be a finite extension field of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let us consider a semiabelian variety $G$ defined over $K$, i.e there exists an extension of an abelian variety $B$ and a torus $T$ defined over $...
Desunkid's user avatar
  • 247
5 votes
0 answers
192 views

On the elementary proof of Dirichlet theorem on arithmetic progressions

In [Cassels, JWS, Rational quadratic forms, p. 333], the autor says: "In fact the elementary proof of Dirichlet's theorem [Selberg (1949)] makes essential use of the existence of genera". In ...
Leoncio Franco Fernández's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
571 views

Relation between stacky curves and "M-curves"

A tame stacky curve over a field $k$ is a geometrically connected proper smooth DM stack of dimension 1 which has a dense open substack which is a scheme, and whose automorphism group of each ...
k.j.'s user avatar
  • 1,364
32 votes
9 answers
5k views

Do there exist modern expositions of Klein's Icosahedron?

Reading Serre's letter to Gray , I wonder if now modern expositions of the themes in Klein's book exist. Do you know any?
Thomas Riepe's user avatar
  • 10.8k
5 votes
1 answer
377 views

When $p(x)^2 \mid f(g(x))$?

Let $f(x),g(x),p(x)$ be non-constant polynomials with rational coefficients. Is it true that for all $f$ exist $g,p$ such that $p(x)^2 \mid f(g(x))$? Partial results: $f(g(x))$ is divisible by square ...
joro's user avatar
  • 25.4k
3 votes
1 answer
384 views

Overconvergent modular forms and the level at $p$

I am a little bit confused about the basic theory of overconvergent modular forms, so here is a question that I think will be straightforward for those who know the theory but would help me a lot. The ...
babu_babu's user avatar
  • 241
9 votes
1 answer
472 views

Why is the category of motives generated by varieties?

I'm reading Ayoub's paper Motifs des varietes analytiques rigides, but I'm not quite familiar with motives. In this paper, he defines the category of motives to be $\mathbf{RigDM}^{\rm eff}_{\rm Nis}(...
Chen Zekun's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
137 views

What is the lattice of the field $\mathbb Q_p(\sqrt[p^5-1]{p^2})$?

Let $p$ be odd prime and $\mathbb Q_p$ be the $p$-adic field. Consider the field extension $K=\mathbb Q_p(\sqrt[(p^5-1)]{p^2})$ of $\mathbb Q_p$ of degree $\frac{p^5-1}{2}$. My question: I want see ...
MAS's user avatar
  • 930
4 votes
0 answers
211 views

Rational solutions to Catalan's equation

Famous Catalan's conjecture, now a theorem proved by Mihăilescu, states that the only solution in the natural numbers of the equation $$ x^{a}-y^{b}=1. $$ for $a, b > 1$ and $x, y > 0$ is $x = 3,...
Bogdan Grechuk's user avatar
8 votes
2 answers
703 views

Isomorphic endomorphism algebras implies isogenous (for abelian varieties over finite fields)?

$\newcommand{\F}{\mathbb{F}} \newcommand{\End}{\mathrm{End}} \newcommand{\Q}{\mathbb{Q}} \newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}}$ I would like to know if the following is true: Proposition A : Let $A_1, A_2$ ...
Watson's user avatar
  • 1,742
2 votes
0 answers
147 views

Can we say anything about the zeros and Galois group of the polynomial $(x^p-a)^{p^2}-p^{p^2+1}x+p^{p^2} a=0$?

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and $\mathbb Q_p$ be the $p$-adic number field. Let $K=\mathbb Q_p(a)$ be the extension by $a=p^{\frac{p^2+1}{p^3-1}}$. Consider the polynomial $f(x)=(x^p-a)^{p^2}-p^{p^...
MAS's user avatar
  • 930
3 votes
1 answer
466 views

Pushforward of functions on a frame bundle

Apologies in advance for the long setup and question. Let $L \to X$ be a line bundle. We may take its frame bundle $p \colon Fr(L) \to X$, a $\mathbb{G}_m$-torsor. We have $$ p_*\mathcal{O}_{Fr(L)} =...
Jon Aycock's user avatar
27 votes
3 answers
3k views

Where's the best place for an algebraic geometer to learn some algebraic number theory?

There are lots of introductions to number theory out there, but typically they are streamlined to assume as little prerequisite knowledge as possible. I'm looking for a text which does the opposite -- ...
Tim Campion's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
502 views

When must a set of sections which is Zariski dense in the generic fiber also be dense in some special fiber?

Let $f : X\rightarrow S$ be a flat finite type morphism of schemes with $S$ integral and Noetherian. Let $\eta\in S$ be the generic point. Let $\{\sigma_i\}$ be a collection of sections of $f$ (...
stupid_question_bot's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
247 views

Sets of $\mathbb{F}_p$-points of closed subvarieties of $\mathbb{A}^n$

Let $p$ be a prime and let $n\geq 2$ be an integer. The set $\mathbb{A}^n(\mathbb{F}_p)$ has $p^n$ elements so it has $2^{p^n}$ subsets. How many of those subsets are of the form $V(\mathbb{F}_p)$ ...
Qasim's user avatar
  • 103
1 vote
1 answer
180 views

On integral points of $f(x,y)=z g(x,y)$

Let $f(x,y),g(x,y)$ be polynomials with integer coefficients. Consider the surface $$ f(x,y)=z g(x,y) \qquad (1)$$ (1) has parametrization over the rationals given by $z=\frac{f(x,y)}{g(x,y)}$. Q1 ...
joro's user avatar
  • 25.4k
1 vote
4 answers
717 views

Given an integer $N$, find solutions to $X^3 + Y^3 + Z^3 - 3XYZ \equiv 1 \pmod{N}$

Given an integer $N > 0$ with unknown factorization, I would like to find nontrivial solutions $(X, Y, Z)$ to the congruence $X^3 + Y^3 + Z^3 - 3XYZ \equiv 1 \pmod{N}$. Is there any algorithmic way ...
Gautam's user avatar
  • 1,703
16 votes
1 answer
2k views

Proof of main theorems in étale cohomology theory

(In this question, $p$ can be $0$.) I'm curious if theorems on étale cohomology can be proved by easier way. For example, proper base change theorem. This theorem can be stated as the following way. ...
user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
142 views

Upper bound for the torsion subgroup of an elliptic curve over arbitrary number fields

Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}$ of degree $d$ and let $E(K)$ be an elliptic curve over the field $K$ with coefficients in $K$. Let us fix $d$ and vary over all the possible $K$, in turn ...
edward cornfoot's user avatar
6 votes
0 answers
590 views

Affine GIT quotients and the excursion algebra in Fargues–Scholze

Some background: Let us fix a non-archimedean local field $E$ with residue characteristic $p$, and let $G$ be some connected reductive group over $E$. In [FS, §VIII.1.1] the authors define a moduli ...
Alex Youcis's user avatar
22 votes
6 answers
8k views

A finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}$-algebra that is a field has to be finite

I was trying to understand completely the post of Terrence Tao on Ax-Grothendieck theorem. This is very cute. Using finite fields you prove that every injective polynomial map $\mathbb C^n\to \mathbb ...
aglearner's user avatar
  • 14.3k
3 votes
0 answers
210 views

How to find rational points on genus 2 rank 2 curves such as $y^2=x^6-4x+4$?

The question is in the title. The motivation comes from trying solving Diophantine equations in order, see Can you solve the listed smallest open Diophantine equations? . Because there is an algorithm ...
Bogdan Grechuk's user avatar
5 votes
1 answer
467 views

Weak Mordell-Weil for EC using Chevalley-Weil theorem

I am reading the book Applications of Diophantine Approximation to Integral Points and Transcendence by Zannier and Corvaja and, after their proof of the Chevalley-Weil theorem, in Example 3.8 they ...
cartesio's user avatar
  • 233

1
4 5
6
7 8
35