The groups of points on abelian varieties over finite fields

Let A be an abelian variety with commutative endomorphism algebra over a finite field k. The k-isogeny class of A is uniquely determined by a Weil polynomial f _A without multiple roots. We give a classification of the groups of k-rational points on varieties from this class in terms of Newton polygons of f _A (1 − t).     

The characteristic polynomials of abelian varieties of dimensions 3 over finite fields

We describe the set of characteristic polynomials of abelian varieties of dimension 3 over finite fields.     

Semistable sheaves on homogeneous spaces and abelian varieties

In this paper we prove that semistable sheaves with zero Chern classes on homogeneous spaces are trivial and semistable sheaves on abelian varieties with zero Chern classes are filtered by line bundles numerically equivalent to zero. The method consists in reducing modp and then showing that the Frobenius morphism preserves semistability on the above class of varieties. For technical reasons, we have to assume boundedness of semistable sheaves in charp.     

On CM abelian varieties over imaginary quadratic fields

In this paper, we associate canonically to every imaginary quadratic field K= one or two isogenous classes of CM (complex multiplication) abelian varieties over K, depending on whether D is odd or even (D4). These abelian varieties are characterized as of smallest dimension and smallest conductor, and such that the abelian varieties themselves descend to . When D is odd or divisible by 8, they are the scalar restriction of canonical elliptic curves first studied by Gross and Rohrlich. We prove that these abelian varieties have the striking property that the vanishing order of their L-function at the center is dictated by the root number of the associated Hecke character. We also prove that the smallest dimension of a CM abelian variety over K is exactly the ideal class number of K and classify when a CM abelian variety over K has the smallest dimension.Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 11G05, 11M20, 14H52Partially supported by a NSF grant DMS-0302043     

Extension theorems for linear codes over finite fields

We survey recent results on the extendability of linear codes over finite fields with link to projective geometry and some applications to optimal linear codes problem.     

Congruences for rational points on varieties over finite fields

We prove the existence of rational points on singular varieties over finite fields arising as degenerations of smooth proper varieties with trivial Chow group of 0-cycles. We also obtain congruences for the number of rational points of singular varieties appearing as fibres of a proper family with smooth total and base space and such that the Chow group of 0-cycles of the generic fibre is trivial. In particular this leads to a vast generalization of the classical Chevalley-Warning theorem. The above results are obtained as special cases of our main theorem which can be viewed as a relative version of a theorem of H. Esnault on the number of rational points of smooth proper varieties over finite fields with trivial Chow group of 0-cycles.     

On the rank of abelian varieties over function fields

Let be a smooth projective curve defined over a number field k, A/k() an abelian variety and (τ, B) the k()/k-trace of A. We estimate how the rank of A(k())/τB(k) varies when we take a finite geometrically abelian cover defined over k. This work was partially supported by CNPq research grant 304424/2003-0, Pronex 41.96.0830.00 and CNPq Edital Universal 470099/2003-8. I would like to thank Douglas Ulmer for comments on how to treat the case of arbitrary ramification, but the conductor prime to the ramification locus, in the case of elliptic fibrations. I would also like to thank Marc Hindry for comments on the inequality comparing the conductors of A and A'. Finally, I also thank the referee for his comments and criticisms.     

Vanishing theorems on toric varieties in positive characteristic

We use the liftability of the relative Frobenius morphism of toric varieties and the strong liftability of toric varieties to prove the Bott vanishing theorem, the degeneration of the Hodge to de Rham spectral sequence and the Kawamata–Viehweg vanishing theorem for log pairs on toric varieties in positive characteristic. These results generalize those results of Danilov, Buch–Thomsen–Lauritzen–Mehta, Musta?ǎ and Fujino to the case where concerned Weil divisors are not necessarily torus invariant.     

Abelian varieties over fields of finite characteristic

The aim of this paper is to extend our previous results about Galois action on the torsion points of abelian varieties to the case of (finitely generated) fields of characteristic 2.     

Uniform boundedness of level structures on abelian varieties over complex function fields

Let X = Ω/Γ be a smooth quotient of a bounded symmetric domain Ω by an arithmetic subgroup . We prove the following generalization of Nadel's result: for any non-negative integer g, there exists a finite étale cover X_g = Ω/Γ(g) of X determined by a subgroup depending only on g, such that for any compact Riemann surface R of genus g and any non-constant holomorphic map f : R → X_g^* from R into the Satake-Baily-Borel compactification X_g^* of X_g, the image f(R) lies in the boundary ∂X_g: = X^*_g\X_g. Nadel proved it for g = 0 or 1. Moreover, for any positive integer n and any non-negative integer g≥0, we show that there exists a positive number a(n,g) depending only on n and g with the following property: a principally polarized non-isotrivial n-dimensional abelian variety over a complex function field of genus g does not have a level-N structure for N≥a(n,g). This was proved by Nadel for g = 0 or 1, and by Noguchi for arbitrary g under the additional hypothesis that the abelian variety has non-empty singular fibers.