Lüroth-type uniqueness conjecture for invariant fields in infinitely many variables

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Let Ψ\Psi be an infinite set and let F∣kF|k be a non-trivial regular field extension. Write FΨF_{\Psi} for the field obtained from FF in the permuted variables, and let K∣kK|k be an SΨ\mathfrak{S}_{\Psi}-invariant field extension contained in FΨF_{\Psi}. The claim concerns a field extension L∣kL|k contained in FF satisfying the following conditions:

Lüroth-type conjecture. There is a unique field extension L∣kL|k in FF such that

K⊆LΨ,K\subseteq L_{\Psi},

LL is algebraically closed in FF, and, for every field extension L′∣kL'|k contained in LL with tr.deg⁡(L′∣k)<∞\operatorname{tr.deg}(L'|k)<\infty, there is a field extension L”∣L′L”|L' contained in LL such that

tr.deg⁡(L”Ψ∣K∩L”Ψ)<∞.\operatorname{tr.deg}(L”_{\Psi}|K\cap L”_{\Psi})<\infty.

This is a Lüroth-type structural assertion for invariant subfields of fields of rational functions in infinitely many permuted variables. The supplied text does not indicate whether the assertion is known or remains open, so its status is recorded as open.

References

Primary source

M. Rovinsky, “Lüroth's theorem for fields of rational functions in infinitely many permuted variables”, arXiv:2408.04028 (2025).

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