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Divisibility questions in commutative algebraic groups

Number Theory 2019-04-09 v8

Abstract

Let kk be a number field, let A{\mathcal{A}} be a commutative algebraic group defined over kk and let pp be a prime number. Let A[p]{\mathcal{A}}[p] denote the pp-torsion subgroup of A{\mathcal{A}}. We give some sufficient conditions for the local-global divisibility by pp in A{\mathcal{A}} and the triviality of Sha(k,A[p])Sha (k,{\mathcal{A}}[p]). When A{\mathcal{A}} is an abelian variety principally polarized, those conditions imply that the elements of the Tate-Shafarevich group Sha(k,A)Sha(k,{\mathcal{A}}) are divisible by pp in the Weil-Ch\^atelet group H1(k,A)H^1(k,{\mathcal{A}}) and the local-global principle for divisibility by pp holds in Hr(k,A)H^r(k,{\mathcal{A}}), for all r0r\geq 0.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05857,
  title  = {Divisibility questions in commutative algebraic groups},
  author = {Laura Paladino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05857},
  year   = {2019}
}
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