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Let $G$ be a smooth connected linear algebraic group and $X$ be a $G$-torsor. Totaro asked: if $X$ admits a zero-cycle of degree $d \geq 1$, then does $X$ have a closed étale point of degree dividing $d$? While the literature contains affirmative answers in some special cases, we give an example to show that the answer is negative in general.
Let $G$ be a smooth connected linear algebraic group over a field $k$, and let $X$ be a $G$-torsor. Totaro asked: if $X$ admits a zero-cycle of degree $d \geq 1$, then does $X$ have a closed étale point of degree dividing $d$? We give an affirmative answer for absolutely simple classical adjoint groups of types $A_{1}$ and $A_{2n}$ over fields of characteristic $\neq 2$.