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Rationality and orbit closures. (English) Zbl 1076.14532

Summary: Suppose we are given a finite-dimensional vector space \(V\) equipped with an \(F\)-rational action of a linearly algebraic group \(G\), with \(F\) a characteristic zero field. We conjecture the following: to each vector \(v\in V(F)\) there corresponds a canonical \(G(F)\)-orbit of semisimple vectors of \(V\). In the case of the adjoint action, this orbit is the \(G(F)\)-orbit of the semisimple part of \(v\), so this conjecture can be considered a generalization of the Jordan decomposition. We prove some cases of the conjecture.

MSC:

14L24 Geometric invariant theory
20G15 Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields
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