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Characteristic ideals and Selmer groups

Number Theory 2014-07-22 v2

Abstract

Let AA be an abelian variety defined over a global field FF of positive characteristic pp and let \calf/F\calf/F be a ZpN\Z_p^{\N}-extension, unramified outside a finite set of places of FF. Assuming that all ramified places are totally ramified, we define a pro-characteristic ideal associated to the Pontrjagin dual of the pp-primary Selmer group of AA, in order to formulate an Iwasawa Main Conjecture for the non-noetherian commutative Iwasawa algebra Zp[[\Gal(\calf/F)]]\Z_p[[\Gal(\calf/F)]] (which we also prove for a constant abelian variety). To do this we first show the relation between the characteristic ideals of duals of Selmer groups for a Zpd\Z_p^d-extension \calfd/F\calf_d/F and for any Zpd1\Z_p^{d-1}-extension contained in \calfd\calf_d\,, and then use a limit process.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2788,
  title  = {Characteristic ideals and Selmer groups},
  author = {Andrea Bandini and Francesc Bars and Ignazio Longhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2788},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 pages, version updated to be compatible with the modifications of arXiv:1310.0680 [math.NT]

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