On Mordell-Weil groups of isotrivial abelian varieties over function fields (Q382311)

Let \(\mathcal{A}\) be an isotrivial abelian variety over the function field \(\mathbb{C}(x,y)\), \(\pi : \mathcal{A}\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^2\) be a non-singular projective model of \(\mathcal{A}\), and \(A\) be its generic fiber. Let \(\Delta\subset\mathbb{P}^2\) be the discriminant of \(\pi\). In the present paper the author shows that the Mordell-Weil rank of \(\mathcal{A}\) depends, besides the type of the generic fiber, the degree and the local type of singularities of \(\Delta\), on the dimensions of certain linear systems of curves determined by the local type of singularities of the latter. One of the main results is formulated as follows. Let \(G\subset \mathrm{Aut} A\) be the holonomy group of \(\mathcal{A}\). Assume that: (a) \(G\) is a cyclic group of order \(d\) acting on \(A\) without fixed subvarieties of a positive dimension, (b) the singularities of \(\Delta\) have CM type and \(\Delta\) is irreducible, (c) \(A\) is a simple abelian variety with complex multiplication by \(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_d)\). Then one has \(\mathrm{rk}\mathcal{A}(\mathbb{C}(x,y))\leq s\cdot\phi(d)\), where \(s\) is the multiplicity of the cyclotomic polynomial of degree \(d\) in the Alexander polynomial of \(\pi_1(\mathcal{P}^2-\Delta)\). As a concrete example, he shows that for the Jacobian of the curve \(\mathcal{C}\) over \(\mathbb{C}(x,y)\) given in \((u, v)\)-plane by the equation \(u^p=v^2+(x^p+y^p)^2+(y^2+1)^p\), one has \(\mathrm{rk} J(\mathcal{C})(\mathbb{C}(x,y))=p-1\).