Torsors and rational points
By: Alexei Skorobogatov.
Series: Cambridge tracts in mathematics -- 144.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Torsion theory (Algebra)
Description: "This book represents the first detailed exposition of: 1. the general theory of torsors with key examples, 2. the relation of descent to the Manin obstruction, and 3. applications of descent: to conic bundles, to bielliptic surfaces, and to homogenous spaces of algebraic groups."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.