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The rationality problem for finite subgroups of GL_4(Q)

Algebraic Geometry 2010-06-08 v1 Commutative Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let GG be a finite subgroup of GL4(Q)GL_4(\bm{Q}). The group GG induces an action on Q(x1,x2,x3,x4)\bm{Q}(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4), the rational function field of four variables over Q\bm{Q}. Theorem. The fixed subfield Q(x1,x2,x3,x4)G:={fQ(x1,x2,x3,x4):σf=f\bm{Q}(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)^G:=\{f\in\bm{Q}(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4):\sigma \cdot f=f for any σG}\sigma\in G\} is rational (i.e.\ purely transcendental) over Q\bm{Q}, except for two groups which are images of faithful representations of C8C_8 and C3C8C_3\rtimes C_8 into GL4(Q)GL_4(\bm{Q}) (both fixed fields for these two exceptional cases are not rational over Q\bm{Q}). There are precisely 227 such groups in GL4(Q)GL_4(\bm{Q}) up to conjugation; the answers to the rationality problem for most of them were proved by Kitayama and Yamasaki \cite{KY} except for four cases. We solve these four cases left unsettled by Kitayama and Yamasaki; thus the whole problem is solved completely.

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@article{arxiv.1006.1156,
  title  = {The rationality problem for finite subgroups of GL_4(Q)},
  author = {Ming-chang Kang and Jian Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1156},
  year   = {2010}
}