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On the kernel of the Brauer-Manin pairing

Algebraic Geometry 2021-01-27 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let X\mathcal X be a regular scheme, flat and proper over the ring of integers of a pp-adic field, with generic fiber XX and special fiber Xs\mathcal X_s. We study the left kernel Br(X)Br(\mathcal X) of the Brauer-Manin pairing Br(X)×CH0(X)Q/ZBr(X)\times CH_0(X)\to \mathbb Q/\mathbb Z. Our main result is that the kernel of the reduction map Br(X)Br(Xs)Br(\mathcal X)\to Br(\mathcal X_s) is the direct sum of (Q/Z[1p])s(Q/Z)t(\mathbb Q/\mathbb Z[\frac{1}{p}])^s\oplus (\mathbb Q/\mathbb Z)^t and a finite pp-group, where s+t=ρXsρXI+1s+t= \rho_{\mathcal X_s}-\rho_X-I+1, for ρXs\rho_{\mathcal X_s} and ρX\rho_X the Picard numbers of Xs\mathcal X_s and XX, and II the number of irreducible components of Xs\mathcal X_s. Moreover, we show that t>0t>0 implies s>0s>0.

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@article{arxiv.2012.02428,
  title  = {On the kernel of the Brauer-Manin pairing},
  author = {Thomas H. Geisser and Baptiste Morin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.02428},
  year   = {2021}
}

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