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Noether's problem for some p-groups

Commutative Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let K be any field and G be a finite group. Noether's problem asks whether the fixed field is rational (=purely transcendental) over K. We will prove that if G is a non-abelian p-group of order p^n containing a cyclic subgroup of index p and K is any field containing a primitive p^{n-2}-th root of unity, then K(G) is rational over K.

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@article{arxiv.0704.1701,
  title  = {Noether's problem for some p-groups},
  author = {Ming-chang Kang and Shou-Jen Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1701},
  year   = {2007}
}