On torsors under elliptic curves and Serre's pro-algebraic structures

Let $K$ be a local field with algebraically closed residue field and $X_K$ a torsor under an elliptic curve $J_K$ over $K$. Let $X$ be a proper minimal regular model of $X_K$ over the ring of integers of $K$ and $J$ the identity component of the N\'eron model of $J_K$. We study the canonical morphism $q\colon \mathrm{Pic}^{0}_{X/S}\to J$ which extends the biduality isomorphism on generic fibres. We show that $q$ is pro-algebraic in nature with a construction that recalls Serre's work on local class field theory. Furthermore we interpret our results in relation to Shafarevich's duality theory for torsors under abelian varieties.Comment: This paper arises from the confluence and the comparison of the results contained in the preprints arXiv:1106.1540v2 and arXiv:1005.0462v1 of the two authors. Final version and to appear in Math. Zeit. We thank the referee for the very detail review of our pape

Greenberg algebras and ramified Witt vectors

Let O be a complete discrete valuation ring of mixed characteristic and with finite residue field k. We study a natural morphism between the Greenberg algebra of O and the special fiber of the scheme of ramified Witt vectors over O. It is a universal homeomorphism with pro-infinitesimal kernel that can be explicitly described in some cases.Comment: We improved some results. 19 page

Remarks on 1-motivic sheaves

We generalize the construction of the category of 1-motives with torsion ${}^tM_1$ (introduced by Barbieri-Viale, Rosenschon and Saito) as well as the construction of the category of 1-motivic sheaves ${\rm Shv}_1$ (defined by Barbieri-Viale and Kahn) to perfect fields $k$ (without inverting the exponential characteristic). For $k$ transcendental over the prime field we extend a result of Barbieri-Viale and Kahn, showing that ${}^tM$ and ${\rm Shv}_1$ have equivalent bounded derived categories.Comment: 14 pages. Shortened, corrected version. Results on Laumon 1-motives will appear in another pape

On the cohomology of tori over local fields with perfect residue field

If T is an algebraic torus defined over a discretely valued field K with perfect residue field k, we relate the K-cohomology of T to the k-cohomology of certain objects associated to T. When k has cohomological dimension 64 1, our results have a particularly simple form and yield, more generally, isomorphisms between Borovoi\u2019s abelian K-cohomology of a reductive group G over K and the k-cohomology of a certain quotient of the algebraic fundamental group of G