Explicit root numbers of abelian varieties

Bisatt, Matthew

doi:10.1090/tran/7926

Explicit root numbers of abelian varieties
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Abstract:

The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture predicts that the parity of the algebraic rank of an abelian variety over a global field should be controlled by the expected sign of the functional equation of its $L$-function, known as the global root number. In this paper, we give explicit formulae for the local root numbers as a product of Jacobi symbols. This enables one to compute the global root number, generalising work of Rohrlich, who studies the case of elliptic curves. We provide similar formulae for the root numbers after twisting the abelian variety by a self-dual Artin representation. As an application, we find a rational genus two hyperelliptic curve with a simple Jacobian whose root number is invariant under quadratic twist.

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