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Main Authors: Achter, Jeff, Casalaina-Martin, Sebastian, Vial, Charles
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17033
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author Achter, Jeff
Casalaina-Martin, Sebastian
Vial, Charles
author_facet Achter, Jeff
Casalaina-Martin, Sebastian
Vial, Charles
contents Let $X/K$ be a variety over a field, and $A/K$ an abelian variety. A regular homomorphism to $A$ (in codimension $i$) induces, for every smooth geometrically connected pointed $K$-scheme $(T,t_0)$ and every cycle class $Z \in CH^i(T\times X)$, a morphism $T \to A$ of varieties over $K$. In this note we show that, if $T$ admits no $K$-point, the data $(T,Z)$ determines a torsor $A^{(T,Z)}$ over $K$ under $A$ and a $K$-morphism $T \to A^{(T,Z)}$. This can be used to provide an obstruction to the existence of algebraic cycles defined over $K$. We then connect this obstruction to some recent results of Hassett--Tschinkel and Benoist--Wittenberg on rationality of threefolds.
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spellingShingle Regular homomorphisms, with a twist
Achter, Jeff
Casalaina-Martin, Sebastian
Vial, Charles
Algebraic Geometry
Let $X/K$ be a variety over a field, and $A/K$ an abelian variety. A regular homomorphism to $A$ (in codimension $i$) induces, for every smooth geometrically connected pointed $K$-scheme $(T,t_0)$ and every cycle class $Z \in CH^i(T\times X)$, a morphism $T \to A$ of varieties over $K$. In this note we show that, if $T$ admits no $K$-point, the data $(T,Z)$ determines a torsor $A^{(T,Z)}$ over $K$ under $A$ and a $K$-morphism $T \to A^{(T,Z)}$. This can be used to provide an obstruction to the existence of algebraic cycles defined over $K$. We then connect this obstruction to some recent results of Hassett--Tschinkel and Benoist--Wittenberg on rationality of threefolds.
title Regular homomorphisms, with a twist
topic Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17033