Brauer-Manin obstructions on degree 2 K3 surfaces
Algebraic Geometry
2019-10-16 v3 Number Theory
Abstract
We analyze the Brauer-Manin obstruction to rational points on the K3 surfaces over given by double covers of ramified over a diagonal sextic. After finding an explicit set of generators for the geometric Picard group of such a surface, we find two types of infinite families of counterexamples to the Hasse principle explained by the algebraic Brauer-Manin obstruction. The first type of obstruction comes from a quaternion algebra, and the second type comes from a 3-torsion element of the Brauer group, which gives an affirmative answer to a question asked by Ieronymou and Skorobogatov.
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@article{arxiv.1710.11116,
title = {Brauer-Manin obstructions on degree 2 K3 surfaces},
author = {Patrick Corn and Masahiro Nakahara},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.11116},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Fixed a minor error in computing the Brauer group on page 12. Relabeled the section numbers to match with published version