Title: Stable Invariants of Finite General Linear Groups and Symmetric Groups in Odd Characteristic Author: Larry Smith (AG-Invariantentheorie) Name of the .PDF file: stable.pdf } We show that the stable invariants of the finite general linear group $\GL(n, \F_q)$ over a Galois field $\F_q$ with an odd characteristic coincide with the Hilbert ideal. The same argument applies to the tautological representation of the symmetric group in odd characteristic.