Generalized Amitsur conjecture for generalized Severi–Brauer varieties

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Let FF be an infinite field, and let AA and BB be central simple algebras over FF of the same degree. For each r<deg⁡(A)r<\deg(A), write Fr(A)F_r(A) and Fr(B)F_r(B) for the function fields of the corresponding generalized Severi–Brauer varieties. Generalized Amitsur conjecture. If [A][A] and [B][B] generate the same cyclic subgroup of Br⁡(F)\operatorname{Br}(F), then

Fr(A)≅Fr(B)F_r(A)\cong F_r(B)

for every r<deg⁡(A)r<\deg(A). This extends Amitsur's conjecture from ordinary Severi–Brauer varieties to generalized ones; the source presents it as a new conjecture and proves it in the cases described in the surrounding discussion, including when B≅AopB\cong A^{op}, while it remains open in general.

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Daniel Krashen, “Birational isomorphisms between generalized Severi-Brauer varieties”, arXiv:math/0203117 (2002).

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