Cohomological invariants of simply connected groups of rank \(3\) (Q1569816)

Let \(G\) be a linear algebraic group defined over a field \(F\). An \(R\)-equivalence relation is given on the group \(G(F)\) of points over \(F\) as follows. Two points \(g_0\) and \(g_1\) in \(G(F)\) are \(R\)-equivalent if there is a rational morphism \(f\colon\mathbb{A}_F^1\to G\) of algebraic varieties over \(F\) defined at points \(0\) and \(1\) such that \(f(0)=g_0\) and \(f(1)=g_1\). The group \(G(F)/R\) of \(R\)-equivalence classes measures complexity of \(G(F)\). The author considers the case of a simply connected group of type \(A_3\). The main result of this paper is as follows. Let \((B,\tau)\) be a central semisimple algebra of index \(4\) over a quadratic extension \(L\) of \(F\) of characteristic zero, and \(X\) the variety of right ideals \(J\) in \(B\) of \(L\)-dimension \(8\) such that \(\tau(J)\cdot J=0\). Then there is an exact sequence \(\text{SU}(B,\tau)/R\to H^4(F)/H^4(B,\tau)\to H^4(F(X))\).