chernous@math.ualberta.ca
Submission: 2005, Dec 9
We give a short proof of Totaro's theorem that every $E_8$-torsor becomes trivial over a finite separable extension of the ground field of degree dividing $2^6 3^25$.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11E72, 14M17, 20G15
Keywords and Phrases: Torsors, splitting fields
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