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Descent of $G$-invariant formal system of parameters using GAGF
Let $R=(R,\mathfrak{m})$ be a comm local regular ring of char $\neq 2$ (ie $2 \neq 0$ in $R$) with maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$ of (Krull) dimension $2$, ie $R$ admits system of parameters $x,y \in \...
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Irreducibility under etale ring map
Let $A\rightarrow B$ be a etale ring map between finite type algebra over algebraically closed field $k$.
If $A$ is one dimensional integral domain, is $B$ direct product of finite type integral ...
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Principle of degeneration as precursor of Zariski's connectedness theorem (geometric intuition)
I have following question about so-called "principle of degeneration"
in algebraic geometry (which in modern terms is an immediate consequence
of Zariski's main theorem and goes in it's ...
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Proj construction and nilpotent homogenous elements in graded ring
Let $A= \bigoplus_{n \ge 0} A_n$ be a commutative Noetherian graded ring and $f \in A_d$ a nonzero homogeneous element of degree $d>0$. The natural ring map $q:A \to A/(f)$ induces a well defined ...
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Symmetric 0-dimensional schemes with generic Hilbert function and Grassmannians
I've came across this problem while thinking about some properties of fat schemes.
Let me give you an explicit (motivating) example:
We have $S=\mathbb{C}[x,y,z]$, the coordinate ring of $\mathbb{P}^2$...
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Finite étale cover of factorial ring
Let $A$ be a regular factorial ring.
Consider $B=A[X]/(P)$ such that $B$ is finite étale over $A$. When do we have that $B$ is also factorial?
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Smooth morphisms under base change, Qing Liu's proposition 4.3.38
I have a concern about the first assertion in the proof of proposition 4.3.38 of Qing liu's "Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic Curves". Referring to smooth morphisms, he says "The ...
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Non-Noetherian (classical) algebraic geometry
My starting point for this question is that, in a very classical sense, algebraic geometry is the study of solution spaces of systems of polynomial equations over an algebraically closed field. It is ...
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Isbell Duality and Dualizing Scheme Objects
I'm not sure if this question is too elementary for MO; nevertheless, I have seen many helpful discussions surrounding this topic here. I'm interested in studying the adjunction $\operatorname{Spec}\...
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Under what conditions is an open subscheme of an affine scheme affine and what ring corresponds to it?
It is well known that an open subscheme of an affine scheme is not necessarily an affine one. But what are (if possible the most general) sufficient conditions for its affinity? And is it known how, ...
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Computing the automorphism scheme of projective space
$\newcommand{\Spec}{\operatorname{Spec}}$I'm trying to understand why $PGL_{n}$ is the automorphism scheme of $\mathbb{P}^{n-1}_{\mathbb{Z}}$.
In Conrad's Reductive Group Schemes, the following ...
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completion and tensor product
Let $A$ be a commutative ring, consider the map $Spec(A[[t]])\rightarrow Spec(A)$, does it have geometrically connected fibers?
If $A$ is noetherian, it is clear because one has for $k$ a residue ...
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Is a closed subsecheme contained in a Cartier divisor?
Let $X$ be a variety over a field $k$. For a closed subscheme $Z\hookrightarrow X$ and a closed point $x\in X$ such that $\text{codim}_XZ \geq 1$ and $x\notin |Z|$, is there an effective Cartier ...
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Constructibility of the locus of points where the fiber is an isomorphism modulo nilpotents
Let $f: X \rightarrow S$ be a finitely presented morphism of schemes and let $$E = \{s \in S \mid \text{ $X_s$ is a point with residue field $\kappa(s)$ } \}$$
Is $E$ a constructible set?
The basic ...
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Finite coverings by closed subschemes
Let $X$ be a scheme. Assume we have two closed subschemes $Y_1$, $Y_2$ that cover $X$ set-theoretically. Are there closed subschemes $Y'_1$, $Y'_2$ with the same underlying sets, such that the ...
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Meaning of "cut out (scheme-theoretically)"
Let $V$ be a projectively normal closed subvariety of some projective space over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{K}$. Let $R$ be the local ring at the vertex of the affine cone over $V$ ($R$ is ...
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What algebraic condition corresponds to injectivity of a morphism of varieties?
$\DeclareMathOperator{\Spec}{Spec}$
Let $X = \Spec A$, $Y = \Spec B$ be affine complex varieties, that is reduced $\mathbb{C}$-schemes of finite type. Equivalently we can say that $A$ and $B$ are ...
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Extending functors between K-algebras to schemes
Assume we have $K$ and $L$ (comm.) rings, and we have a functor $F$ from the category of $K$-Algebras to the category of $L$-Algebras (I work only with commutative rings). What conditions need to ...
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Vector bundles on complete rings
Given a ring $A$ and an ideal $I$, consider the completion $\hat{A}$. What does usually mean by a vector bundle on $\hat{A}$? One way is to consider projective $\hat{A}$-modules. Another one is a ...
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Finiteness of the integral closure of an integral domain in its field of fractions
I've just started reading John Milne's book ''Etale Cohomology". Prop. 1.1 of Sec 1 in Ch1 reads as
follows: If $X$ is a normal scheme and $X'\to X$ is its normalization in a certain finite ...
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etale locally infinitesimal lifting property
For a morphism $X\rightarrow Y$ of qcqs schemes, one has the usual notion of formal smoothness which says that for a pair $(R,I)$ with $I^2=0$, if there is a point $y\in Y(R)$ such that $y_{\vert R/I}$...
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Existence of integral extension of DVR satisfying some conditions
Let $X^{\prime}$ and $X$ be integral noether schemes over $\mathbb{C}$, and $p:X^{\prime}\rightarrow X$ be a surjective morphism.
Let $R$ be any discrete valuation ring over $\mathbb{C}$ with its ...
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How to understand the "boundary" of subscheme, as defined in "An elementary characterisation of Krull dimension"
In An elementary characterisation of Krull dimension and A short proof for the Krull dimension of a polynomial ring, Coquand, Lombardi, and Roy give an elementary characterization of Krull dimension, ...
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Base change of normalization map and scheme-theoretic surjectivity
Let $C$ be an affine, integral curve and $f: \widetilde{C} \to C$ be its normalization. Let $g:D \to C$ be a finite, affine, surjective morphism (note $D$ need not be reduced, but can assume ...
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Sections of non-reduced schemes
Let $X$ be an affine, irreducible (complex), generically reduced, scheme containing an embedded point, say at $x \in X$. Suppose further dimension of $X$ is strictly positive (can assume to be one ...
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Necessary condition to extend a morphism of schemes
Consider two schemes $X,Y$ over a locally noetherian scheme $S$. Let $p \in X$ and assume that $X$ is irreducible and not affine spectrum of a semilocal ring.
We assume moreover we have a morphism $...
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On an application of the going-down theorem of Cohen-Seidenberg in Mumford
There is a following result in Mumford's red book of schemes (Chapter II Section 8). Here $R$ is a valuation ring with algebraically closed fraction field $k$.
Let $Z \subset \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be an ...
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Question about the statement of the going-down theorem of Cohen-Seidenberg in Mumford
In Mumford's red book the statement of the Going-Down Theorem (Chapter II Section 8) is as follows.
Let $f: X \to Y$ be a finite morphism. Assume that $Y$ is an irreducible normal scheme. Assume that ...
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Closed points of a closed subscheme of $\mathbb{P}^n$ over the residue field and the fraction field of a valuation ring $R$
Let $(R, M)$ be a valuation ring with algebraically closed fraction field $k$. Let $L = R/M$ be the residue field of $R$; it follows that $L$ is algebraically closed. I would like to understand the ...
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Henselization and completions of local rings & schemes
That's the second part of my coarse becoming acquainted with Henselizations of fields and local rings. (in this question we focus on local rings as it is more algebro geometric motivated). So let $(R,...
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Bass theorem on non-affine scheme
A famous theorem of Bass tells that over a noetherian ring $A$, with $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$ connected, every projective module of infinite type is free.
Now, consider a connected noetherian scheme $...
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Regular morphisms and formal power series
Let $A$ be a local noetherian ring. When (besides when $A$ is excellent) do we have that $\operatorname{Spec}(A[[t]])\rightarrow \operatorname{Spec}(A[t])$ is regular?
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Gluing two points in an affine algebraic variety
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, $A$ a finitely generated $k$-algebra. Let $x,y$ be two distinct closed points of $\mathrm{Spec}(A)$. Is there an affine $k$-scheme of finite type obtained ...
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Beauville-Laszlo for schemes
For a commutative ring $A$ and $f\in A$ a non-zero divisor, the Beauville-Laszlo theorem gives a gluing statement for vector bundles on $A$ in terms of a vector bundle on $A\big[\frac{1}{f}\big]$, a ...
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Affine cone example
Consider the complete intersection ideal ${\displaystyle (f,g_{1},g_{2},g_{3})\subset \mathbb {C} [x_{0},\ldots ,x_{n}]}$ and let $X$ be a projective variety defined by the (product) ideal sheaf ${\...
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Equivalence between categories of affine schemes over $X$ and representable functors $\operatorname{Points}(x) \to \operatorname{Sets}$
I am reading Strickland - Formal schemes and formal groups. For a functor $X\colon \operatorname{Rings}\to \operatorname{Sets}$, he defines (2.14) the category of $\operatorname{Points}(X)$ in the ...
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Smallest non-vanishing index of Local-Cohomology and Ext functor, as in the definition of depth, for not necessarily affine schemes
Let $(Z,\mathcal O_Z)$ be a closed subscheme of a Noetherian scheme $(X,\mathcal O_X)$. Then there is an ideal sheaf $\mathcal J$ on $X$ such that $i_*(\mathcal O_Z) \cong \mathcal O_X/\mathcal J$ , ...
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Locus of trivialization of an extension of a vector bundle
Let $X$ be a normal noetherian affine scheme. Let $j:U\rightarrow X$ be a codimension two open of $X$ and $\mathcal{E}$ a vector bundle on $U$.
We assume that $j_*\mathcal{E}$ is a vector bundle. In ...
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Relation between $\mathrm{Proj}(A[tI])$ and $\mathrm{Proj}(A[tJ])$ for ideals $I$ and $J$ of $A$ with $I^2 \subset J \subset I$
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ a noetherian local $k$-algebra.
Let $I$ and $J$ be two ideals of $A$ with $I^2 \subset J \subset I$.
Let $A[tI] = \bigoplus\limits_{i\geq 0} t^i I^i$ and $A[tJ] = \...
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Noetherian affine schemes for which localization computes the values of the structure sheaf
Is there a non-tautological characterization of the class of commutative unital Noetherian rings satisfying the following property: for any open subset $U$ of the topological space of $\mathrm{Spec}\,...
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depth and extension of sections
Let $S$ be an affine scheme, $X$ smooth affine over $S$ and $U$ an open subset of $X$, fiberwise of codimension at least two.
Suppose that we have a function on $U$, can we extend it to $X$?
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Separable extensions & topology vs inseparable extensions and algebra
In the note Properties of fibers and applications, Osserman writes above Definition 1.5:
Intuitively, the point is that phenomena relating to topology
can only change under separable extensions, ...
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Is a scheme Noetherian if its topological space and its stalks are?
Is a scheme being Noetherian equivalent to the underlying topological space being Noetherian and all its stalks being Noetherian?
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Embedding a finite morphism into a finite morphism of smooth varieties
Let $f\colon X\to Y$ be a finite morphism of quasiprojective varieties (I’m most interested in the case that $f$ is normalization and the varieties are over $\Bbb C$). Is the following statement true (...
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Picard group and reduced schemes
$\DeclareMathOperator\Pic{Pic}$If $A$ is a ring, then we know that $\Pic(A)=\Pic(A_\text{red})$, but for a scheme $X$ it is false in general.
On the other hand, we have that $\Pic(X)=H^{1}_{et}(X,\...
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When spreading out a scheme, does the choice of max ideal matter?
I'm looking at Serre's paper How to use Finite Fields for Problems Concerning Infinite Fields. Specifically I'm trying to use the techniques in the proof of Theorem 1.2 to write out the details of the ...
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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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