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Splitting unramified Brauer classes by abelian torsors and the period-index problem

Algebraic Geometry 2023-11-21 v2

Abstract

We use twisted relative Picard varieties to split Brauer classes on projective varieties over algebraically closed fields by torsors for a fixed abelian scheme independent of the Brauer class. The construction is also used to prove that the index of an unramified Brauer class divides a fixed power of its period.

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@article{arxiv.2310.04029,
  title  = {Splitting unramified Brauer classes by abelian torsors and the period-index problem},
  author = {Daniel Huybrechts and Dominique Mattei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.04029},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

19 pages. Introduction rewritten, references added, results unchanged