When is a reductive group scheme linear?
We show that a reductive group scheme over a base scheme S admits a faithful linear representation if and only if its radical torus is isotrivial, that is, it splits after a finite {é}tale cover.
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Philippe Gille
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Local triviality for G-torsors
Let C $\rightarrow$ Spec(R) be a relative proper flat curve over an henselian base. Let G be a reductive C-group scheme. Under mild technical assumptions, we show that a G-torsor over C which is trivial on the closed fiber of C is locally trivial for the Zariski topology.
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Residues on Affine Grassmannians
Given a linear group G over a field k, we define a notion of index and residue of an element g of G(k((t)). This provides an alternative proof of Gabber's theorem stating that G has no subgroups isomorphic to the additive or the commutative group iff G(k[[t]])= G(k((t))). In the case of a reductive group, we offer an explicit connection with the theory of affine grassmannians.
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Isotopes of Octonion Algebras, G2-Torsors and Triality
Octonion algebras over rings are, in contrast to those over fields, not determined by their norm forms. Octonion algebras whose norm is isometric to the norm q of a given algebra C are twisted forms of C by means of the Aut(C)-torsor O(q) ->O(q)/Aut(C). We show that, over any commutative unital ring, these twisted forms are precisely the isotopes C(a,b) of C, with multiplication given by x*y=(xa)(by), for unit norm octonions a,b of C. The link is provided by the triality phenomenon, which we study from new and classical perspectives. We then study these twisted forms using the interplay, thus obtained, between torsor geometry and isotope computations, thus obtaining new results on octonion algebras over e.g. rings of (Laurent) polynomials.
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Semi-simple groups that are quasi-split over a tamely-ramified extension
Let K be a discretly henselian field whose residue field is separably closed. Answering a question raised by G. Prasad, we show that a semisimple K-- group G is quasi-split if and only if it quasi--splits after a finite tamely ramified extension of K.
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A classification of torsors over Laurent polynomial rings
Let R\_n be the ring of Laurent polynomials in n variables over a field k of characteristic zero and let K\_n be its fraction field.Given a linear algebraic k-group $G$, we show that a K\_n-torsor under G which is unramified with respect to X=Spec(R\_n)extends to a unique toral R\_n-torsor under G. This result, in turn, allows us to classify all G-torsors over R\_n.
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Examples of algebraic groups of type G2 having the same maximal tori
Answering a question of A. Rapinchuk, we construct examples of non- isomorphic semisimple algebraic groups H1 and H2 of type G2 with coherently equivalent systems of maximal k-tori.
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On maximal tori of algebraic groups of type G_2
Given an octonion algebra over a field k, its automorphism group G is an algebraic semisimple k-group of type G_2. We study the maximal tori of G in terms of the algebra C.
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Three-point Lie algebras and Grothendieck's dessins d'enfants
We define and classify the analogues of the affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras for the ring corresponding to the complex projective line minus three points. The classification is given in terms of Grothendieck's dessins d'enfants. We also study the question of conjugacy of Cartan subalgebras for these algebras.
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Fibrés principaux sur les corps valués henséliens
Let (K,v) be a valued field, Y a K-variety, G an algebraic group over K (not necessarily smooth), and f: X->Y a G-torsor over Y. We consider the induced map X(K)-->Y(K), which is continuous for the topologies deduced from the valuation. Let I denote the image of this map. We prove that if (K,v) is henselian and its completion is a separable extension, then: - I is locally closed in Y(K); - the induced surjection X(K)-->I is a principal bundle with group G(K) (also topologized by the valuation).
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Conjugacy theorems for loop reductive group schemes and Lie algebras
The conjugacy of split Cartan subalgebras in the finite dimensional simple case (Chevalley) and in the symmetrizable Kac-Moody case (Peterson-Kac) are fundamental results of the theory of Lie algebras. Among the Kac-Moody Lie algebras the affine algebras stand out. This paper deals with the problem of conjugacy for a class of algebras --extended affine Lie algebras-- that are in a precise sense higher nullity analogues of the affine algebras. Unlike the methods used by Peterson-Kac, our approach is entirely cohomological and geometric. It is deeply rooted on the theory of reductive group schemes developed by Demazure and Grothendieck, and on the work of J. Tits on buildings
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Octonion algebras over rings are not determined by their norms
Answering a question of H. Petersson, we provide a class of examples of pair of octonion algebras over a ring having isometric norms.
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A cohomological proof of Peterson-Kac's theorem on conjugacy of Cartan subalgebras of affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras
This paper deals with the problem of conjugacy of Cartan subalgebras for affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras. Unlike the methods used by Peterson and Kac, our approach is entirely cohomological and geometric. It is deeply rooted on the theory of reductive group schemes developed by Demazure and Grothendieck, and on the work of J. Tits on buildings.
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Torsors, Reductive Group Schemes and Extended Affine Lie Algebras
We give a detailed description of the torsors that correspond to multiloop algebras. These algebras are twisted forms of simple Lie algebras extended over Laurent polynomial rings. They play a crucial role in the construction of Extended Affine Lie Algebras (which are higher nullity analogues of the affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras). The torsor approach that we take draws heavily for the theory of reductive group schemes developed by M. Demazure and A. Grothendieck. It also allows us to find a bridge between multiloop algebras and the work of J. Tits on reductive groups over complete local fields.
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Zero cycles on projective varieties and the norm principle
Using the Gille-Merkurjev norm principle we compute in a uniform way the image of the degree map for quadrics (Springer's theorem), for twisted forms of maximal orthogonal Grassmannians (theorem of Bayer-Fluckiger and Lenstra), for E6- (Rost's theorem), and E7-varieties.
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A lower bound on the essential dimension of a connected linear group
Let G be a connected linear algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field k and H be a finite abelian subgroup of G whose order is prime to char(k). We show that the essential dimension of G is bounded from below by rank(H) - rank C_G(H)^0, where rank C_G(H)^0 denotes the rank of the maximal torus in the centralizer C_G(H). This inequality, conjectured by J.-P. Serre, generalizes previous results of Reichstein -- Youssin (where char(k) is assumed to be 0 and C_G(H) to be finite) and Chernousov -- Serre (where H is assumed to be a 2-group).
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