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Transcendental obstructions to weak approximation on general K3 surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2015-03-17 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We construct an explicit K3 surface over the field of rational numbers that has geometric Picard rank one, and for which there is a transcendental Brauer-Manin obstruction to weak approximation. To do so, we exploit the relationship between polarized K3 surfaces endowed with particular kinds of Brauer classes and cubic fourfolds.

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@article{arxiv.1005.1879,
  title  = {Transcendental obstructions to weak approximation on general K3 surfaces},
  author = {Brendan Hassett and Anthony Várilly-Alvarado and Patrick Varilly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1879},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

24 pages, 3 figures, Magma scripts included at the end of the source file.

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