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Points de torsion sur les varietes abeliennes de type GSp

Number Theory 2010-03-10 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let AA be an abelian variety defined over a number field KK, the number of torsion points rational over a finite extension LL is bounded polynomially in terms of the degree [L:K][L:K]. When AA is isogenous to a product of simple abelian varieties of \GSp\GSp type, i.e. whose Mumford-Tate group is "generic" (isomorphic to the group of symplectic similitudes) and which satisfy the Mumford-Tate conjecture, we compute the optimal exponent for this bound in terms of the dimensions of the abelian subvarieties of AA. The result is unconditional for a product of simple abelian varieties with endomorphism ring Z\Z and dimension outside an explicit exceptional set S={4,10,16,32,...}\mathcal{S}=\{4,10,16,32,...\}. Furthermore, following a strategy of Serre, we also prove that if the Mumford-Tate conjecture is true for some abelian varieties of \GSp\GSp type, it is then true for a product of such abelian varieties.

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@article{arxiv.0911.5505,
  title  = {Points de torsion sur les varietes abeliennes de type GSp},
  author = {Marc Hindry and Nicolas Ratazzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.5505},
  year   = {2010}
}

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31 pages, new section 5, accepted for publication in Journal de l'Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu