Essential dimension of abelian varieties over number fields (Q2427225)

If \(E\) is an elliptic curve over a number field \(k\), and if there is at least one prime \(p\) of \(k\) where \(E\) has semistable bad reduction, then the essential dimension of \(E\) is infinite. In this note the authors generalize the above result proving that the essential dimension of a non trivial abelian variety over a number field is infinite.