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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 Q\mathbb{Q} given by double covers of P2\mathbb{P}^2 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