Essential dimension of inseparable field extensions

DOI10.2140/ANT.2019.13.513zbMATH Open1415.12004OpenAlexW2939088478WikidataQ117360729 ScholiaQ117360729MaRDI QIDQ1736433FDOQ1736433

Authors Zinovy Reichstein, Abhishek Shukla

Publication date 26 March 2019

Published in Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.08425

zbMATH Keywords

essential dimensioninseparable field extensiongroup scheme in prime characteristic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic field extensions (12F05) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10) Inseparable field extensions (12F15) Transcendental field extensions (12F20)

Abstract: Let k be a base field, K be a field containing k and L/K be a field extension of degree n. The essential dimension ed(L/K) over k is a numerical invariant measuring "the complexity" of L/K. Of particular interest is $au$(n) = max { ed(L/K) | L/K is a separable extension of degree n}, also known as the essential dimension of the symmetric group $S_n$. The exact value of $au$(n) is known only for n $leq$ 7. In this paper we assume that k is a field of characteristic p > 0 and study the essential dimension of inseparable extensions L/K. Here the degree n = [L:K] is replaced by a pair (n, e) which accounts for the size of the separable and the purely inseparable parts of L/K respectively, and au(n) is replaced by $au$(n, e) = max { ed(L/K) | L/K is a field extension of type (n, e)}. The symmetric group $S_n$ is replaced by a certain group scheme $G_{n,e}$ over k. This group is neither finite nor smooth; nevertheless, computing its essential dimension turns out to be easier than computing the essential dimension of $S_n$. Our main result is a simple formula for au(n, e).

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