A Brauer-Siegel theorem for Fermat surfaces over finite fields

Abstract: We prove an analogue of the Brauer-Siegel theorem for Fermat surfaces over a finite field. Namely, letting

F_{d}

be the Fermat surface of degree

d

over

m a t h b b F_{q}

and

p_{g} (F_{d})

be its geometric genus, we consider the product of the order of the Brauer group

m a t h r m B r (F_{d})

of

F_{d}

times the absolute value of a Gram determinant of the N'eron-Severi group of

F_{d}

with respect to the intersection form (the regulator

m a t h r m R e g (F_{d})

of

F_{d}

). We show that this product grows like

q^{p_{g} (F_{d})}

when

d

tends to infinity:

logleft( |mathrm{Br}(F_d)|cdot mathrm{Reg}(F_d) ight) sim log q^{p_g(F_d)}.

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