Let G be one of the groups SLn(ℂ), Sp2n (ℂ), SOm(ℂ), Om(ℂ), or G 2. For a generically free G-representation V, we say that N is a level of stable rationality for V/G if V/G × ℙN is rational. In this paper we improve known bounds for the levels of stable rationality for the quotients V/G. In particular, their growth as functions of the rank of the group is linear for G being one of the classical groups.
Il presente articolo è una versione allargata della omonima conferenza tenuta a Milano durante il XVII convegno nazionale UMI nel settembre 2003. L'articolo ha come abiettivo principale quello di presentare una introduzione, il più possibile elementare, ai problemi di razionalità/unirazionalità in geometria algebrica. Avendo come punto di riferimento l'esempio delle ipersuperfici dello spazio proiettivo complesso, in particolare le ipersuperfici cubiche, vengono presentati temi classici e problemi...
Let be a field of characteristic zero and G be a finite group of automorphisms of projective plane over . Castelnuovo’s criterion implies that the quotient of projective plane by G is rational if the field is algebraically closed. In this paper we prove that is rational for an arbitrary field of characteristic zero.
We determine the stable cohomology groups ( of the alternating groups for all integers n and i, and all odd primes p.
Let X be an irreducible smooth complex projective curve of genus g, with g ≥ 2. Let N be a connected component of the moduli space of semistable principal PGLr (ℂ)-bundles over X; it is a normal unirational complex projective variety. We prove that the Brauer group of a desingularization of N is trivial.
We prove vanishing results for the unramified stable cohomology of alternating groups.