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The Brauer-Manin obstruction for constant curves over global function fields

Number Theory 2021-12-14 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let F\mathbb{F} be a finite field and C,DC,D smooth, geometrically irreducible proper curves over F\mathbb{F} and set K=F(D)K = \mathbb{F}(D). We consider Brauer-Manin and abelian descent obstructions to the existence of rational points and to weak approximation for the curve CFKC \otimes_\mathbb{F} K. In particular, we show that Brauer-Manin is the only obstruction to weak approximation and the Hasse principle in the case that the genus of DD is less than that of CC. We also show that we can identify the points corresponding to non-constant maps DCD \to C using Frobenius descents.

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@article{arxiv.1909.10102,
  title  = {The Brauer-Manin obstruction for constant curves over global function fields},
  author = {Brendan Creutz and José Felipe Voloch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.10102},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

v2: Corrected an error in the proof of Lemma 3.2

R2 v1 2026-06-23T11:22:43.573Z