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Picard groups, pull back and class groups

Algebraic Geometry 2024-09-11 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Let SS be a certain affine algebraic surface over Q\mathbb{Q} such that it admits a regular map to A2/Q\mathbb{A}^2/\mathbb{Q}. We show that any non-trivial torsion line bundle in the relative Picard group Pic0(S/A2)Pic^0\left(S/\mathbb{A}^2\right) can be pulled back to ideal classes of quadratic fields whose order can be made sufficiently large. This gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by Agboola and Pappas, in case of affine algebraic surfaces. For a closed point PA2/QP\in \mathbb{A}^2/\mathbb{Q}, we show that the cardinality of a subgroup of the Picard group of the fiber SPS_P remains unchanged when PP varies over a Zarisky open subset in A2\mathbb{A}^2. We also show by constructing an element of odd order n3n\geq 3 in the class group of certain imaginary quadratic fields that the Picard group of SPS_P has a subgroup isomorphic to Z/nZ\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}.

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@article{arxiv.1903.04210,
  title  = {Picard groups, pull back and class groups},
  author = {Kalyan Banerjee and Azizul Hoque},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04210},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

22 pages. Substantial revision has been done. To appear in `Monatshefte f\"ur Mathematik'