Splitting fields of G-varieties.

DOI10.2140/PJM.2001.200.207MaRDI QIDQ700587zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Zinovy Reichstein, B. Youssin

Publication date 22 October 2002

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9910034

zbMATH Keywords

division algebranoncrossed product examplessplitting groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Twisted and skew group rings, crossed products (16S35)

Abstract: Let $G$ be an algebraic group, $X$ a generically free $G$-variety, and $K=k(X{)}^G$. A field extension $L$ of $K$ is called a splitting field of $X$ if the image of the class of $X$ under the natural map $H^1(K,G)mapsto{H}^1(L,G)$ is trivial. If $L/K$ is a (finite) Galois extension then $Gal(L/K)$ is called a splitting group of $X$. We prove a lower bound on the size of a splitting field of $X$ in terms of fixed points of nontoral abelian subgroups of $G$. A similar result holds for splitting groups. We give a number of applications, including a new construction of noncrossed product division algebras.

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