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Multiplicative Invariant Fields of Dimension \le 6

Algebraic Geometry 2018-11-07 v3

Abstract

The finite subgroups of GL4(Z)GL_4(\bm{Z}) are classified up to conjugation in \cite{BBNWZ}; in particular, there exist 710710 non-conjugate finite groups in GL4(Z)GL_4(\bm{Z}). Each finite group GG of GL4(Z)GL_4(\bm{Z}) acts naturally on Z4\bm{Z}^{\oplus 4}; thus we get a faithful GG-lattice MM with {\rm rank}_\bm{Z} M=4. In this way, there are exactly 710710 such lattices. Given a GG-lattice MM with {\rm rank}_\bm{Z} M=4, the group GG acts on the rational function field C(M):=C(x1,x2,x3,x4)\bm{C}(M):=\bm{C}(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) by multiplicative actions, i.e. purely monomial automorphisms over C\bm{C}. We are concerned with the rationality problem of the fixed field C(M)G\bm{C}(M)^G. A tool of our investigation is the unramified Brauer group of the field C(M)G\bm{C}(M)^G over C\bm{C}. A formula of the unramified Brauer group Bru(C(M)G){\rm Br}_u(\bm{C}(M)^G) for the multiplicative invariant field was found by Saltman in 1990. However, to calculate Bru(C(M)G){\rm Br}_u(\bm{C}(M)^G) for a specific multiplicatively invariant field requires additional efforts, even when the lattice MM is of rank equal to 44. Theorem 1. Among the 710710 finite groups GG, let MM be the associated faithful GG-lattice with {\rm rank}_\bm{Z} M=4, there exist precisely 55 lattices MM with Bru(C(M)G)0{\rm Br}_u(\bm{C}(M)^G)\neq 0. In these situations, B0(G)=0B_0(G)=0 and thus Bru(C(M)G)H2(G,M){\rm Br}_u(\bm{C}(M)^G)\subset H^2(G,M). The {\rm GAP IDs} of the five groups GG are {\rm (4,12,4,12), (4,32,1,2), (4,32,3,2), (4,33,3,1), (4,33,6,1)} in {\rm \cite{BBNWZ}} and in {\rm \cite{GAP}}. Theorem 2. There exist 60796079 finite subgroups GG in GL5(Z)GL_5(\bm{Z}). Let MM be the lattice with rank 55 associated to each group GG. Among these lattices precisely 4646 of them satisfy the condition Bru(C(M)G)0{\rm Br}_u(\bm{C}(M)^G)\neq 0. A similar result for lattices of rank 66 is found also.

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@article{arxiv.1609.04142,
  title  = {Multiplicative Invariant Fields of Dimension \le 6},
  author = {Akinari Hoshi and Ming-chang Kang and Aiichi Yamasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.04142},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

A new section (Section 3) is added. Several footnotes are added also. The webe page of Yamasaki at Kyoto University is available so that the reader may use the algorithm of this paper

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