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Finiteness of the Tate-Shafarevich group over function fields for groups of multiplicative type

Jul 2026 · 0 citations · 12 references
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Let $K = k(X)$ be the function field of a smooth geometrically integral variety $X$ of dimension $\geq 2$ over a field $k$ of characteristic 0 and $V$ be the set of discrete valuations of $K$ associated with the prime divisors on $X$. We show that if $D$ is a $k$-defined group of multiplicative type, then the corresponding Tate-Shafarevich group $Sha(D,V) = \ker \left(H^1(K,D) \to \prod_{v \in V} H^1(K_v, D) \right)$ is finite in the following situations: (1) $k$ is finitely generated and $X(k) \neq \emptyset$; (2) $k$ is a number field. This complements previous work of Harari and Szamuely, which considered the case where $X$ is a curve.

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