On the notion of essential dimension for algebraic groups

DOI10.1007/BF01679716zbMath0981.20033WikidataQ117380060 ScholiaQ117380060MaRDI QIDQ1585992

Zinovy Reichstein

Publication date: 15 July 2001

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Galois cohomologylinear algebraic groupscohomology of groupsessential dimensionprincipal bundlesbirational invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Rational and birational maps (14E05) Homological dimension (category-theoretic aspects) (18G20) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10)

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