%0 Journal Article %T A Clebsch-Gordan formula for SL_3 and applications to rationality %A Christian B£¿hning %A Hans-Christian Graf v. Bothmer %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/j.aim.2009.11.006 %X If R, S, T are irreducible SL_3-representations, we give an easy and explicit description of a basis of the space of equivariant maps from R tensor S to T. We apply this method to the rationality problem for invariant function fields. In particular, we prove the rationality of the moduli space of plane curves of degree 34. This uses a criterion which ensures the stable rationality of some quotients of Grassmannians by an SL-action. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3278v1