[Math] Smooth proper schemes over rings of integers with points everywhere locally

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[Edit: Question 1 has been moved elsewhere so that an answer to Question 2 can be accepted.]

Question 2. Is there a number field $K$, and a smooth proper scheme $X\to\operatorname{Spec}(\mathfrak{o})$ over its ring of integers, such that $X(K_v)\neq\emptyset$ for every place $v$ of $K$, and yet $X(K)=\emptyset$ ?

I believe the answer is Yes.

Remark. Let $K$ be a real quadratic field, $\mathfrak{o}$ the ring of integers of $K$, and $A$ the quaternion algebra over $K$ which is ramified exactly at the two real places. Then the conic $C$ corresponding to $A$ is a smooth projective $\mathfrak{o}$-scheme such that $C(\mathfrak{o})=\emptyset$ (because $C(K_v)=\emptyset$ for each of the real places $v$). But if we insist that $C(K_v)\neq\emptyset$ at these two real places $v$, then $A$ would have to split at these $v$ (in addition to all the finite places), and we would have $C=\mathbb{P}_{1,\mathfrak{o}}$.

More generally, let $K$ be a number field, $\mathfrak{o}$ its ring of integers, and let $C$ be a smooth proper $\mathfrak{o}$-scheme whose generic fibre $C_{K}$ is a twisted $K$-form of the projective space of some dimension $n>0$. If $C$ has points everywhere locally, then $C=\mathbb{P}_{n,\mathfrak{o}}$. This remark shows that $X$ cannot be a twisted form of a projective space.

Best Answer

Chandan asked Vladimir and me for an example of an elliptic curve over a real quadratic field that has everywhere good reduction and non-trivial sha, with an explicit genus $1$ curve representing some element of sha. Here's one we found:

The elliptic curve $y^2+xy+y = x^3+x^2-23x-44$ over $\mathbb Q$ (Cremona's reference 4225m1) has reduction type III at 5 and 13. These become I0* over $K=\mathbb Q(\sqrt{65})$, and I0* can be killed by a quadratic twist. Specifically, the original curve can also be written as $y^2 = x^3+5x^2-360x-2800$ over $\mathbb Q$, and its quadratic twist over $K$.

$E: \sqrt{65}Uy^2 = x^3+5x^2-360x-2800$

has everywhere good reduction over $K$; here $U = 8+\sqrt{65}$ is the fundamental unit of $K$ of norm $-1$.

Now 2-descent in Magma says that the 2-Selmer group of $E/K$ is $(\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z)^4$, of which $(\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z)^2$ is accounted by torsion. So it has either has rank over K or non-trivial Sha[2], and according to BSD its rank is 0 as L(E/K,1)<>0 (again in Magma). Actually, because $K$ is totally real, I think results like those of Bertolini and Darmon might prove that E has Mordell-Weil rank $0$ over $K$ unconditionally. So it has non-trivial Sha[2]. After some slightly painful minimisation, one of its non-trivial elements corresponds to a homogeneous space

$C: y^2 = (23562U+1462)x^4 + (4960U+240)x^3 + (1124U-291)x^2 + (141U-833)x + (50U-733)$

with $U$ as above. So here is a curve such that $J(C)$ has everywhere good reduction and the Hasse principle fails for C.

Hope this helps!

Tim

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