Essential dimension of simple algebras in positive characteristic.

Abstract: Let

p

be a prime integer,

1 l e q s l e q r

integers,

F

a field of characteristic

p

. Let

c a t {D e c}_{p^{r}}

denote the class of the tensor product of

r

p

-symbols and

c a t {A l g}_{p^{r}, p^{s}}

denote the class of central simple algebras of degree

p^{r}

and exponent dividing

p^{s}

. For any integers

s < r

, we find a lower bound for the essential

p

-dimension of

c a t {A l g}_{p^{r}, p^{s}}

. Furthermore, we compute upper bounds for

c a t {D e c}_{p^{r}}

and

c a t {A l g}_{8, 2}

over

c h (F) = p

and

c h (F) = 2

, respectively. As a result, we show

e d_{2} (c a t {A l g}_{4, 2}) = e d (c a t {A l g}_{4, 2}) = e d_{2} (g G L_{4} / g m u_{2}) = e d (g G L_{4} / g m u_{2}) = 3

and

3 l e q e d (c a t {A l g}_{8, 2}) = e d (g G L_{8} / g m u_{2}) l e q 10

over a field of characteristic 2.

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