Totaro's question on zero-cycles on torsors

DOI10.1215/00127094-2017-0040MaRDI QIDQ1700521zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. Gordon-Sarney, Venapally Suresh

Publication date 6 March 2018

Published in Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00516, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1513998140

zbMATH Keywords

linear algebraic groupstorsorszero-cycles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representation-theoretic methods; automorphic representations over local and global fields (11F70) Algebraic cycles (14C25) Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17) Representations of Lie and linear algebraic groups over local fields (22E50)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a smooth connected linear algebraic group and $X$ be a $G$-torsor. Totaro asked: if $X$ admits a zero-cycle of degree $dgeq1$, then does $X$ have a closed 'etale point of degree dividing $d$? While the literature contains affirmative answers in some special cases, we give an example to show that the answer is negative in general.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a smooth connected linear algebraic group, and let \(X\) be a \(G\)-torsor. \textit{J.-P. Serre} [Galois cohomology. Transl. from the French by Patrick Ion. Berlin: Springer (1997; Zbl 0902.12004)] asked whether the existence of a zero-cycle of degree 1 implies the existence of a rational point. \textit{B. Totaro} [Duke Math. J. 121, No. 3, 425--455 (2004; Zbl 1048.11031)] asked whether the existence of a zero-cycle of degree \(d \geq 1 \) implies the existence of a closed étale point of degree dividing \(d\). While the literature contains affirmative answers in some special cases, the author gives examples to show that the answer is negative in general. Serre's question is still open.

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