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Index of fibrations and Brauer classes that never obstruct the Hasse principle

Number Theory 2019-06-25 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let XX be a smooth projective variety with a fibration into varieties that either satisfy a condition on representability of zero-cycles or that are torsors under an abelian variety. We study the classes in the Brauer group that never obstruct the Hasse principle for XX. We prove that if the generic fiber has a zero-cycle of degree dd over the generic point, then the Brauer classes whose orders are prime to dd do not play a role in the Brauer--Manin obstruction. As a result we show that the odd torsion Brauer classes never obstruct the Hasse principle for del Pezzo surfaces of degree 2, certain K3 surfaces, and Kummer varieties.

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@article{arxiv.1706.07019,
  title  = {Index of fibrations and Brauer classes that never obstruct the Hasse principle},
  author = {Masahiro Nakahara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07019},
  year   = {2019}
}

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