Ranks of Jacobians in towers of function fields

DOI10.4310/MRL.2010.V17.N4.A5MaRDI QIDQ2275722zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Douglas Ulmer, Yu. G. Zarhin

Publication date 9 August 2011

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3318

zbMATH Keywords

endomorphisms of Jacobiansfunction fieldJacobianrank of a Jacobiantowers of function fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25) Algebraic functions and function fields in algebraic geometry (14H05) Automorphisms of curves (14H37) Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40) Arithmetic ground fields for abelian varieties (14K15)

Abstract: Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and let $K=k(t)$ be the rational function field over $k$. In this paper we combine a formula of Ulmer for ranks of certain Jacobians over $K$ with strong upper bounds on endomorphisms of Jacobians due to Zarhin to give many examples of higher dimensional, absolutely simple Jacobians over $k(t)$ with bounded rank in towers $k(t^{1/p^r})$. In many cases we are able to compute the rank at every layer of the tower.

Review text

Let \(k\) be a field of characteristic zero and \(k(t)\) the rational function field over \(k\). Many authors looked at the ranks of elliptic curves in towers of function fields as \(k(t^{1/n})\) (e.g. [\textit{S. Shioda}, Am. J. Math. 108, 415--432 (1986; Zbl 0602.14033)], [\textit{D. Ulmer}, J. Inst. Math. Jussieu 12, No. 1, 1--23 (2013; Zbl 1318.14025)], [\textit{L. Berger}, Acta Arith. 156, No. 4, 301--323 (2012; Zbl 1271.14040)]). In this paper a huge generalization is done, obtaining boundedness of ranks (and often the explict values of the ranks) for many towers of higher genus curves. Here we collect one of their theorems. Fix an integer \(g\geq 2\) and let \(X\) be the smooth curve of genus \(g\) over \(\mathbb {Q}(t)\) with affine plane model \(ty^2 = x^{2g+1}-x+t-1\). Then the Jacobian of \(X\) is absolutely simple and its rank is \(2g\) over \(\overline{\mathbb {Q}}(t^{/p^r})\) for every prime \(p\) and every integer \(r>0\). Many other examples are treated, e.g. many of the higher genus curve described in \(\mathbb {P}^1\times \mathbb {P}^1\) in [\textit{L. Berger}, J. Number Theory 128, 3013--3030 (2008; Zbl 1204.11098)]. A key tool is [\textit{Yu. G. Zarhin}, Progr. Math. 235, 339--362 (2005; Zbl 1086.11026)], which gives strong upper bounds on endomorphisms of Jacobians.

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