An upper bound on the essential dimension of a central simple algebra.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2009.09.019zbMath1239.16023arXiv0907.4496WikidataQ117378437 ScholiaQ117378437MaRDI QIDQ549998

Zinovy Reichstein, Aurel Meyer

Publication date: 19 July 2011

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4496

zbMATH Keywords

Brauer groups; central simple algebras; lattices; Chow groups; essential dimension; essential \(p\)-dimension; \(R\)-equivalence; character groups of algebraic tori; projective linear groups; Severi-Brauer varieties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

14L30: Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients)

16K20: Finite-dimensional division rings

16K50: Brauer groups (algebraic aspects)

11E72: Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups

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