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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:58 history edited CommunityBot
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Mar 27, 2015 at 15:14 vote accept beginner
Mar 27, 2015 at 15:14 comment added beginner Thank you very much - this is exactly what I wanted (and I find it hard to see how an algebraic geometer could interpret the claim that "algebraic stacks with quasi-affine diagonal are fpqc sheaves" to mean that they are then forced to be sheaves in sets, but...).
Mar 26, 2015 at 14:12 comment added Denis Nardin I see your point, but it is not clear to me that the question is using a different terminology than the answer. Anyway I don't think this is worth discussing further
Mar 26, 2015 at 13:30 comment added Niels @Denis as I already mentioned in the first comment "algebraic stacks with quasi-affine diagonal are fpqc sheaves" is misleading since this can be understood as : a sheaf of sets. That is what most algebraic geometers will understand when you claim a stack is a sheaf. If the answer uses a different terminology than the question, there should be a warning.
Mar 26, 2015 at 12:32 comment added Denis Nardin I guess my problem is that I don't understand how Adeel's answer can be misleading. In which sense could you misunderstand the sentence "algebraic stacks with quasi-affine diagonal are fpqc sheaves"? Also the fact that it referenced the stacks project does not mean that the person in question is interested mainly in algebraic geometry (even if I admit that's probably the case): homotopy theorists use algebraic stacks all the time!
Mar 26, 2015 at 8:26 comment added Niels @Denis the question was formulated with a clear reference to the stacks project and to algebraic stacks, so I don't understand the point of your remark.
Mar 25, 2015 at 13:33 comment added Denis Nardin @Niels This is, however, the standard terminology in homotopy theory (sometimes you see them referred as "homotopy sheaves" but the "homotopy" part is dropped more often than not).
Mar 25, 2015 at 13:15 comment added Niels This is not the classical definition, for instance not the definition in the stacks project. What you call sheaf is simply misleading with the current terminology.
Mar 25, 2015 at 9:33 comment added AAK @Niels, for me an algebraic stack is defined to be a sheaf of groupoids (satisfying some conditions), so I interpret the question as whether or not this sheaf satisfies fpqc descent.
Mar 25, 2015 at 8:51 comment added Niels Both the question and your answer are ambiguous. Usually by sheaf one means sheaf of sets, whereas here you obviously mean fpqc "sheaf of groupoids", usually called fpqc stack.
Mar 25, 2015 at 7:01 history answered AAK CC BY-SA 3.0