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Rationality problem for algebraic tori

Algebraic Geometry 2017-03-07 v6 Number Theory Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We give the complete stably rational classification of algebraic tori of dimensions 44 and 55 over a field kk. In particular, the stably rational classification of norm one tori whose Chevalley modules are of rank 44 and 55 is given. We show that there exist exactly 487487 (resp. 77, resp. 216216) stably rational (resp. not stably but retract rational, resp. not retract rational) algebraic tori of dimension 44, and there exist exactly 30513051 (resp. 2525, resp. 30033003) stably rational (resp. not stably but retract rational, resp. not retract rational) algebraic tori of dimension 55. We make a procedure to compute a flabby resolution of a GG-lattice effectively by using the computer algebra system GAP. Some algorithms may determine whether the flabby class of a GG-lattice is invertible (resp. zero) or not. Using the algorithms, we determine all the flabby and coflabby GG-lattices of rank up to 66 and verify that they are stably permutation. We also show that the Krull-Schmidt theorem for GG-lattices holds when the rank 4\leq 4, and fails when the rank is 55. Indeed, there exist exactly 1111 (resp. 131131) GG-lattices of rank 55 (resp. 66) which are decomposable into two different ranks. Moreover, when the rank is 66, there exist exactly 1818 GG-lattices which are decomposable into the same ranks but the direct summands are not isomorphic. We confirm that H1(G,F)=0H^1(G,F)=0 for any Bravais group GG of dimension n6n\leq 6 where FF is the flabby class of the corresponding GG-lattice of rank nn. In particular, H1(G,F)=0H^1(G,F)=0 for any maximal finite subgroup GGL(n,Z)G\leq {\rm GL}(n,\mathbb{Z}) where n6n\leq 6. As an application of the methods developed, some examples of not retract (stably) rational fields over kk are given.

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@article{arxiv.1210.4525,
  title  = {Rationality problem for algebraic tori},
  author = {Akinari Hoshi and Aiichi Yamasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4525},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

To appear in Mem. Amer. Math. Soc., 147 pages, minor typos are corrected

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