Galois-conjugate projective classifying spaces conjecture

Let XX be a projective K(π,1)K(\pi,1), meaning a projective variety whose universal cover is contractible, and let σAut(C)\sigma\in\operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{C}). Write XσX^\sigma for the variety obtained by applying σ\sigma to the coefficients of equations defining XX. Galois-conjugate classifying spaces conjecture. The conjugate variety XσX^\sigma should still be a classifying space K(π,1)K(\pi',1) for some group π\pi'. This is motivated by the fact that the property holds for all known examples and that Galois conjugation preserves several related invariants, including products, isogeny, and algebraic fundamental groups; its general validity is not established.

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Fabrizio Catanese, “Kodaira fibrations and beyond: methods for moduli theory”, arXiv:1611.06617 (2016).

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