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Explicit uniform bounds for Brauer groups of singular K3 surfaces

Number Theory 2022-08-08 v4 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let kk be a number field. We give an explicit bound, depending only on [k:Q][k:\mathbf{Q}] and the discriminant of the N\'{e}ron--Severi lattice, on the size of the Brauer group of a K3 surface X/kX/k that is geometrically isomorphic to the Kummer surface attached to a product of isogenous CM elliptic curves. As an application, we show that the Brauer--Manin set for such a variety is effectively computable. Conditional on GRH, we can also make the explicit bound depend only on [k:Q][k:\mathbf{Q}] and remove the condition that the elliptic curves be isogenous. In addition, we show how to obtain a bound, depending only on [k:Q][k:\mathbf{Q}], on the number of C\mathbf{C}-isomorphism classes of singular K3 surfaces defined over kk, thus proving an effective version of the strong Shafarevich conjecture for singular K3 surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2006.14907,
  title  = {Explicit uniform bounds for Brauer groups of singular K3 surfaces},
  author = {Francesca Balestrieri and Alexis Johnson and Rachel Newton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.14907},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Minor changes. Final version, to appear in Annales de l'Institut Fourier. 34 pages. Comments welcome!