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Dyadic torsion of 2-dimensional hyperelliptic Jacobians

Number Theory 2014-10-30 v1

Abstract

Let kk be a field of characteristic 00, and let α1\alpha_{1}, α2\alpha_{2}, ..., α5\alpha_{5} be algebraically independent and transcendental over kk. Let KK be the transcendental extension of kk obtained by adjoining the elementary symmetric functions of the αi\alpha_{i}'s. Let JJ be the Jacobian of the hyperelliptic curve defined over KK which is given by the equation y2=i=15(xαi)y^{2} = \prod_{i = 1}^{5} (x - \alpha_{i}). We define a tower of field extensions K=K0K1K2...K = K_{0}' \subset K_{1}' \subset K_{2}' \subset ... by giving recursive formulas for the generators of each KnK_{n}' over Kn1K_{n - 1}', and let K=n=0KnK_{\infty}' = \bigcup_{n = 0}^{\infty} K_{n}'. We show that K(μ2)K_{\infty}'(\mu_{2}) is the subextension of the field K(J[2]):=n=0K(E[2n])K(J[2^{\infty}]) := \bigcup_{n = 0}^{\infty} K(E[2^{n}]) corresponding to a central order-22 Galois subgroup of Gal(K(J[2])/K(μ2))\mathrm{Gal}(K(J[2^{\infty}]) / K(\mu_{2})), and a generator of K(J[2])K(J[2^{\infty}]) over K(μ2)K_{\infty}'(\mu_{2}) is given.

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@article{arxiv.1410.8110,
  title  = {Dyadic torsion of 2-dimensional hyperelliptic Jacobians},
  author = {Jeffrey Yelton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.8110},
  year   = {2014}
}

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