On a property of special groups (Q5959060): Difference between revisions
From MaRDI portal
Latest revision as of 10:08, 30 July 2024
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1722166
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
---|---|---|---|
English | On a property of special groups |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1722166 |
Statements
On a property of special groups (English)
0 references
15 October 2002
0 references
The authors prove a converse of certain conjectures of Serre, and thus show those conjectures are sharp. Their converse reads as follows. Let \(G\) be an algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field \(k\). Assume \(H^1(K,G)=\{1\}\) for some finitely generated field extension \(K\) of \(k\) of transcendence degree \(d\). Then (a) If \(d\geq 1\), then \(G\) is connected. (b) If \(d\geq 2\), then the universal covering map \(\overline G\to G/\text{Rad}(G)\) is purely inseparable. In particular, in characteristic zero \(G/\text{Rad}(G)\) is simply connected. (c) If \(d\geq 3\) and the set of torsion primes for \(G\) is not \(\{\text{char}(k)\}\), then \(G/\text{Rad}(G)\) is `special', that is it is a product of connected simply connected groups of type SL or Sp. The proof is by construction of a nontrivial class in \(H^1(K,G)\) for each \(G\) that does not satisfy the conclusion.
0 references
special groups
0 references
homogeneous fiber products
0 references
nonabelian cohomology
0 references
Serre conjectures
0 references
connected algebraic groups
0 references
simply connected groups
0 references
0 references