Essential dimension of the spin groups in characteristic 2

DOI10.4171/CMH/452zbMATH Open1446.20073arXiv1701.05959OpenAlexW2963667655WikidataQ128284902 ScholiaQ128284902MaRDI QIDQ2416396FDOQ2416396

Authors: Burt Totaro 

Publication date: 23 May 2019

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We determine the essential dimension of the spin group Spin(n) as an algebraic group over a field of characteristic 2, for n at least 15. In this range, the essential dimension is the same as in characteristic not 2. In particular, it is exponential in n. This is surprising in that the essential dimension of the orthogonal groups is smaller in characteristic 2. We also find the essential dimension of Spin(n) in characteristic 2 for n at most 10.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.05959

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zbMATH Keywords

orthogonal groupcohomological invariantessential dimensionspin grouptorsorPfister form[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDtale+motivic+cohomology&go=Go ��tale motivic cohomology]

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Étale and other Grothendieck topologies and (co)homologies (14F20) Motivic cohomology; motivic homotopy theory (14F42) Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups (11E72) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

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