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Noether's Problem for Some Semidirect Products

Number Theory 2017-03-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let kk be a field, GG be a finite group, k(x(g):gG)k(x(g):g\in G) be the rational function field with the variables x(g)x(g) where gGg\in G. The group GG acts on k(x(g):gG)k(x(g):g\in G) by kk-automorphisms where hx(g)=x(hg)h\cdot x(g)=x(hg) for all h,gGh,g\in G. Let k(G)k(G) be the fixed field defined by k(G):=k(x(g):gG)G={fk(x(g):gG):hf=fk(G):=k(x(g):g\in G)^G=\{f\in k(x(g):g\in G): h\cdot f=f for all hG}h\in G\}. Noether's problem asks whether the fixed field k(G)k(G) is rational (= purely transcendental) over kk. Let mm and nn be positive integers and assume that there is an integer tt such that t(Z/mZ)×t\in (\bm{Z}/m\bm{Z})^\times is of order nn. Define a group Gm,n:=σ,τ:σm=τn=1,τ1στ=σtG_{m,n}:=\langle\sigma,\tau:\sigma^m=\tau^n=1,\tau^{-1}\sigma\tau=\sigma^t\rangle CmCn\simeq C_m \rtimes C_n. We will find a sufficient condition to guarantee that k(G)k(G) is rational over kk. As a result, it is shown that, for any positive integer nn, the set S:={p:pS:=\{p: p is a prime number such that C(Gp,n)\bm{C}(G_{p,n}) is rational over C}\bm{C} \} is of positive Dirichlet density; in particular, SS is an infinite set.

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@article{arxiv.1703.01010,
  title  = {Noether's Problem for Some Semidirect Products},
  author = {Ming-chang Kang and Jian Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.01010},
  year   = {2017}
}
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