Essential dimension: a survey

DOI10.1007/s00031-013-9216-yzbMath1278.14066OpenAlexW2087307387MaRDI QIDQ2377158

Alexander S. Merkurjev

Publication date: 28 June 2013

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-013-9216-y

zbMATH Keywords

functor\(G\)-torsorcentral simple algebraessential dimensionétale algebraessential \(p\)-dimensionquadratic and hermitian formsgroup of multiplicative type\(G\)-schemealgebraic group (\(G\))canonical \(p\)-dimension of a varietycategory fibered in groupoidsstrongly \(p\)-incompressible variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Separable extensions, Galois theory (12F10) Galois cohomology (12G05) Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Rational and birational maps (14E05) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Transcendental field extensions (12F20) Brauer groups (algebraic aspects) (16K50) Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups (11E72) Group schemes (14L15) Applications of methods of algebraic (K)-theory in algebraic geometry (14C35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory (20-02)

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