On Grothendieck-Serre conjecture concerning principal G-bundles over regular semi-local domains containing a finite field: I

Abstract

In three preprints [Pan2],[Pan3] and the present one we prove Grothendieck-Serre's conjecture concerning principal G-bundles over regular semi-local domains R containing a finite field (here G is a reductive group scheme). The present preprint contains main geometric presentation theorems which are necessary for that. The preprint [Pan2] contains reduction of the Grothendieck-Serre's conjecture to the case of a simple simply-connected group scheme. The preprint [Pan3] contains a proof of Grothendieck-Serre's conjecture for regular semi-local domains R containing a finite field. One of the main result of the present preprint is Theorem 1.1. The Grothendieck--Serre conjecture for the case of regular semi-local domains containing an infinite field is proven in joint work due to R.Fedorov and I.Panin (see [FP]). Thus the conjecture holds for regular semi-local domains containing a field.