Torsors and Rational Points
(Book #144 in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics Series)
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The classical descent on curves of genus one can be interpreted as providing conditions on the set of rational points of an algebraic variety X defined over a number field, viewed as a subset of its adelic points. This is the natural set-up of the Hasse principle and various approximation properties of rational points. The most famous among such conditions is the Manin obstruction exploiting the Brauer-Grothendieck group of X. It emerged recently...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521802377
ISBN13:9780521802376
Release Date:July 2001
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:196 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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