An example of a non-associative Moufang loop of point classes on a cubic surface
Number Theory
2023-06-21 v3 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
Let be a cubic surface defined by the equation over a quadratic extension of 3-adic numbers , where . We show that a relation on a set of geometric k-points on modulo (in a ring of integers of ) defines an admissible relation and a commutative Moufang loop associated with classes of this admissible equivalence is non-associative. This answers a problem that was formulated by Yu. I. Manin more than 50 years ago about existence of a cubic surface with a non-associative Moufang loop of point classes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.05118,
title = {An example of a non-associative Moufang loop of point classes on a cubic surface},
author = {Dimitri Kanevsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.05118},
year = {2023}
}