Source: Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. Volume 81, Number 1
(2005), 1-6.
In this note we solve Noether's problem over $\mathbf{Q}$ for
some meta-abelian groups of small degree $n$. Let $G$ be a
subgroup of the group of one-dimensional affine transformations
on $\mathbf{Z}/n\mathbf{Z}$ which contains $\mathbf{Z}/n\mathbf{Z}$.
For $n=9,10,12,14,15$, we show that Noether's problem for $G$
has an affirmative answer by constructing an explicit transcendental
basis of the fixed field over $\mathbf{Q}$.
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