Poonen's finite-place obstruction conjecture for curves

Let CC be a smooth projective geometrically connected curve of genus at least 22 over a number field kk, with C(k)=C(k)=\emptyset. Assume that CC has a rational divisor class of degree 11, and let JJ be its Jacobian; the divisor class induces an embedding

ι:CJ.\iota:C\to J.

For a finite place vv of good reduction, write Fv\mathbb F_v for the residue field. Poonen's finite-place obstruction conjecture. There is a finite set SS of finite places of good reduction for CC such that

im(J(k)vSJ(Fv))vSι(C(Fv))=.\operatorname{im}\left(J(k)\to\prod_{v\in S}J(\mathbb F_v)\right)\cap\prod_{v\in S}\iota\left(C(\mathbb F_v)\right)=\emptyset.

This stronger conjectural form is motivated by heuristic arguments of Poonen and would give a finite collection of reductions witnessing the absence of a rational point. The paper reports computational evidence for genus-22 curves over Q\mathbb Q, but the assertion remains open in general.

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Primary source

Michael Stoll, “Finite descent obstructions and rational points on curves”, arXiv:math/0606465 (2007).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2005–2006). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0507329.

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