On certain lattices associated with generic division algebras

DOI10.1515/JGTH.2000.031MaRDI QIDQ4522193zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nicole Lemire, Martin Lorenz

Publication date 11 November 2002

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9907168

zbMATH Keywords

division algebrasexterior squaresinvariant fieldslatticesPicard groupssymmetric squarestensor squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rationality questions in algebraic geometry (14E08) Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Representations of orders, lattices, algebras over commutative rings (16G30) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Abstract: Let S_n denote the symmetric group on n letters. We consider the S_n-root lattice A_{n-1} = {(z1,...,zn) in Z^n | z1+...+zn = 0}, where S_n acts on Z^n by permuting the coordinates, and its tensor, symmetric, and exterior squares. For odd values of n, we show that the tensor square is equivalent, in the sense of Colliot-Thelene and Sansuc, to the exterior square. Consequently, the rationality problem for generic division algebras, for odd values of n, amounts to proving stable rationality of the multiplicative S_n-invariant field of the exterior square of A_{n-1}. Furthermore, confirming a conjecture of Le Bruyn, we show that n=2 and n=3 are the only cases where the tensor square of A_{n-1} is equivalent to a permutation S_n-lattice. In the course of the proof of this result, we construct subgroups H of S_n, for all n that are not prime, so that the algebra of multiplicative H-invariants of A_{n-1} has a non-trivial Picard group.

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