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COUNTEREXAMPLES TO THE HASSE PRINCIPLE IN FAMILIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

NGUYEN XUAN THO*
Affiliation:
School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract

We generalise two quartic surfaces studied by Swinnerton-Dyer to give two infinite families of diagonal quartic surfaces which violate the Hasse principle. Standard calculations of Brauer–Manin obstructions are exhibited.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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Footnotes

The author is supported by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) (grant number 101.04-2019.314).

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