Wild Brauer classes via prismatic cohomology
Abstract
Let be a finite extension of and a smooth proper -variety with good reduction. Under a mild assumption on the behaviour of Hodge numbers under reduction modulo , we prove that the existence of a non-zero global 2-form on implies, after a finite extension of , the existence of -torsion Brauer classes with surjective evaluation map. This implies that any smooth proper variety over a number field which satisfies weak approximation over all finite extensions has no non-zero global 2-form. The proof is based on a prismatic interpretation of Brauer classes with eventually constant evaluation, and a Newton-above-Hodge result for the mod reduction of prismatic cohomology. This generalises work of Bright and the second-named author beyond the ordinary reduction case.
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@article{arxiv.2509.22025,
title = {Wild Brauer classes via prismatic cohomology},
author = {Emiliano Ambrosi and Rachel Newton and Margherita Pagano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.22025},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Several minor corrections and improved exposition, comments are welcome