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Self cup products and the theta characteristic torsor

Number Theory 2017-04-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We give a general formula relating self cup products in cohomology to connecting maps in nonabelian cohomology, and apply it to obtain a formula for the self cup product associated to the Weil pairing.

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@article{arxiv.1104.2105,
  title  = {Self cup products and the theta characteristic torsor},
  author = {Bjorn Poonen and Eric Rains},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2105},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages