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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 VV be a cubic surface defined by the equation T03+T13+T23+θT33=0T_0^3+T_1^3+T_2^3+\theta T_3^3=0 over a quadratic extension of 3-adic numbers k=Q3(θ)k=\mathbb{Q}_3(\theta), where θ3=1\theta^3=1. We show that a relation on a set of geometric k-points on VV modulo (1θ)3(1-\theta)^3 (in a ring of integers of kk) 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.

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@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}
}