On the fundamental group of a unirational 3-fold
On the fundamental group of a unirational 3-fold
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关于无理三重的基本群
DOI:
10.1007/bf01389903
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发表时间:
1978
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
N. Nygaard
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作者:
N. Nygaard
The aim of this paper is to show that if X is a unirational 3-fold defined over an algebraically closed field k, then the algebraic fundamental group nj (X) is zero. Dimension 3 is the first non-trivial case since unirational curves and surfaces are rational (by Ltiroth's theorem and Castelnuovo's criterion) and consequently simply-connected. On the other hand there are unirational 3-folds that are not rational ([1]).In his paper [12] Serre observed that if X--, Y is an 6tale covering of degree n then the Riemann-Roch theorem implies that X (Cx)= nX (Or), so if X (~ x)= 1 the covering is trivial. The fact that the fundamental group of a unirational variety is finite ([4]) and the fact that any 6tale cover of a unirational variety is again unirational implies the existence of a maximal 6tale cover which is unirational so the problem reduces to showing that X (Cx)= 1 for X a simplyconnected unirational variety.