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Torsors on Affine Varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2015-07-28 v2

Abstract

Let XX be a smooth affine algebraic variety over the field of complex numbers which is contractible. Then every algebraic GG-torsor on XX is algebraically trivial if GG is a semi-simple algebraic group. We also show that if XX is a smooth affine algebraic variety such that ΩX1\Omega^1_X is trivial and XX is topologically simply connected with Hi(X,Z)=0H^i(X,{\mathbb Z})=0 for i=1,2i=1,2 and 33, then every algebraic GG-torsor on XX is algebraically trivial for a semi-simple algebraic group GG.

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@article{arxiv.1404.0143,
  title  = {Torsors on Affine Varieties},
  author = {S. Subramanian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.0143},
  year   = {2015}
}

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R2 v1 2026-06-22T03:39:57.231Z