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Let p be a prime number. We shall show that there is a finite unramified covering C of the affine line A1, defined over the field of p elements, so that A1 is the quotient of C by the fixed-point free action of SL n (Fpk).
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Nori, M.V. (1994). Unramified Coverings of the Affine Line in Positive Characteristic. In: Bajaj, C.L. (eds) Algebraic Geometry and its Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2628-4_13
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