Let X be a nice variety over a number field k. We characterise in pure “descent-type” terms some inequivalent obstruction sets refining the inclusion $X{{(}_k)}^{ét,Br}\subset X{{(}_k)}^{Br₁}$. In the first part, we apply ideas from the proof of $X{{(}_k)}^{ét,Br}=X{{(}_k)}^{{}_k}$ by Skorobogatov and Demarche to new cases, by proving a comparison theorem for obstruction sets. In the second part, we show that if $\subset {\subset }_k$ are such that $\subset Ext\left({,}_k\right)$, then $X{{(}_k)}^{}=X{{(}_k)}^{}$. This allows us to conclude, among other things, that $X{{(}_k)}^{ét,Br}=X{{(}_k)}^{{}_k}$ and $X{{(}_k)}^{Sol,Br₁}=X{{(}_k)}^{So{l}_k}$.

Si un système d’équations polynomiales à coefficients entiers admet une solution dans ${𝐐}^n$, il en admet sur tout complété $p$-adique ou réel de $𝐐$. La réciproque a été démontrée par Hasse pour les quadriques, mais elle est fausse en général. Une grande partie des contre-exemples connus peuvent être expliqués à l’aide de l’obstruction de Brauer-Manin, basée sur la théorie du corps de classe. Il est donc naturel de se demander si, pour certaines classes de variétés, cette obstruction est la seule. Le but...

Watkins has conjectured that if $R$ is the rank of the group of rational points of an elliptic curve $E$ over the rationals, then $2^R$ divides the modular parametrisation degree. We show, for a certain class of $E$, chosen to make things as easy as possible, that this divisibility would follow from the statement that a certain $2$-adic deformation ring is isomorphic to a certain Hecke ring, and is a complete intersection. However, we show also that the method developed by Taylor, Wiles and others, to prove...

Let $\varphi :X\to X$ be a morphism of a variety defined over a number field $K$, let $V\subset X$ be a $K$-subvariety, and let ${𝒪}_{\varphi }\left(P\right)=\{{\varphi }^n\left(P\right):n\ge 0\}$ be the orbit of a point $P\in X\left(K\right)$. We describe a local-global principle for the intersection $V\cap {𝒪}_{\varphi }\left(P\right)$. This principle may be viewed as a dynamical analog of the Brauer–Manin obstruction. We show that the rational points of $V\left(K\right)$ are Brauer–Manin unobstructed for power maps on ${\mathbb{P}}^2$ in two cases: (1) $V$ is a translate of a torus. (2) $V$ is a line and $P$ has a preperiodic coordinate. A key tool in the proofs is the classical...

Let $C_m:y^2=x^3-m^{2}x+p^2{q}^2$ be a family of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$, where $m$ is a positive integer and $p$, $q$ are distinct odd primes. We study the torsion part and the rank of $C_m\left(\mathbb{Q}\right)$. More specifically, we prove that the torsion subgroup of $C_m\left(\mathbb{Q}\right)$ is trivial and the $\mathbb{Q}$-rank of this family is at least 2, whenever $m\neg \equiv 0(mod3)$, $m\neg \equiv 0(mod4)$ and $m\equiv 2(mod64)$ with neither $p$ nor $q$ dividing $m$.

A well known theorem of Mestre and Schoof implies that the order of an elliptic curve $E$ over a prime field ${𝔽}_q$ can be uniquely determined by computing the orders of a few points on $E$ and its quadratic twist, provided that $q\>229$. We extend this result to all finite fields with $q\>49$, and all prime fields with $q\>29$.

This paper studies a two-variable zeta function $Z_K(w,s)$ attached to an algebraic number field $K$, introduced by van der Geer and Schoof, which is based on an analogue of the Riemann-Roch theorem for number fields using Arakelov divisors. When $w=1$ this function becomes the completed Dedekind zeta function ${\widehat{\zeta }}_K\left(s\right)$ of the field $K$. The function is a meromorphic function of two complex variables with polar divisor $s(w-s)$, and it satisfies the functional equation $Z_K(w,s)=Z_K(w,w-s)$. We consider the special case $K=\mathbb{Q}$, where for $w=1$ this function...

Let $m\in {\mathbb{Z}}_{>0}$ and a,q ∈ ℚ. Denote by ${}_m(a,q)$ the set of rational numbers d such that a, a + q, ..., a + (m-1)q form an arithmetic progression in the Edwards curve $E_d:x²+y²=1+dx²y²$. We study the set ${}_m(a,q)$ and we parametrize it by the rational points of an algebraic curve.

It is well known that duality theorems are of utmost importance for the arithmetic of local and global fields and that Brauer groups appear in this context unavoidably. The key word here is class field theory.In this paper we want to make evident that these topics play an important role in public key cryptopgraphy, too. Here the key words are Discrete Logarithm systems with bilinear structures.Almost all public key crypto systems used today based on discrete logarithms use the ideal class groups...