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Recovering the Zariski topology from the Zariski topology over an extension
Suppose $A$ is a $k$-algebra, with $k$ a field, and let $\ell$ be a field extension of $k$. Is there an easy way to see/recover $\mathrm{Spec}(A)$ in/from $\mathrm{Spec}(A \otimes_k \ell)$, using the ...
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Formally unramified morphisms and open diagonals
Let $R\to S$ be a commutative unital $R$-algebra with dual arrow $X\to Y$. If I understand correctly, an open diagonal $\Delta_{X/Y}:X\to X\times _YX$ always implies $X\to Y$ is formally unramified, ...
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universally open and connected fibers
Let $A$ be a coherent ring, and consider the map:
$Spec(A[[t]])\rightarrow Spec(A)$,
in particular, we know that it's flat. Is it universally open? Does it have connected fibers?
N.B: Easy if A is ...
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Closed points and the absolute Galois group
Suppose $\chi$ is a scheme of finite type over the field $k$; define $\overline{\chi} := \chi \otimes_{\mathrm{Spec}(k)} \mathrm{Spec}(\overline{k})$, with $\overline{k}$ an algebraic closure of $k$. ...
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Idea behind Grothendieck's proof that formally smooth implies flat?
From this answer I learned that Grothendieck proved the following result.
Theorem. Every formally smooth morphism between locally noetherian schemes is flat.
The book Smoothness, Regularity, and ...
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Formal smoothness implies local freeness of the sheaf of relative differentials
What is the least restrictive finiteness assumptions guaranteeing that for a formally smooth morphism of schemes $f:X\rightarrow Y$, the sheaf of relative differentials $\Omega _{X/Y}$ would be ...
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characterisation of regular morphisms
Recall that a morphism of schemes $X\rightarrow Y$ is regular if it's flat with geometric fibres that are regular schemes.
Fix a field $k$ and consider a morphism $f:X\rightarrow Y$ of noetherian $k$-...
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Geometry of componentially locally strongly separable algebras
Janelidze's categorical Galois theory yields, for nice adjunctions, a good notion of covering morphism.
The category of finitely affine schemes admits such an adjunction into the category of ...
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Description of the equalizer of $\prod _j R/I_j \rightrightarrows \prod _{i,j}R/(I_i+I_j)$
This is a crosspost of this MSE question.
I have asked several questions in an attmept to get a general version of the Chinese remainder theorem without conditions on the ideals which will trivially ...
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Irreducible component of a scheme over a dvr
Let $\mathcal M$ be a (reduced) quasi-projective scheme over a dvr (of mixed caracteristics), $R$. Suppose that the generic fiber $\mathcal M_{\eta_R}$ is (nonempty) smooth and irreducible of ...
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On Q-Cartier Divisors
I have my question on Q-Cartier Weil divisor.
People say $D$ is Q-Cartier divisor if $nD$ is Cartier for some $n \geq 1$. Especially for $n > 1$, I have never seen the `rigorous' definition of $...
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completion of non-finitely generated ideal
Let consider $A=k[x_{1},x_{2}...]$, the polynomial ring with countably many indeterminates.
Then we can consider the completion $\hat{A}=\varprojlim_{r,l}k[x_{1},x_{2},..]/(x_{1}^{r},..x_{l}^{r},x_{l+...
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going down theorem
Typical maps that satisfy "going down theorem" are flat morphisms and integral extensions of normal rings that are integral.
Let $Spec(B)\rightarrow Spec(A)$ be a finite type morphism of k-noetherian ...
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Weierstrass division theorem for henselian rings
Let $A$ be an henselian local noetherian ring. There is an old result of Lafon ("Anneaux henséliens et théorème de préparation" (1967)), which says that if $A$ is analytically normal and of ...
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Affine communication lemma and finite limits in the category of rings
Let $X$ be a scheme and $\mathrm{Spec}(B) = V \subseteq X$ be an open affine subset. When using the affine communication lemma (c.f. Theorem 6.3.2, Vakil's notes, Foundations of Algebraic Geometry), ...
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Flatness of Normalization of regular schemes
I have a followup to the following question: Flatness of normalization.
Suppose that $X$ is a regular scheme (of finite type over a $\mathbb{C}$ if one wants) and $X'$ is the normalization of $X$ in ...
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Minimal fields of isomorphism for varieties
Let $V$ be an algebraic variety over a field $K$. Is there a constant $d = d(V) \in \mathbb{N}$ such that for any variety $W$ defined over $K$ and isomorphic to $V$ over the algebraic closure of $K$, ...
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A naive algebraic geometry question
Suppose $X$ is a scheme over a ring $A$, $B$ is an $A$-algebra, and $X\times_AB$ is affine. I am looking for conditions on $A$ and $B$ (and perhaps the structure morphism of $X$ over $A$) that will ...
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Cohen-Macaulayness of the scheme of centralizer
Let $G$ be a simply connected group over an algebraically closed field $k$, and
$I:=\{(g,\gamma)\in G\times G\vert~ g\gamma=\gamma g\}$
the scheme of centralizer.
Is $I$ a Cohen-Macaulay scheme ...
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Subset of Spec(A) realized as inverse image of some Spec(B)
Let $A$ be a (commutative) ring and $U$ be an arbitrary subset of $\mathrm{Spec}(A)$. Do there exist a ring $B$ and a ring homomorphism $\varphi\colon A\to B$ such that $\varphi^{-1}(\mathrm{Spec}(B))=...
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semicontinuity of the conductor defined by Temkin
We say a principal pair $(X,\mathcal{I})$ where $X=Spec(A)$ is affine scheme and $\mathcal{I}=\tilde{I}$ where $I\subset A$ is a principal ideal generated by $\pi$ wich is a non zero divisor.
For a ...
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Minimal number of generators for $A^n$
Let $A$ be a commutative ring and $n \in \mathbb{N}$. What is the minimal number $e_A(n)$ of generators of the $A$-algebra $A^n$? Here is what I already know (I can add proofs if necessary) from a ...
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Two definitions of smoothness?
This is confusing, there appear to be possibly two definitions of smoothness in algebraic geometry for a morphism $f: X \rightarrow Y$ of schemes of finite type over an arbitrary field $k$.
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Nonnegative additive functions on coherent sheaves
Let $(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$ be a Noetherian integral scheme and let $g$ be a (numerical) additive nonnegative function from coherent $\mathcal{O}_X$-modules to $[0,\infty)$. This question may be well ...
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Flat family of normal schemes over a normal base
Let $f \colon X \to Y$ be a flat morphism of schemes over $\mathbb{C}$. Suppose that $Y$ is normal and that the fibers over the closed points of $Y$ are all normal.
Can I say something about the ...
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Affine scheme on spec(A) of a ring A as the sheafification of a pre-sheave on spec(A)?
It is obvious that there is a parallel between the definition of structure sheaf of $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$
versus the sheafification of a pre-sheaf.
The definition of the sheaf $\mathscr F^+$ ...
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Extending properties of commutative rings to schemes
I'm trying to pin down the various ways we can extend a property of commutative rings to a corresponding property for schemes. Let $P$ be a property of commutative rings. We could define a scheme $(X,\...
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Ring-theoretic characterization of open affines?
Background
Recall that, given two commutative rings $A$ and $B$, the set of morphisms of rings $A\to B$ is in bijection with the set of morphisms of schemes $\mathrm{Spec}(B)\to\mathrm{Spec}(A)$. ...
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