Regularization of Rational Group Actions

Abstract

We give a modern proof of the Regularization Theorem of Andr\'e Weil which says that for every rational action of an algebraic group $G$ on a variety $X$ there exist a variety $Y$ with a regular action of $G$ and a $G$-equivariant birational map $X \to Y$. Moreover, we show that a rational action of $G$ on an affine variety $X$ with the property that each $g$ from a dense subgroup of $G$ induces a regular automorphism of $X$, is a regular action.