Prime Torsion in the Brauer Group of an Elliptic Curve

arXiv1909.05317MaRDI QIDQ6325114FDOQ6325114

Authors: Charlotte Ure 

Publication date: 11 September 2019

Abstract: We give an algorithm to explicitly determine all elements of the $q$-torsion (for $q$ an odd prime) of the Brauer group of an elliptic curve over any base field of characteristic different from $q$, containing a primitive $q$-th root of unity. These elements of the Brauer group are given as tensor products of symbol algebras over the function field of the elliptic curve. We give sufficient conditions to determine if the Brauer classes that arise are trivial. Using our algorithm, we derive an upper bound on the symbol length of the prime torsion of $mathrmBr(E)/mathrmBr(k)$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brauer groups of schemes (14F22) Brauer groups (algebraic aspects) (16K50) Elliptic curves (14H52)

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