On the arithmetic of rational function coefficients with linear-fractional argument changes

MaRDI QIDQ1358610zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors V. O. Filimonenko

Publication date 10 July 1997

Published in Moscow University Mathematics Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials in general fields (irreducibility, etc.) (12E05) Separable extensions, Galois theory (12F10)

Review text

Let \(k\) be a ground field of characteristic \(\not=2\), let \(\overline k\) be an algebraic closure of \(k\), and let \(f\in\overline k(z)\backslash\overline k\) be a nonconstant rational function. The Galois group \(\Gamma=\text{Gal}(\overline k/k)\) and \(G=\text{PSL}_2(\overline k)\) both act on \(\overline k(z)\backslash\overline k\), the latter by fractional linear transformations. Let \([f]\) be the orbit of \(f\) under \(G\) and let \(\Gamma_{[f]}\) be the isotropy subgroup of \([f]\) in \(\Gamma\); the corresponding field is \(k_{[f]}\). This field \(k_{[f]}\) is called the small field of definition of the function \(f\). The author proves that a rational function \(f\in k(z)\backslash k\) can be transformed by a fractional-linear transformation of its argument to have a field of definition that is at most a quadratic extension of the small field of definition of \(f\). The proof is a nice use of Galois cohomology.

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