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A lower bound on the essential dimension of $\operatorname{\mathbf{PGL}}_{4}$ in characteristic $2$

Rings and Algebras 2014-11-25 v1

Abstract

In the present paper, we provide a lower bound of the essential dimension over a field of positive characteristic via Kato's cohomology group, defined by cokernel of a general Artin-Schreier operator. Combining this with Tignol's result on the second trace form of simple algebras of degree 44, we show that ed(PGL4)4\operatorname{ed}(\operatorname{\mathbf{PGL}}_{4})\geq 4 over a field of characteristic 22.

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@article{arxiv.1411.6089,
  title  = {A lower bound on the essential dimension of $\operatorname{\mathbf{PGL}}_{4}$ in characteristic $2$},
  author = {Sanghoon Baek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.6089},
  year   = {2014}
}