%0 Journal Article
%T Fundamental group of a geometric invariant theoretic quotient
%A Indranil Biswas
%A Amit Hogadi
%A A. J. Parameswaran
%J Mathematics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%X Let $M$ be an irreducible smooth projective variety, defined over an algebraically closed field, equipped with an action of a connected reductive affine algebraic group $G$, and let ${\mathcal L}$ be a $G$--equivariant very ample line bundle on $M$. Assume that the GIT quotient $M/\!\!/G$ is a nonempty set. We prove that the homomorphism of algebraic fundamental groups $\pi_1(M)\, \longrightarrow\, \pi_1(M/\!\!/G)$, induced by the rational map $M\, \longrightarrow\, M/\!\!/G$, is an isomorphism. If $k\,=\, \mathbb C$, then we show that the above rational map $M\, \longrightarrow \, M/\!\!/G$ induces an isomorphism between the topological fundamental groups.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5156v1