Drinfeld-Stuhler modules and the Hasse principle

Abstract

We develop a theory of canonical isogeny characters of Drinfeld-Stuhler modules similar to the theory of canonical isogeny characters of abelian surfaces with quaternionic multiplication. We then apply this theory to give explicit criteria for the non-existence of rational points on Drinfeld-Stuhler modular varieties over the finite extensions of ${\mathbb{F}}_q(T)$. This allows us to produce explicit examples of Drinfeld-Stuhler curves violating the Hasse principle.

30 pages