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A Note on Geometric Factoriality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

S. M. Bhatwadekar
Affiliation:
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
K. P. Russell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics and CICMA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
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Abstract

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Let k: be a perfect field such that is solvable over k. We show that a smooth, affine, factorial surface birationally dominated by affine 2-space is geometrically factorial and hence isomorphic to . The result is useful in the study of subalgebras of polynomial algebras. The condition of solvability would be unnecessary if a question we pose on integral representations of finite groups has a positive answer.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1995

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