Duncan's Sylow-subgroup criterion for versal group actions

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Let kk be a field, let GG be a finite group, and let XX be a kk-variety with a faithful GG-action. For every prime pp, let GpG_p be a Sylow pp-subgroup of GG. Duncan's conjecture. The variety XX is GG-versal if and only if it is GpG_p-versal for every prime pp. The conjecture proposes that versality of a faithful finite group action can be detected on Sylow subgroups. It is refuted by a counterexample: an action of (C7C3)×C2(C_7\rtimes C_3)\times C_2 on a degree-22 Del Pezzo surface.

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Federico Scavia, “A counterexample to a conjecture of Duncan on versal actions”, arXiv:2607.25118 (2026).

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