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A note on Plans's paper of Noether's problem

Number Theory 2016-06-21 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let pp be a prime number and ζp\zeta_p be a primitive pp-th root of unity in C\bm{C}. Let kk be a field and k(x0,,xp1)k(x_0,\ldots,x_{p-1}) be the rational function field of pp variables over kk. Suppose that G=σCpG=\langle\sigma\rangle \simeq C_p acts on k(x0,,xp1)k(x_0,\ldots,x_{p-1}) by kk-automorphisms defined as σ:x0x1xp1x0\sigma:x_0\mapsto x_1\mapsto\cdots\mapsto x_{p-1}\mapsto x_0. Denote by PP the set of all prime numbers and define P0={pP:Q(ζp)P_0=\{p\in P:\bm{Q}(\zeta_p) is of class number one}\}. Theorem. If kk is an algebraic number field and pP\(P0Pk)p\in P\backslash (P_0\cup P_k), then k(x0,,xp1)Gk(x_0,\ldots,x_{p-1})^G is not stably rational over kk where Pk={pP:pP_k=\{p\in P: p is ramified in k}k\}.

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@article{arxiv.1606.04611,
  title  = {A note on Plans's paper of Noether's problem},
  author = {Ming-chang Kang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04611},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Theorem 1.3 and Lemma 2.7 are new

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