Brauer–Manin obstruction

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The Brauer–Manin obstruction is an arithmetic-geometric mechanism using the Brauer group and adelic points to explain failures of the Hasse principle and weak approximation for rational points on varieties.

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Brauer–Manin obstruction canonical 3
Brauer–Manin set 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arithmetic-geometric obstruction
concept in arithmetic geometry
obstruction to the Hasse principle
obstruction to weak approximation
appliesTo rational points on varieties
arisesFrom pairing between Brauer group and adelic points
canBeNontrivialFor Châtelet surfaces
K3 surfaces
diagonal cubic surfaces
canExplain absence of rational points despite local solvability
failure of weak approximation despite Zariski density of rational points
compares adelic points
rational points
definedOn varieties over number fields
definedUsing Brauer group of a variety
linked to: Brauer group

adelic points of a variety
explains failures of the Hasse principle
failures of weak approximation
formalizedAs Brauer–Manin set
generalizes class field theoretic obstructions
givesConditionFor density of rational points in adelic points
existence of rational points
hasVariant descent obstruction
étale Brauer–Manin obstruction
introducedBy Yuri Manin
isCentralIn the study of counterexamples to the Hasse principle
the study of rational points via cohomological methods
isToolFor studying rational points on curves
studying rational points on higher-dimensional varieties
studying rational points on surfaces
motivated development of refined obstructions in arithmetic geometry
namedAfter Richard Brauer
Yuri Manin
relatedTo Brauer group of a field
Diophantine equations
Hasse principle
local-global principles
rational points
weak approximation
studiedIn algebraic geometry
number theory
uses Brauer group
adelic points

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Hasse principle relatedConcept Brauer–Manin obstruction
Brauer–Manin obstruction formalizedAs Brauer–Manin set
linked to: Brauer–Manin obstruction
Brauer group relatedConcept Brauer–Manin obstruction
Shafarevich group of a torus relatedTo Brauer–Manin obstruction