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Title Torsors, étale homotopy and applications to rational points / edited by Alexei N. Skorobogatov
Published Camdridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 459 pages) : illustrations
Series London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 405
London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 405.
Contents Lecture notes: Three lectures on Cox rings / J. Hausen. A very brief introduction to étale homotopy / T.M. Schlank and A.N. Skorobogatov. Torsors and representation theory of reductive groups / V. Serganova -- Contributed papers: Torsors over Luna strata / I.V. Arzhantsev. Abélianisation des espaces homogènes et applications arithmétiques / C. Demarche. Gaussian rational points on a singular cubic surface / U. Derenthal and F. Janda. Actions algébriques de groupes arithmétiques / P. Gille and L. Moret-Bailly. Descent theory for open varieties / D. Harari and A.N. Skorobogatov. Homotopy obstructions to rational points / Y. Harpaz and T.M. Schlank. Factorially graded rings of complexity one / J. Hausen and E. Herppich. Nef and semiample divisors on rational surfaces / A. Laface and D. Testa. Example of a transcendental 3-torsion Brauer-Manin obstruction on a diagonal quartic surface / T. Preu
Summary Torsors, also known as principal bundles or principal homogeneous spaces, are ubiquitous in mathematics. The purpose of this book is to present expository lecture notes and cutting-edge research papers on the theory and applications of torsors and étale homotopy, all written from different perspectives by leading experts. Part one of the book contains lecture notes on recent uses of torsors in geometric invariant theory and representation theory, plus an introduction to the étale homotopy theory of Artin and Mazur. Part two of the book features a milestone paper on the étale homotopy approach to the arithmetic of rational points. Furthermore, the reader will find a collection of research articles on algebraic groups and homogeneous spaces, rational and K3 surfaces, geometric invariant theory, rational points, descent and the Brauer-Manin obstruction. Together, these give a state-of-the-art view of a broad area at the crossroads of number theory and algebraic geometry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Chiefly in English, with two papers in French
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Subject Homotopy groups -- Congresses
Homotopy theory -- Congresses
Rational points (Geometry) -- Congresses
Homogeneous spaces -- Congresses
Geometry, Algebraic -- Congresses
MATHEMATICS -- Algebra -- Intermediate.
Geometría algebraica
Homotopía
Espacios homogéneos
Geometry, Algebraic
Homogeneous spaces
Homotopy groups
Homotopy theory
Rational points (Geometry)
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Congressen (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Skorobogatov, Alexei, 1961-
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