A remark on kernels of reduction

Coleman, Robert F.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1988-0964845-6

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A remark on kernels of reduction
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 104 (1988), 699-701 Request permission

Abstract:

We show the group of torsion points on an Abelian variety defined over an algebraic closure of the rationals, ${\mathbf {\bar Q}}$ is generated by the kernels of reduction of all the primes of ${\mathbf {\bar Q}}$.

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