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On the Tits-Weiss Conjecture and the Kneser-Tits Conjecture for $\mathrm{E}^{78}_{7,1}$ and $\mathrm{E}^{78}_{8,2}$

Rings and Algebras 2019-12-02 v1 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

We prove that the structure group of any Albert algebra over an arbitrary field is RR-trivial. This implies the Tits-Weiss conjecture for Albert algebras and the Kneser-Tits conjecture for isotropic groups of type E7,178,E8,278\mathrm{E}_{7,1}^{78}, \mathrm{E}_{8,2}^{78}. As a further corollary, we show that some standard conjectures on the groups of RR-equivalence classes in algebraic groups and the norm principle are true for strongly inner forms of type 1E6^1\mathrm{E}_6.

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@article{arxiv.1911.12908,
  title  = {On the Tits-Weiss Conjecture and the Kneser-Tits Conjecture for $\mathrm{E}^{78}_{7,1}$ and $\mathrm{E}^{78}_{8,2}$},
  author = {Seidon Alsaody and Vladimir Chernousov and Arturo Pianzola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.12908},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

With an Appendix by Richard M.\ Weiss