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Local-global principles for 1-motives

Number Theory 2007-09-28 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Building upon our arithmetic duality theorems for 1-motives, we prove that the Manin obstruction related to a finite subquotient \Be(X)\Be (X) of the Brauer group is the only obstruction to the Hasse principle for rational points on torsors under semiabelian varieties over a number field, assuming the finiteness of the Tate-Shaferevich group of the abelian quotient. This theorem answers a question by Skorobogatov in the semiabelian case and is a key ingredient of recent work on the elementary obstruction for homogeneous spaces over number fields. We also establish a Cassels-Tate type dual exact sequence for 1-motives, and give an application to weak approximation.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703845,
  title  = {Local-global principles for 1-motives},
  author = {David Harari and Tamas Szamuely},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703845},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages, minor modifications