Generalised height pairings and the Albanese kernel

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Main Author: Dogra, Netan
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contents The Chabauty--Coleman--Kim method in depth two describes the rational points on a curve in terms of a generalisation of Nekovář's $p$-adic height pairing which replaces $\mathbb{G}_m$ with a higher Chow group. It is unclear both what the domain of definition of this pairing is, and how to compute it. This paper explores the relevance of the Beilinson--Bloch conjectures to this problem. In particular, it is shown that if $X$ is a smooth projective curve and the Albanese kernel of $X\times X$ is torsion, then there is an algorithm to compute the generalised height pairing on a pair of rational points on the Jacobian. This leads to the consideration of certain `motivic refinements' of the nonabelian cohomology varieties which arise in nonabelian Chabauty.
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spellingShingle Generalised height pairings and the Albanese kernel
Dogra, Netan
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
The Chabauty--Coleman--Kim method in depth two describes the rational points on a curve in terms of a generalisation of Nekovář's $p$-adic height pairing which replaces $\mathbb{G}_m$ with a higher Chow group. It is unclear both what the domain of definition of this pairing is, and how to compute it. This paper explores the relevance of the Beilinson--Bloch conjectures to this problem. In particular, it is shown that if $X$ is a smooth projective curve and the Albanese kernel of $X\times X$ is torsion, then there is an algorithm to compute the generalised height pairing on a pair of rational points on the Jacobian. This leads to the consideration of certain `motivic refinements' of the nonabelian cohomology varieties which arise in nonabelian Chabauty.
title Generalised height pairings and the Albanese kernel
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10111