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The defect of weak approximation for a reductive group over a global field

Representation Theory 2025-08-22 v8 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory Number Theory

Abstract

We compute the defect of weak approximation for a reductive group G over a global field K in terms of the algebraic fundamental group of G.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08017,
  title  = {The defect of weak approximation for a reductive group over a global field},
  author = {Mikhail Borovoi and Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08017},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v7: 27 pages, including the listing of a Magma program; v8: 29 pages, including an appendix by J.-L. Colliot-Th\'el\`ene

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