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On the Brauer-Manin obstruction for degree four del Pezzo surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2015-03-31 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We show that, for every integer 1d41 \leq d \leq 4 and every finite set SS of places, there exists a degree dd del Pezzo surface XX over Q{\mathbb Q} such that Br(X)/Br(Q)Z/2Z{\rm Br}(X)/{\rm Br}({\mathbb Q}) \cong {\mathbb Z}/2{\mathbb Z} and the Brauer-Manin obstruction works exactly at the places in SS. For d=4d = 4, we prove that in all cases, with the exception of S={}S = \{\infty\}, this surface may be chosen diagonalizably over Q{\mathbb Q}.

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@article{arxiv.1503.08292,
  title  = {On the Brauer-Manin obstruction for degree four del Pezzo surfaces},
  author = {Jörg Jahnel and Damaris Schindler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.08292},
  year   = {2015}
}