Publications [#167240] of Shahed Sharif

Papers Accepted

  1. P. Clark and S. Sharif, Period, index, and potential Sha, Algebra and Number Theory (Fall, 2009), ISSN 1937-0652
    (last updated on 2009/12/17)

    Abstract:
    We present three results on the period-index problem for genus one curves over global fields. Our first result implies that for every pair of positive integers $(P,I)$ with $P | I | P^2$, there exists a number field $K$ and a genus one curve $C_{/K}$ with period $P$ and index $I$. Second, let $E_{/K}$ be any elliptic curve over a global field $K$, and let $P > 1$ be any integer indivisible by the characteristic of $K$. We construct infinitely many genus one curves $C_{/K}$ with period $P$, index $P^2$, and Jacobian $E$. Our third result, on the structure of Shafarevich-Tate groups under field extension, follows as a corollary. Our main tools are Lichtenbaum-Tate duality and the functorial properties of O'Neil's period-index obstruction map under change of period.