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Examples of non-simple abelian surfaces over the rationals with non-square order Tate-Shafarevich group

Number Theory 2014-02-25 v4

Abstract

Let A be an abelian surface over a fixed number field. If A is principally polarised, then it is known that the order of the Tate-Shafarevich group of A must, if finite, be a square or twice a square. The situation for A not principally polarised remains unclear. For each k in {1,2,3,5,6,7,10,13} we construct a non-simple non-principally polarised abelian surface over the rationals whose Tate-Shafarevich group has order k times a square. To obtain this result, we explore the invariance under isogeny of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1206.1822,
  title  = {Examples of non-simple abelian surfaces over the rationals with non-square order Tate-Shafarevich group},
  author = {Stefan Keil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.1822},
  year   = {2014}
}

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45 pages; minor changes