Motivic construction of cohomological invariants

  • Nikita Semenov

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Abstract

Let be a group of type over such that is a compact Lie group, let be a field of characteristic 0, and

a 5-fold Pfister form. J.-P. Serre posed in a letter to M. Rost written on June 23, 1999 the following problem: Is it true that is split if and only if is hyperbolic?

In the present article we construct a cohomological invariant of degree 5 for groups of type with trivial Rost invariant over any field of characteristic 0, and putting answer positively this question of Serre. Aside from that, we show that a variety which possesses a special correspondence of Rost is a norm variety.

Cite this article

Nikita Semenov, Motivic construction of cohomological invariants. Comment. Math. Helv. 91 (2016), no. 1, pp. 163–202

DOI 10.4171/CMH/382