Rational connectedness for groups of proper projective similitudes

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Main Authors: Archita, M., Becher, Karim Johannes
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Published: 2025
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author Archita, M.
Becher, Karim Johannes
author_facet Archita, M.
Becher, Karim Johannes
contents For a quadratic form $φ$ over a field of characteristic different from $2$, we study whether its group of proper projective similitudes ${\bf PSim}^+(φ)$ is rationally connected (i.e. $R$-trivial). We obtain new sufficient conditions in terms of structure properties of $φ$. We further provide new examples of quadratic forms $φ$ belonging to a given power of the fundamental ideal in the Witt ring and such that ${\bf PSim}^+(φ)$ is not rationally connected.
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spellingShingle Rational connectedness for groups of proper projective similitudes
Archita, M.
Becher, Karim Johannes
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Rings and Algebras
11E04, 11E57, 11E81, 14E08, 20G15
For a quadratic form $φ$ over a field of characteristic different from $2$, we study whether its group of proper projective similitudes ${\bf PSim}^+(φ)$ is rationally connected (i.e. $R$-trivial). We obtain new sufficient conditions in terms of structure properties of $φ$. We further provide new examples of quadratic forms $φ$ belonging to a given power of the fundamental ideal in the Witt ring and such that ${\bf PSim}^+(φ)$ is not rationally connected.
title Rational connectedness for groups of proper projective similitudes
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Rings and Algebras
11E04, 11E57, 11E81, 14E08, 20G15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21717