Unramified Brauer groups for groups of order p^5
Commutative Algebra
2011-09-15 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
Abstract
Let be any field, be a finite group acting on the rational function field by for any . Define . Noether's problem asks whether is rational (= purely transcendental) over . It is known that, if is rational over , then where is the unramified Brauer group of over . Bogomolov showed that, if is a -group of order , then . This result was disproved by Moravec for by computer computing. We will give a theoretic proof of the following theorem (i.e. by the traditional bare-hand proof without using computers). Theorem. Let be any odd prime number. Then there is a group of order satisfying and . In particular, is not rational over .
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@article{arxiv.1109.2966,
title = {Unramified Brauer groups for groups of order p^5},
author = {Akinari Hoshi and Ming-chang Kang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2966},
year = {2011}
}