Homogeneous algebraic varieties and transitivity degree
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Homogeneous algebraic varieties and transitivity degree
zbMATH Open document ID: 1506.14121
DOI: 10.1134/S0081543822040022
author: Yulia Zaitseva
author: K. V. Shakhmatov
author: Ivan V. Arzhantsev
published in: Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
publication date: 2022-11-18T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08056
review text: Let \(X\) be an algebraic variety defined over an algebraically closed field \(\mathbb{K}\) of characteristic \(0\). If the automorphism group \({\mathrm{Aut}}(X)\) acts on \(X\) transitively, \(X\) is called a homogeneous variety. For any pairwise distinct points \(x_1, \ldots, x_m\in X\) and any pairwise distinct points \(y_1, \ldots, y_m\in X\), if there is an element \(\varphi \in {\mathrm{Aut}}(X)\) such that \(\varphi (x_i)=y_i\) for all \(1 \le i \le m\), the action of \({\mathrm{Aut}}(X)\) on \(X\) is called \(m\)-transitive. The transitivity degree \(\theta(X)\) is the maximal number such that the action is \(m\)-transitive. If the action is \(m\)-transitive for all positive integers \(m\), the action is called infinitely transitive and denoted by \(\theta(X)=\infty\). The authors show that if there is a nonconstant invertible regular function on an irreducible homogeneous variety \(X\), then \(\theta(X)=1\). They also show that if \(X\) is an irreducible homogeneous variety with \(\mathbb{K}[X]\neq \mathbb{K}\) and \(X\) is not quasi-affine, then \(\theta(X)=1\). An algebraic variety \(X\) is called a homogeneous space if there exists a transitive action of an algebraic group \(G\) on \(X\). In this case, \(X\) is identified with the left coset \(G/H\) where \(H\) is the stabilizer in \(G\) at a point of \(X\). By definition, any homogeneous space is a homogeneous variety, but not vice versa [\textit{I. V. Arzhantsev} et al., Sb. Math. 203, No. 7, 923--949 (2012; Zbl 1311.14059); translation from Mat. Sb. 203, No. 7, 3--30 (2012)]. By computing the transitivity degree of quasi-affine toric varieties and homogeneous spaces of linear algebraic groups with no nonconstant invertible functions, they propose the following conjecture: If \(X\) is an irreducible homogeneous quasi-affine variety with \(\dim X\ge 2\) and \(\mathbb{K}[X]^*=\mathbb{K}^*\), then \(\theta(X)=\infty\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14R20
zbMATH DE Number: 7620327
zbMATH Keywords: algebraic variety
zbMATH Keywords: automorphism group
zbMATH Keywords: algebraic group
zbMATH Keywords: homogeneous space
zbMATH Keywords: quasi-affine variety
zbMATH Keywords: transitivity degree
zbMATH Keywords: infinite transitivity
zbMATH Keywords: toric variety
zbMATH Keywords: unirationality
reviewed by: K. Masuda
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
arXiv ID: 2204.08056
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