The Stable Equivalence and Cancellation Problems

Details The Stable Equivalence and Cancellation Problems The Stable Equivalence and Cancellation Problems

2003-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/math/0310060v1

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Algebraic Geometry

9 pages

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Let $K$ be an arbitrary field of characteristic 0, and $\Aff^n$ the $n$-dimensional affine space over $K$. A well-known cancellation problem asks, given two algebraic varieties $V_1, V_2 \subseteq \Aff^n$ with isomorphic cylinders $V_1 \times \Aff^1$ and $V_2 \times \Aff^1$, whether $V_1$ and $V_2$ themselves are isomorphic. In this paper, we focus on a related problem: given two varieties with equivalent (under an automorphism of $\Aff^{n+1}$) cylinders $V_1 \times \Aff^1$ and $V_2 \times \Aff^1$, are $V_1$ and $V_2$ equivalent under an automorphism of $\Aff^n$? We call this stable equivalence problem. We show that the answer is positive for any two curves $V_1, V_2 \subseteq \Aff^2$. For an arbitrary $n \ge 2$, we consider a special, arguably the most important, case of both problems, where one of the varieties is a hyperplane. We show that a positive solution of the stable equivalence problem in this case implies a positive solution of the cancellation problem.

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