Birational classification for algebraic tori
Abstract
We give a stably birational classification for algebraic tori of dimensions and over a field . First, we define the weak stably equivalence of algebraic tori and show that there exist (resp. ) weak stably equivalent classes of algebraic tori of dimension (resp. ) which are not stably rational by computing some cohomological stably birational invariants, e.g. the Brauer-Grothendieck group of where is a smooth compactification of , provided by Kunyavskii, Skorobogatov and Tsfasman. We make a procedure to compute such stably birational invariants effectively and the computations are done by using the computer algebra system GAP. Second, we define the -part of the flabby class as a -lattice and prove that they are faithful and indecomposable -lattices unless it vanishes for (resp. ) in dimension (resp. ) via -adic analysis. The -ranks of them are also given. Third, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for which two not stably rational algebraic tori and of dimensions (resp. ) are stably birationally equivalent in terms of the splitting fields and the weak stably equivalent classes of and . In particular, the splitting fields of them should coincide if and are indecomposable. Forth, for each cases of not stably but retract rational algebraic tori of dimension , we find an algebraic torus of dimension which satisfies that is stably rational. Finally, we give a criteria to determine whether two algebraic tori and of general dimensions are stably birationally equivalent when (resp. ) is stably birationally equivalent to some algebraic torus of dimension up to .
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2112.02280,
title = {Birational classification for algebraic tori},
author = {Akinari Hoshi and Aiichi Yamasaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.02280},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
210 pages, added Definition 1.25, Theorem 1.26, Corollary 1.27 and a paragraph before Definition 1.25, modified Theorem 1.29 (Main theorem 2), Theorem 1.36 (Main theorem 4) and Theorem 1.39 (Main theorem 5)