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A Counterexample to Weitzenb\"ock's Theorem in Characteristic $p$

Commutative Algebra 2020-04-24 v3 Algebraic Geometry Representation Theory

Abstract

In this paper we give a counterexample to Weitzenb\"{o}ck's Theorem in positive characteristic. Namely we show that if k k is an algebraically closed field of characteristic p p , there is an action of Ga \mathbb{G}_{a} on Ak5 \mathbb{A}^{5}_{k} , induced by a linear representation of Ga \mathbb{G}_{a} , such that the ring of invariants k[x1,,x5]Ga k[x_{1},\dots,x_{5}]^{\mathbb{G}_{a}} is not finitely generated.

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@article{arxiv.1406.4113,
  title  = {A Counterexample to Weitzenb\"ock's Theorem in Characteristic $p$},
  author = {Stephen Joseph Maguire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4113},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

The paper has been withdrawn due to a crucial error in Proposition 7.7

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