Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 125 4 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For , choose with and define the Kummer pairingChanging by an th power or changing its root leaves the quotient unchanged because . Multiplication of radicals proves bilinearity. If an automorphism pairs trivially with every class, it fixes all generating radicals and hence all of . If a class pairs trivially with every automorphism, its radical lies in , so the class is trivial. Thus the pairing is well-defined, bilinear, and nondegenerate on both sides.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 125 4 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For , choose with and define the elliptic Kummer pairingReplacing by with changes nothing because all -torsion is -rational; replacing by permits replacing by , again without changing the value. The group laws prove bilinearity. An automorphism pairing trivially with every class fixes every division point and hence . Conversely, if pairs trivially with every automorphism, a chosen is Galois fixed, so and . The pairing is therefore nondegenerate.