Uniqueness of embeddings of the affine line into algebraic groups

Feller, Peter; van Santen, Immanuel

doi:10.1090/jag/725

Authors: Peter Feller and Immanuel van Santen
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 28 (2019), 649-698
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/jag/725
Published electronically: May 31, 2019
MathSciNet review: 3994309
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Abstract: Let $Y$ be the underlying variety of a complex connected affine algebraic group. We prove that two embeddings of the affine line $\mathbb {C}$ into $Y$ are the same up to an automorphism of $Y$ provided that $Y$ is not isomorphic to a product of a torus $(\mathbb {C}^\ast )^k$ and one of the three varieties $\mathbb {C}^3$, $\operatorname {SL}_2$, and $\operatorname {PSL}_2$.

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Additional Information

Peter Feller
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich, Rämistr. 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
MR Author ID: 1052130
Email: peter.feller@math.ch

Immanuel van Santen
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Email: immanuel.van.santen@math.ch

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Published electronically: May 31, 2019
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