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A note on zero-cycles on bielliptic surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2026-03-10 v2

Abstract

We study the Chow group of zero-cycles CH0(S)\text{CH}_0(S) of a bielliptic surface S=(E1×E2)/GS=(E_1\times E_2)/G, where E1,E2E_1, E_2 are elliptic curves and GG is a finite group acting on E1E_1 by translations and on E2E_2 by automorphisms such that E2/GP1E_2/G\simeq\mathbb{P}^1. We show that if SS is defined over an arbitrary field kk of characteristic not equal to 2,32,3, then the kernel of the Albanese map albS:CH0(S)deg=0AlbS(k)\text{alb}_S:\text{CH}_0(S)^{\text{deg}=0}\rightarrow \text{Alb}_S(k) is a torsion group of exponent 22G2^2\cdot|G| or 32G3^2\cdot|G|, depending on the type of bielliptic surface. We also construct explicit examples over pp-adic fields that illustrate that this kernel can have nontrivial elements obtained by push-forward from the abelian surface.

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@article{arxiv.2511.17365,
  title  = {A note on zero-cycles on bielliptic surfaces},
  author = {Evangelia Gazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17365},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages

R2 v1 2026-07-01T07:48:59.088Z