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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Label Occurrences
Brauer–Manin obstruction canonical 3
Brauer–Manin set 1

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Statements (43)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ