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Algebraic varieties with group operations given by morphisms, or group objects in the category of algebraic varieties, the category of algebraic schemes, or closely related categories.

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Word maps from $\mathrm{Cl}^{n+1}$ to $G^n$: quasi-injectivity?

Let $G = \mathrm{SL}_n$ (say). Then, for $g$ regular semisimple, the conjugacy class $\mathrm{Cl}(g)$ has dimension $= n^2-n$ as a variety, and so $\mathrm{Cl}(g)^{n+1}$ and $G^n$ have the same ...
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