Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians
We discuss approaches to computing in the Shafarevich-Tate group of Jacobians of higher genus curves, with an emphasis on the theory and practice of visualisation. Especially for hyperelliptic curves, this often enables the computation of ranks of Jacobians, even when the 2-Selmer bound does not bou...
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| description | We discuss approaches to computing in the Shafarevich-Tate group of Jacobians of higher genus curves, with an emphasis on the theory and practice of visualisation. Especially for hyperelliptic curves, this often enables the computation of ranks of Jacobians, even when the 2-Selmer bound does not bound the rank sharply. This was previously only possible for a few special cases. For curves of genus 2, we also demonstrate a connection with degree 4 del Pezzo surfaces, and show how the Brauer-Manin obstruction on these surfaces can be used to compute members of the Shafarevich-Tate group of Jacobians. We derive an explicit parametrised infinite family of genus 2 curves whose Jacobians have nontrivial members of the Sharevich-Tate group. Finally we prove that under certain conditions, the visualisation dimension for order 2 cocycles of Jacobians of certain genus 2 curves is 4 rather than the general bound of 32. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:14e920fd-918a-41f1-8727-7c565e2da8f42022-03-26T10:22:27ZExhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobiansJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:14e920fd-918a-41f1-8727-7c565e2da8f4Mathematical Institute - ePrints2006Bruin, NFlynn, EWe discuss approaches to computing in the Shafarevich-Tate group of Jacobians of higher genus curves, with an emphasis on the theory and practice of visualisation. Especially for hyperelliptic curves, this often enables the computation of ranks of Jacobians, even when the 2-Selmer bound does not bound the rank sharply. This was previously only possible for a few special cases. For curves of genus 2, we also demonstrate a connection with degree 4 del Pezzo surfaces, and show how the Brauer-Manin obstruction on these surfaces can be used to compute members of the Shafarevich-Tate group of Jacobians. We derive an explicit parametrised infinite family of genus 2 curves whose Jacobians have nontrivial members of the Sharevich-Tate group. Finally we prove that under certain conditions, the visualisation dimension for order 2 cocycles of Jacobians of certain genus 2 curves is 4 rather than the general bound of 32. |
| spellingShingle | Bruin, N Flynn, E Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title | Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title_full | Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title_fullStr | Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title_short | Exhibiting Sha[2] on hyperelliptic jacobians |
| title_sort | exhibiting sha 2 on hyperelliptic jacobians |
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