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Nov 15, 2017 at 10:31 comment added user21574 The conjecture of Serre: Is every algebraic vector bundle $E_{alg} \to\mathbb C^n$algebraically trivial , When $E $ is stabilized; see Bass, H.: Algebraic K-Theory. New York: W.A.Benjamin Inc. 1968. Now my conjecture is that serre conjecture holds on special affine variety in thesense of Griffiths see page 82 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01389905
Feb 4, 2013 at 16:59 comment added Allen Knutson The topological statement is that $\pi_3(BU(n)) = 1$. It seems interesting to note that $\pi_3(BO(n)) = Z_2$ for $n$ large enough. Is there some algebraic avatar of this nontrivial class, maybe a vector bundle with nondegenerate symmetric form?
Feb 4, 2013 at 16:23 answer added anonymous timeline score: 2
Feb 4, 2013 at 16:03 comment added Martin Brandenburg Using Cech cohomology, the claim is equivalent to $\mathrm{GL}_n(k[X,Y]_{X \cdot Y}) = \mathrm{GL}_n(k[X,Y]_X) \cdot \mathrm{GL}_n(k[X,Y]_Y)$. I wonder, is there a purely algebraic proof (similar to Hazewinkels Short and elementary proof of Grothendieck's Theorem on algebraic vector bundles over the projective line)?
Feb 4, 2013 at 15:35 comment added Hailong Dao Or, one can quote algebraic Hartog's Lemma plus the fact mentioned above.
Feb 4, 2013 at 15:30 comment added Hailong Dao Yes, use the Corollary after Theorem 4.1 in Horrocks' paper "Vector bundle on punctured..." plus the fact that any vector bundle on the whole affine plane is trivial.
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