The brauer group and ramified double covers of surfaces |
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Authors: | T.J. Ford |
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Affiliation: | Department of Mathematics, , Florida Atlantic University, BOCA RATON, FL, 33431 E-mail: Ford@acc.fau.edu |
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Abstract: | Let Z be a nonsingular plane curve of even degree and U = P 2 — Z. Let : X —> P 2 be tbe double cover ramified over Z and V = —1(U). It is shown that the kernel of the restriction map on Brauer groups" : B(U) —> B(V), is isomorphic to Z/2(2) where ρ— 2 < r <ρ— 1, p being the Picard number of X and if " : Pic P2 —> Pic X is an isomorphism, exactly half of the algebra classes of order 2 in B(X) are restrictions of algebra classes of order 2 in B(U) whose ramification has been split by V. The kernel of the corestriction map 2 B(V) — 2B(U) is shown to be the subgroup consisting of elements fixed by the Galois group. |
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