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Non-Surjectivity of the Universal Torsor Evaluation Map for Homogeneous Spaces

Algebraic Geometry 2023-11-28 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a field of characteristic zero, let GG be a connected linear KK-algebraic group, and let HH be a connected closed subgroup of GG. Let XcX_c be a smooth compactification of X=G/HX=G/H, and let YXcY\overset{}{\longrightarrow}X_c be the universal SS-torsor with trivial fibre over the class of the identity of GG. Colliot-Th\'el\`ene and Kunyavski\u{\i} have shown that SS is a flasque torus, and that the evaluation map Xc(K)H1(K,S)X_c(K)\rightarrow \text{H}^1(K,S), induced by the universal torsor, is surjective when the field KK is 'good'; and the same is true when we restrict the evaluation map to the KK-points of XX. In this article, we establish that in cases where the field is not 'good', surjectivity may fail when the domain is X(K)X(K). We provide two concrete examples: one over a field of cohomological dimension 22 and the other over an arithmetic field, such as Q7((t))\mathbb Q_7((t)).

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@article{arxiv.2311.15353,
  title  = {Non-Surjectivity of the Universal Torsor Evaluation Map for Homogeneous Spaces},
  author = {Mattia Pirani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.15353},
  year   = {2023}
}

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