On the Brauer-Manin obstruction for degree-four del Pezzo surfaces

Jörg Jahnel, Damaris Schindler

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Abstract

We show that for every integer 1≤d≤4 and every finite set S of places, there exists a degree-d del Pezzo surface X over Q such that Br(X)/Br(Q)≅Z/2Z and the nontrivial Brauer class has a nonconstant local evaluation exactly at the places in S. For d=4, we prove that in all cases except S={∞}, this surface may be chosen diagonalisably over Q.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)301-319
Number of pages19
JournalActa Arithmetica
Volume176
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Brauer-Manin obstruction
  • Degree-4 del Pezzo surface

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