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2-Selmer Parity for Hyperelliptic Curves in Quadratic Extensions
We study the 2-parity conjecture for Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves over
number fields. Under some mild assumptions on their reduction, we prove it over
quadratic extensions of the base field, providing essentially the first
examples of the 2-parity conjecture in dimension greater than one. The proof
proceeds via a generalisation of a formula of Kramer and Tunnell relating local
invariants of the curve, which may be of independent interest. Particularly
surprising is the appearance in the formula of terms that govern whether or not
the Cassels-Tate pairing on the Jacobian is alternating, which first appeared
in a paper of Poonen and Stoll. We prove this local formula in many instances
and show that in all cases it follows from standard global conjectures.Comment: 47 pages, 3 figure
Regulator constants and the parity conjecture
The p-parity conjecture for twists of elliptic curves relates multiplicities
of Artin representations in p-infinity Selmer groups to root numbers. In this
paper we prove this conjecture for a class of such twists. For example, if E/Q
is semistable at 2 and 3, K/Q is abelian and K^\infty is its maximal pro-p
extension, then the p-parity conjecture holds for twists of E by all orthogonal
Artin representations of Gal(K^\infty/Q). We also give analogous results when
K/Q is non-abelian, the base field is not Q and E is replaced by an abelian
variety. The heart of the paper is a study of relations between permutation
representations of finite groups, their "regulator constants", and
compatibility between local root numbers and local Tamagawa numbers of abelian
varieties in such relations.Comment: 50 pages; minor corrections; final version, to appear in Invent. Mat
Finite quotients of Z[C_n]-lattices and Tamagawa numbers of semistable abelian varieties
We investigate the behaviour of Tamagawa numbers of semistable principally
polarised abelian varieties in extensions of local fields. In view of the
Raynaud parametrisation, this translates into a purely algebraic problem
concerning the number of -invariant points on a quotient of -lattices
for varying subgroups of and integers . In
particular, we give a simple formula for the change of Tamagawa numbers in
totally ramified extensions (corresponding to varying ) and one that
computes Tamagawa numbers up to rational squares in general extensions.
As an application, we extend some of the existing results on the -parity
conjecture for Selmer groups of abelian varieties by allowing more general
local behaviour. We also give a complete classification of the behaviour of
Tamagawa numbers for semistable 2-dimensional principally polarised abelian
varieties, that is similar to the well-known one for elliptic curves. The
appendix explains how to use this classification for Jacobians of genus 2
hyperelliptic curves given by equations of the form , under some
simplifying hypotheses.Comment: Two new lemmas are added. The first describes permutation
representations, and the second describes the dependence of the B-group on
the maximal fixpoint-free invariant sublattice. Contact details and
bibliographic details have been update
Black Box Galois Representations
We develop methods to study -dimensional -adic Galois representations
of the absolute Galois group of a number field , unramified outside a
known finite set of primes of , which are presented as Black Box
representations, where we only have access to the characteristic polynomials of
Frobenius automorphisms at a finite set of primes. Using suitable finite test
sets of primes, depending only on and , we show how to determine the
determinant , whether or not is residually reducible, and
further information about the size of the isogeny graph of whose
vertices are homothety classes of stable lattices. The methods are illustrated
with examples for , and for imaginary quadratic, being
the representation attached to a Bianchi modular form.
These results form part of the first author's thesis.Comment: 40 pages, 3 figures. Numerous minor revisions following two referees'
report
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