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Let k be an algebraically closed field. Let P(X 11, . . . , X nn , T) be the characteristic polynomial of the generic matrix (X ij ) over k. We determine its singular locus as well as the singular locus of its Galois splitting. If X is a smooth quasi-projective surface over k and A an Azumaya algebra on X of degree n, using a method suggested by M. Artin, we construct finite smooth splittings for A of degree n over X whose Galois closures are smooth.
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The authors acknowledge support from NSF DMS-0653382 and from Max-Planck Institut für Mathematik, Bonn. We thank Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, Aise Johan de Jong, and David Saltman for several discussions.
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Ojanguren, M., Parimala, R. Singularities of generic characteristic polynomials and smooth finite splittings of Azumaya algebras over surfaces. manuscripta math. 130, 387–409 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-009-0295-y
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