Projective varieties have countably many real forms

In this note, we check that a complex projective algebraic variety has (at most) countably many real forms. We more generally prove it when the field of reals is replaced with a field that has only countably many finite extensions up to isomorphism. The verification consists in gathering known resul...

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Main Author: Labinet, Timothée L.
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Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2023-07-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Mathématique
Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.441/
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description In this note, we check that a complex projective algebraic variety has (at most) countably many real forms. We more generally prove it when the field of reals is replaced with a field that has only countably many finite extensions up to isomorphism. The verification consists in gathering known results about automorphism groups and Galois cohomology. This contrasts with the recent discovery by A. Bot of an affine real variety with uncountably many real forms.
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spelling doaj-art-0778b0aaaa484dbfbee0ef57ad2ef6ca2025-02-07T11:08:07ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Mathématique1778-35692023-07-01361G586386710.5802/crmath.44110.5802/crmath.441Projective varieties have countably many real formsLabinet, Timothée L.In this note, we check that a complex projective algebraic variety has (at most) countably many real forms. We more generally prove it when the field of reals is replaced with a field that has only countably many finite extensions up to isomorphism. The verification consists in gathering known results about automorphism groups and Galois cohomology. This contrasts with the recent discovery by A. Bot of an affine real variety with uncountably many real forms.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.441/
spellingShingle Labinet, Timothée L.
Projective varieties have countably many real forms
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique
title Projective varieties have countably many real forms
title_full Projective varieties have countably many real forms
title_fullStr Projective varieties have countably many real forms
title_full_unstemmed Projective varieties have countably many real forms
title_short Projective varieties have countably many real forms
title_sort projective varieties have countably many real forms
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.441/
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