Noether's problem for p-groups with a cyclic subgroup of index p^2

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2010.06.015MaRDI QIDQ610671zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ming-Chang Kang

Publication date 10 December 2010

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1162

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-groupinverse Galois problemNoether's problemrationality problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois theory (11R32) Inverse Galois theory (12F12) Transcendental field extensions (12F20) Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Rationality questions in algebraic geometry (14E08)

Abstract: Let $K$ be any field and $G$ be a finite group. Let $G$ act on the rational function field $K(x_g:ginG)$ by $K$-automorphisms defined by $gcdot{x}_h=x_{gh}$ for any $g,hinG$. Noether's problem asks whether the fixed field $K(G)=K(x_g:ginG{)}^G$ is rational (=purely transcendental) over $K$. We will prove that if $G$ is a non-abelian $p$-group of order $p^n$ ($nge3$) containing a cyclic subgroup of index $p^2$ and $K$ is any field containing a primitive $p^{n-2}$-th root of unity, then $K(G)$ is rational over $K$. As a corollary, if $G$ is a non-abelian $p$-group of order $p^3$ and $K$ is a field containing a primitive $p$-th root of unity, then $K(G)$ is rational.

Review text

Let \(K\) be a field and let \(G\) be a finite group that acts as a group of \(K\)-automorphisms on the rational function field \(L = K(x_g : g \in G)\) by \(g.x_h = x_{gh}\). Noether's problem asks whether the fixed subfield \(K(G)\) of \(L\) is rational (= purely transcendental) over \(K\). Many partial answers to this question have been established and many of these are due to the author of the paper under review. Here, the author adds one more result. He proves that if \(G\) is a non-abelian \(p\)-group of order \(p^n\) containing a cyclic subgroup of index \(p^2\), and if \(K\) contains a primitive \(p^{n-2}\)-th root of unity, then \(K(G)\) is rational over \(K\). As a corollary, one obtains the rationality of \(K(G)\) for non-abelian groups of order \(p^3\) when \(K\) contains a primitive \(p\)-th root of unity.

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