The period-index problem for real surfaces

DOI10.1007/S10240-019-00108-7zbMATH Open1442.14073arXiv1804.03642OpenAlexW3103140229WikidataQ127859695 ScholiaQ127859695MaRDI QIDQ2335503FDOQ2335503

Authors: Olivier Benoist 

Publication date: 14 November 2019

Published in: Publications Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study when the period and the index of a class in the Brauer group of the function field of a real algebraic surface coincide. We prove that it is always the case if the surface has no real points (more generally, if the class vanishes in restriction to the real points of the locus where it is well-defined), and give a necessary and sufficient condition for unramified classes. As an application, we show that the u-invariant of the function field of a real algebraic surface is equal to 4, answering questions of Lang and Pfister. Our strategy relies on a new Hodge-theoretic approach to de Jong's period-index theorem on complex surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03642

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zbMATH Keywords

Brauer groupu-invariantHodge theoryperiod-index problemreal algebraic surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transcendental methods, Hodge theory (algebro-geometric aspects) (14C30) Brauer groups of schemes (14F22) Topology of real algebraic varieties (14P25)

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