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T. Kambayashi had shown that $\mathbb{A}^2$-forms over separable field extensions are necessarily polynomial rings. However, there exist inseparable $\mathbb{A}^2$-forms which are not necessarily polynomial rings. In this paper, we give a…

In this paper, we will prove that any $\A^3$-form over a field $k$ of characteristic zero is trivial provided it has a locally nilpotent derivation satisfying certain properties. We will also show that the result of T. Kambayashi on the…

The main aim of this paper is to prove $R$-triviality for simple, simply connected algebraic groups with Tits index $E_{8,2}^{78}$ or $E_{7,1}^{78}$, defined over a field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic. Let $G$ be such a group. We prove…

In this paper we show that any $\mathbb{A}^2$-fibration over a discrete valuation ring which is also an $\mathbb{A}^2$-form is necessarily a polynomial ring. Further we show that separable $\mathbb{A}^2$-forms over PIDs are trivial.

Let $X$ be a smooth affine algebraic variety over the field of complex numbers which is contractible. Then every algebraic $G$-torsor on $X$ is algebraically trivial if $G$ is a semi-simple algebraic group. We also show that if $X$ is a…

It is known that simple algebraic groups of type $F_4$ defined over a field $k$ are precisely the full automorphism groups of Albert algebras over $k$. We explore $R$-triviality for the group $\text{\bf Aut}(A)$ when $A$ is an Albert…

In this paper we prove some results on the sufficiency of codimension-one fibre conditions for a flat algebra with a retraction to be locally $\mathbb{A}^1$ or at least an $\mathbb{A}^1$-fibration.

We show that the group of proper projective similitudes of a totally decomposable algebra with involution of the first kind over a field of characteristic different from 2 is R-trivial.

We present an elementary proof of the fact that every torsor for an affine group scheme over an algebraically closed field is trivial. This is related to the uniqueness of fibre functors on neutral tannakian categories.

Simple algebraic groups of type $F_4$ defined over a field $k$ are the full automorphism groups of Albert algebras over $k$. Let $A$ be an Albert algebra over a field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic. We prove that there is an isotope…

Let $f:V\times V\to F$ be a totally arbitrary bilinear form defined on a finite dimensional vector space $V$ over a a field $F$, and let $L(f)$ be the subalgebra of $\gl(V)$ of all skew-adjoint endomorphisms relative to $f$. Provided $F$ is…

Let $A$ be a finite-dimensional algebra with two simple modules. It is shown that if the derived category of $A$ admits a stratification with simple factors being the base field $k$, then $A$ is derived equivalent to a quasi-hereditary…

It is well known that all torsors under an affine algebraic group over an algebraically closed field are trivial. We note that under suitable conditions this also holds if the the group is not necessarily of finite type. This has an…

In this paper we associate an invariant to a biquaternion algebra $B$ over a field $K$ with a subfield $F$ such that $K/F$ is a quadratic separable extension and $\operatorname{char}(F)=2$. We show that this invariant is trivial exactly…

A smooth, proper, retract rational variety over a field $k$ is known to be $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected. We improve on this result, in the case when $k$ is infinite, showing that such varieties are naively $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected.

Let X be a geometrically rational (or more generally, separably rationally connected) variety over a finite field K. We prove that if K is large enough then X contains many rational curves defined over K. As a consequence we prove that…

Let $F_0$ be the function field of a curve over a $p$-adic field $K,$ and let $F$ be a quadratic extension over $F_0$. Let $A$ be a central simple algebra over $F$ of period $2,$ and let $\tau$ be a $F/F_0$-involution on $A$. We show the…

Let $F$ be the function field of a smooth, geometrically integral curve over a $p$-adic field with $p\neq 2.$ Let $G$ be a classical adjoint group of type $^1D_n$ defined over $F$. We show that $G(F) / R$ is trivial, where $R$ denotes {\it…

Let $F$ be a Henselian field of $q$-cohomological dimension $3$, where $q$ is a prime. Let $\Gamma_F$ be the totally ordered abelian value group of $F$ and let $D$ be a central division algebra over $F$ of index a power of $q$ such that the…

It is proved that any supersimple field has trivial Brauer group, and more generally that any supersimple division ring is commutative. As prerequisites we prove several results about generic types in groups and fields whose theory is…