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On the enumeration of orbits of unipotent groups over finite fields

Group Theory 2024-07-26 v2 Algebraic Geometry Number Theory

Abstract

We show that the enumeration of linear orbits and conjugacy classes of Z\mathbf{Z}-defined unipotent groups over finite fields is "wild" in the following sense: given an arbitrary scheme YY of finite type over Z\mathbf{Z} and integer n1n\geqslant 1, the numbers #Y(Fq)modqn\# Y(\mathbf{F}_q) \bmod q^n can be expressed, uniformly in qq, in terms of the numbers of linear orbits (or numbers of conjugacy classes) of finitely many Z\mathbf{Z}-defined unipotent groups over Fq\mathbf{F}_q and finitely many Laurent polynomials in qq.

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@article{arxiv.2208.04646,
  title  = {On the enumeration of orbits of unipotent groups over finite fields},
  author = {Tobias Rossmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.04646},
  year   = {2024}
}

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15 pages; to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc