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Increasing the Size of Tame Shafarevich Groups

Number Theory 2025-12-04 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a number field with a finite set SS of primes. We study the cohomology of Fp[GK,S]\mathbb{F}_p[G_{K,S}]-modules AA, in particular the Shafarevich groups \ShaSi(K,A)\Sha^i_S(K,A) for i=1,2i=1,2 for tame sets SS, i.e., for sets SS that contain no primes above pp. When SS contains all primes above pp (the ``wild'' setting), it is a consequence of global Poitou-Tate duality that \ShaS1(K,A)\ShaS2(K,A)\RusBS(K,A)\Sha^1_S(K,A')^\vee \simeq \Sha^2_S(K,A) \stackrel{\simeq}{\hookrightarrow} \RusB_S(K,A) is non-increasing as SS increases. The same applies when GK,SG_{K,S} is replaced by its maximal pro-pp quotient GK,S(p)G_{K,S}(p). In [4] it was shown that for SS tame and A=FpA=\mathbb{F}_p with trivial action, the group \ShaS2(K,A)\Sha^2_S(K, A) can increase as SS increases to SXS\cup X, and even attain its maximal dimension, dimFp\RusBS(K,Fp)\dim_{\mathbb{F}_p} \RusB_S(K,\mathbb{F}_p), for carefully chosen XX. We strengthen this to general Fp[GK,S]\mathbb{F}_p[G_{K,S}]-modules AA where SS is tame. We use Liu's definition [7] of \RusBS(K,A)\RusB_S(K,A) to show that \ShaS2(K,A)\RusBS(K,A)\Sha^2_S(K,A) \hookrightarrow \RusB_S(K,A) and that there exist infinitely many tame sets of primes XX of KK such that \ShaSX2(K,A)\RusBSX(K,A)\RusBS(K,A)\ShaS2(K,A)\Sha^2_{S\cup X}(K,A) \stackrel{\simeq}{\hookrightarrow} \RusB_{S \cup X}(K,A) \stackrel{\simeq}{\twoheadleftarrow} \RusB_S(K,A) \hookleftarrow \Sha^2_S(K,A).

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@article{arxiv.2512.03327,
  title  = {Increasing the Size of Tame Shafarevich Groups},
  author = {Andreea Iorga and Ravi Ramakrishna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.03327},
  year   = {2025}
}