Action of dihedral groups

Abstract: Let

K

be any field and

G

be a finite group. Let

G

act on the rational function field

K (x_{g} : g i n G)

by

K

-automorphisms defined by

g c d o t x_{h} = x_{g h}

for any

g, h i n G

. Denote by

K (G)

the fixed field

K (x_{g} : g i n G)^{G}

. Noether's problem asks whether

K (G)

is rational (=purely transcendental) over

K

. We will give a brief survey of Noether's problem for abelian groups and dihedral groups, and will show that

B b b Q (D_{n})

is rational over

B b b Q

for

n l e 10

.

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