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Rationality of almost simple algebraic groups

alg-geom 2008-02-03 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove the stable rationality of almost simple algebraic groups, the connected components of the Dynkin diagram of anisotropic kernel of which contain at most two vertices. The (stable) rationality of many isotropic almost simple groups with small anisotropic kernel and some related results over pp-adic and arbitrary fields are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9604004,
  title  = {Rationality of almost simple algebraic groups},
  author = {Nguyen Quoc Thang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9604004},
  year   = {2008}
}

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originally the manuscript has been circulated since March 1995, LaTeX