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The invariants of orthogonal group actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Li Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics National, Taiwan Normal University, Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
Yu-Ching Hung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics National, Taiwan Normal University, Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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Let Fq be the finite field of order q, an odd number, Q a non-degenerate quadratic form on , O(n, Q) the orthogonal group defined by Q. Regard O(n, Q) as a linear group of Fq -automorphisms acting linearly on the rational function field Fq(x1, …, xn). We shall prove that the invariant subfield Fq(x1,…, xn)O(n, Q) is a purely transcendental extension over Fq for n = 5 by giving a set of generators for it.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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