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Equivariant Burnside groups and representation theory

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We apply the equivariant Burnside group formalism to distinguish linear actions of finite groups, up to equivariant birationality. Our approach is based on De Concini–Procesi models of subspace arrangements.

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The first author was partially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The second author was partially supported by NSF Grant 2000099.

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Kresch, A., Tschinkel, Y. Equivariant Burnside groups and representation theory. Sel. Math. New Ser. 28, 81 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00029-022-00797-9

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