roland.loetscher@mathematik.uni-muenchen.de
Submission: 2013, Sep 24
We prove the formula ed(X)=cdim(X)+ed(A) for any gerbe X banded by an algebraic group A which is the kernel of a homomorphism of algebraic tori Q->S with Q invertible and S split. This result is applied to prove new results on the essential dimension of algebraic groups.
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20G15, 14A20, 11E72
Keywords and Phrases: essential dimension, canonical dimension, algebraic stack, gerbe, group of multiplicative type
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