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Deformations of the punctured affine plane
Let $k$ be some field, algebraically closed and of characteristic $0$, if you like.
Let $U= \mathbb{A}^2_k \setminus \{ (0,0) \}$ be the punctured affine plane over $k$. Write $U$ as the union of $...
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Spectral sequences and Koszul complexes in Deformation Theory
I'm reading this paper of A. Vistoli and I have some questions about the discussion in page 5. This is the context (If you don't want to download the paper):
Let $A'$ be a noetherian local ring with ...
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Do singularities of plane curves deform independently?
If $C\subset\mathbb{P}^2$ is an integral curve of degree $d$, do its singularities deform independently as we vary $C$ over degree $d$ curves? If not, what about in the case $C$ is a nodal curve or $C$...
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Being Cohen-Macaulay open in Hilbert scheme?
Let $H$ be the Hilbert scheme of closed subschemes of $\mathbb{P}^n$ with a given Hilbert polynomial. I would like to have a reference (preferably from a published paper or book, not stacks project) ...
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"un-nil-ifying" ideals via deformation
This is perhaps a naïve question; given an irreducible scheme $X$, is there a general procedure to find a flat family $Y \to T$ such that over some point $t_0$ we have $Y \times_T {t_0} \cong X$ but ...
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Formal criterion of flatness
Let $k$ be a field, $S$ and $R$ be local $k$-algebras with residue field $k$ and $\phi:S\to R$ be a local homomorphism. Then $\phi$ induces (obviously) a natural transformation of "functors of points" ...
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Artin's "Versal Deformations and Algebraic stacks": Question concerning proof of Theorem 3.3
I have been reading Artin's paper titled "Versal deformations and algebraic stacks" and am a bit confused about a statement he makes in the proof of Theorem 3.3, in the first few lines of pg....
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Does the local Bertini theorem in mixed characteristic imply the global Bertini theorem
Let $R$ be a discrete valuation ring with fraction field $K$ and residue field $k$. Assume that the characteristic of $K$ is $0$ and of $k$ is $p>0$. Let $\pi:X \to \mbox{Spec}(R)$ be a flat, ...
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formal smoothness and cotangent complex
If $k$ is a field and $A$ is a formally smooth $k$-algebra, then we know that $\Omega^{1}_{A/k}$ is projective. What about its cotangent complex $L_{A/k}$? When is it quasi-isomorphic to $\Omega^{1}_{...
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which deformation of a matrix lead to flat deformations of determinantal varieties (fitting ideals)?
Let $(R,m)$ be a complete local ring over a field (of char=0). Consider a (not necessarily square) matrix $A$ over $R$. Consider its fitting ideal, $I_j(A)$. In general, a deformation of the matrix, $...
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Obstructions for reduced embedded deformation of Artinian rings
Let $A$ be an Artinian local $k$-algebra. $A$ is said to have a reduced embedded deformation if there is another local ring $S$ such that $A = S/(f_1,\cdots, f_n)$ with $S$ reduced and $(\underline f)$...
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Deformation of isolated singularities and non zero divisors
Consider $f \in \mathbb{C}\{x_1,\dots,x_n\}$ such that $(V(f),0)$ has an isolated singularity.
Let $F \in \mathbb{C}\{x_1,\dots,x_n,t\}$ be a deformation of $f$ such that there exists some integer $m$...
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Is the completed tensor product (over a complete dvr) of two reduced complete Noetherian local rings again reduced?
To be more specific, Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Z}_{p}$. Let $A=\mathcal{O}[[X_{1},\ldots, X_{n}]]/\left( f_{1},\ldots,f_{r}\right) $ and $B=\mathcal{O}[[Y_{1},\ldots, Y_{m}]]/...
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Generators of an ideal of $K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]]$
Let us consider an irreducible polynomial $$f \colon= \alpha_e + \alpha_{e-1}X_1 + ... + \alpha_1X_1^{e-1} + X_1^e \in K[[X_2,X_3]][X_1]$$ and set $$\iota_1 \colon K[[X_2,X_3]] \hookrightarrow K[[X_1,...
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Is the deformation of a $C^{\infty}$-manifold over Artin local algebra trivial?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$Let $X$ be a compact $C^{\infty}$-manifold without boundary. Let $(A,m)$ be a Artin local $\mathbb{C}$-algebra such that $A/m\cong \mathbb{C}$. Intuitively, a ...
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Local diffeomorphism (étale maps) in terms of infinitesimal tubular neighborhood?
In this MO question I asked for some help with several definitions of formally etale maps. The definitions I'm asking about are 'isomorphism of tangent spaces', i.e the square below is a pullback
$$\...
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quasi-ordinary singularities on a versal deformation?
Let $V$ be a variety over $\mathbb{C}$ and suppose $O$ is a singular point of $V$. Are there conditions on $(V,O)$ such that a versal deformation $W$ of $(V,O)$ has only quasi-ordinary singularities.
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Homogeneous deformation of isolated singularities
Let $f\in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots,x_n]$ be a homogeneous polynomial of degree $p$ and let $F \in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots,x_n,t]$ be a polynomial such that $F(x_1, \dots, x_n,0)=f$, for every $t_0$ we have ...
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formal smoothness and McQuillan formal schemes
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, $A\rightarrow B$ be a continuous map of weakly admissible topological $k$-local algebras.
We assume that it is formally smooth and topologically of finite ...
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Infinitesimal neighbourhoods and simultaneous normalization
Let $B$ be a local, complete, integral $\mathbb{C}$-algebra of Krull dimension $1$ and $n:B \to \mathbb{C}[[t]]$ the normalization map. Given any local artinian $\mathbb{C}$-algebra $A$, we say that ...
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Power series ring $R[[X_1,\ldots,X_d]]$ over a domain $R$
Let $R$ be a domain and
\begin{align*}
T \,\colon= R[[X_1,\ldots,X_d]].
\end{align*}
Suppose that we have $d$ elements $f_1,\ldots,f_d \in T$ and let us consider an ideal $J$ of $T$ such that $(f_1,\...
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Base change and geometrically generic reduced fiber
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$ and $f:X \to Y$ be a quasi-projective morphism between noetherian $k$-schemes. Assume that $Y$ is regular and the geometric generic ...
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Power series rings and the formal generic fibre
Let $S = K[[S_1,\ldots,S_n]]$ and consider $d$ elements
\begin{equation*}
f_1,\ldots,f_d \in S[[X_1,\ldots,X_d]]
\end{equation*}
and the prime ideal ${\frak P} \colon\!= (f_1,\ldots,f_d)$ generated ...
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Explicit representative for an extension class
Let $A$ be a regular local ring and $I\subset A$ a complete intersection ideal.
We have the natural map $\delta:Hom_A(I,A/I)\rightarrow Ext_A^1(A/I,A/I)$.
For a given $\alpha\in Hom_A(I,A/I)$ is there ...
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