Lower bounds for essential dimensions via orthogonal representations.

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2005.10.032zbMath1181.20042OpenAlexW2051497396MaRDI QIDQ855966

Jean-Pierre Serre, Vladimir I. Chernousov

Publication date: 7 December 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2005.10.032

zbMATH Keywords

orthogonal groupsquadratic formsnumbers of generatorsessential dimensioncategories of field extensionsconnected linear algebraic groups\(G\)-torsorsequivariant resolutions of singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10) Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups (11E72)

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