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The arithmetic of a twist of the Fermat quartic

Number Theory 2021-07-15 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study the arithmetic of the twist of the Fermat quartic defined by X4+Y4+Z4=0X^4 + Y^4 + Z^4 = 0 which has no Q\mathbb{Q}-rational point. We calculate the Mordell--Weil group of the Jacobian variety explicilty. We show that the degree 00 part of the Picard group is a free Z/2Z\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}-module of rank 22, whereas the Mordell--Weil group is a free Z/2Z\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}-module of rank 33. Thus the relative Brauer group is non-trivial. We also show that this quartic violates the local-global property for linear determinantal representations.

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@article{arxiv.2107.05902,
  title  = {The arithmetic of a twist of the Fermat quartic},
  author = {Yasuhiro Ishitsuka and Tetsushi Ito and Tatsuya Ohshita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.05902},
  year   = {2021}
}

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17 pages