Severi-Brauer varieties of semidirect product algebras
Rings and Algebras
2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
A conjecture of Amitsur states that two Severi-Brauer varieties are birationally isomorphic if and only if the underlying algebras are the same degree and generate the same cyclic subgroup of the Brauer group. It is known that generating the same cyclic subgroup is a necessary condition, however it has not yet been shown to be sufficient. In this paper we examine the case where the algebras have a maximal subfield of degree with Galois closure whose Galois group is of the form , where and is prime to . For such as we show that the conjecture is true for certain cases of and . In particular we prove the conjecture in the case that is a dihedral group of order , where is prime
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@article{arxiv.math/0206154,
title = {Severi-Brauer varieties of semidirect product algebras},
author = {Daniel Krashen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0206154},
year = {2007}
}
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22 pages