Definition (Selmer-group). We define the ϕ-Selmer group

S(ϕ)(E∕K)=ker⁡(H1(K,E[ϕ])→∏vH1(Kv,E))={α∈H1(K,E[ϕ])|res⁡v(α)∈Im⁡(δv) ∀⁡v}

(the map H1(K,E[ϕ])→∏⁡vH1(Kv,E) is as in the commutative diagram above).