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Traverso's isogeny conjecture for p-divisible groups

Number Theory 2008-08-27 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let kk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0p>0. Let c,d\dbNc,d\in\dbN. Let bc,d1b_{c,d}\ge 1 be the smallest integer such that for any two pp-divisible groups HH and HH^\prime over kk of codimension cc and dimension dd the following assertion holds: If H[pbc,d]H[p^{b_{c,d}}] and H[pbc,d]H^\prime[p^{b_{c,d}}] are isomorphic, then HH and HH^\prime are isogenous. We show that bc,d=cdc+db_{c,d}=\lceil{cd\over {c+d}}\rceil. This proves Traverso's isogeny conjecture for pp-divisible groups over kk.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0606780,
  title  = {Traverso's isogeny conjecture for p-divisible groups},
  author = {Marc-Hubert Nicole and Adrian Vasiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606780},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

8 pages, laTex; to appear in Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Padova