Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
1998-03-23
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
4 pages, AMSTeX
Scientific paper
Given a generic field extension F/k of degree n>3 (i.e. the Galois group of
the normal closure of F is isomorphic to the symmetric group $S_n$), we prove
that the norm torus, defined as the kernel of the norm map
$N:R_{F/k}(G_m)\to\G_m$, is not rational over k.
Cortella Anne
Kunyavskii Boris
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