Essentially finite G-torsors

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Abstract: Let X be a smooth projective curve of genus g, defined over an algebraically closed field k, and let G be a connected reductive group over k. We say that a G-torsor is essentially finite if it admits a reduction to a finite group, generalising the notion of essentially finite vector bundles to arbitrary groups G. We give a Tannakian interpretation of such torsors, and we prove that all essentially finite G-torsors have torsion degree, and that the degree is 0 if X is an elliptic curve or if G is semisimple of type A. We then study the density of the set of k-points of essentially finite G-torsors of degree 0, denoted MGextef,0, inside MGextss,0, the k-points of all semistable degree 0 G-torsors. We show that when g=1, MGextefsubsetMGextss,0 is dense. When g>1 and when extchar(k)=0, we show that for any reductive group of semisimple rank 1, MGextef,0subsetMGextss,0 is not dense.




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