Monothetic algebraic groups
- Authors: FALCONE G; PLAUMANN P; STRAMBACH; K
- Publication year: 2007
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: Algebraic Groups, Monothetic Groups
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/9744
Abstract
We call an algebraic group monothetic if it possesses a dense cyclic subgroup. For an arbitrary field k we describe the structure of all, not necessarily affine, monothetic k-groups G and determine in which cases G has a k-rational generator.