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Rationality and Orbit Closures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Jason Levy
Jason Levy*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa, 585 King Edward, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Suppose we are given a finite-dimensional vector space $V$ equipped with an $F$-rational action of a linearly algebraic group $G$, with $F$ a characteristic zero field. We conjecture the following: to each vector $v\,\in \,V(F)$ there corresponds a canonical $G(F)$-orbit of semisimple vectors of $V$. In the case of the adjoint action, this orbit is the $G(F)$-orbit of the semisimple part of $v$, so this conjecture can be considered a generalization of the Jordan decomposition. We prove some cases of the conjecture.

Keywords

14L2420G15
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , 01 June 2003 , pp. 204 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2003

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