The rationality problem for finite subgroups of GL_4(Q)
Algebraic Geometry
2010-06-08 v1 Commutative Algebra
Rings and Algebras
Abstract
Let be a finite subgroup of . The group induces an action on , the rational function field of four variables over . Theorem. The fixed subfield for any is rational (i.e.\ purely transcendental) over , except for two groups which are images of faithful representations of and into (both fixed fields for these two exceptional cases are not rational over ). There are precisely 227 such groups in 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}
}