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Main Author: Biswas, Chayansudha
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14420
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contents Platonov in 1991 conjectured that adjoint groups are rational as varieties over arbitrary infinite fields, and as a consequence have weak approximation. The rationality part of the conjecture was disproved by Merkurjev in 1996, but the question about weak approximation remained open. We settle this in the negative.
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spellingShingle Failure of Weak Approximation in Adjoint Groups
Biswas, Chayansudha
Algebraic Geometry
Rings and Algebras
Platonov in 1991 conjectured that adjoint groups are rational as varieties over arbitrary infinite fields, and as a consequence have weak approximation. The rationality part of the conjecture was disproved by Merkurjev in 1996, but the question about weak approximation remained open. We settle this in the negative.
title Failure of Weak Approximation in Adjoint Groups
topic Algebraic Geometry
Rings and Algebras
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14420