Splitting families in Galois cohomology

Abstract: Let

k

be a field, with absolute Galois group

G a m m a

. Let

A / k

be a finite 'etale group scheme of multiplicative type, i.e. a discrete

G a m m a

-module. Let

n g e q 2

be an integer, and let

x i n H^{n} (k, A)

be a cohomology class. We show that there exists a countable set

I

, and a familiy

(X_{i})_{i i n I}

of (smooth, geometrically integral)

k

-varieties, such that the following holds. For any field extension

l / k

, the restriction of

x

vanishes in

H^{n} (l, A)

if and only if (at least) one of the

X_{i}

's has an

l

-point. We moreover show that the

X_{i}

's can be made into an ind-variety. In the case

n = 2

, we note that one variety is enough.

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