The Brauer group of hyperelliptic curves over number fields

Abstract: We discuss period-index bounds for the unramified Brauer group of function fields of hyperelliptic curves over number fields. We describe a link to the question of Hasse principle for smooth intersection of quadrics.

number theory

Audience: researchers in the topic

London number theory seminar

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