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Generic reducedness of geometric generic fibre
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a surjective morphism between two projective schemes over a field of characteristic $p>0$. Also assume that $X$ is smooth,$Y$ smooth & irreducible and $f_*\mathcal{O}_X=\...
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About Chern classes via Atiyah class
I am trying to understand a construction of the Chern classes of a vector bundle $\mathcal{E}$ via the Atiyah class, like is done in this text and here in section 1.4. I am interested in the case ...
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How to think of algebraic geometry in characteristic p?
How does a working mathematician usually think about algebraic geometry in characteristic $p$? For the sake of concreteness, and to make things more "geometric" (whatever that means), let's ...
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What are the finite étale coverings of a quasi-hyperelliptic surface?
Let $X$ be a quasi-hyperelliptic surface in characteristic 3 where the canonical bundle $K_X$ is trivial.
Question: Is there a finite étale covering $Y \rightarrow X$ such that
$Y$ is an abelian ...
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Shafarevich conjecture for Abelian varieties over global function fields
Let $S$ be a finite set of places of a global function field $K$. Are there finitely many Abelian varieties over $K$ with good reduction outside $S$? What if we exclude isotrivial families?
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A regular, geometrically reduced but non-smooth curve
Can anyone give an example of a projective, regular, geometrically reduced but non-smooth curve ?
Of course, the base field should be imperfect.
In Exercise 4.3.22 of Qing Liu's book Algebraic ...
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Relative compactification without resolutions of singularities
Let $Y$ be a smooth proper variety over a field $k$, let $X$ be a smooth variety over $k$, $U\hookrightarrow X$ the complement of a strict normal crossing divisor and $\phi\colon U\to Y$ a map. By ...
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Boundary divisor of an equivariant compactification of a non-trivial twist of $\mathbb{G}_a^n$
Let $K$ be a non-perfect field of positive characteristic. Then there exist non-trivial forms of $\mathbb{G}_a^n$ which split over finite purely inseparable extensions of $K$, i.e., algebraic groups $...
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Points with residue fields having big inseparability degree cannot be contained in smooth hypersurfaces
Let $X$ be a $k$-scheme over imperfect field $k$ and $x \in X $ some (reduced) point with residue field $\kappa(x) = \mathcal{O}_{X,x}/ \mathfrak{m}_x$. How to check that if $\kappa(x)$ has "big ...
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What are the possibilities of the general fibres in an Iitaka fibration?
This question is motivated by complex algebraic geometry.
If $X$ is a complex algebraic variety with Kodaira dimension in $[1,\dim X-1]$, then the Iitaka fibration (the rational map induced by the ...
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Torsion of Fermat hypersurfaces
An interesting invariant of a rationally chain-connected variety $X/k$ is the exponent of the group,
$$ \ker{(\mathrm{CH}_0(X_K) \xrightarrow{\deg} \mathbb{Z})} $$
where $K = k(X)$ is the function ...
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Resolution of singularities of the resultant locus
We consider projective space of dimension $n$ as the parameter space of degree $n$ polynomials in one variable. Then, I am interested in resolving the singularities of the "resultant locus" $...
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Degree-2 étale covers of curves in characteristic 2 vs torsion points on the Jacobian
It can be found, at Hartshorne exercise 4.2.7 for example, that in the case where $\operatorname{char}(k) \neq 2$ we have a nice correspondence between etale degree 2 covers of a curve $C$ and 2-...
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Is the theta characteristic attached to an etale double cover of a plane quintic arising from a cubic threefold even in characteristic two?
We work over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $2$. Let $X$ be a cubic threefold realized as a conic bundle via $f: X \to \mathbb{P}^2$ (after blowing up some line). Let $C \to \...
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Perfectoid approach to resolution of singularities in char $p$
Since perfectoid techniques have built a bridge between char $0$ and char $p$ worlds, it is conceivable that they can be applied to resolution of singularities in char $p$ using their successful ...
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Lie algebroid in algebraic geometry
When I did net-surfing at home, I met some geometric backgrounds of Lie algebras and encountered the concept of Lie algebroids. In differential geometry, a Lie algebroid seems to be defined as ...
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Künneth formula for algebraic de Rham cohomology
Let $X$ and $Y$ be finite type schemes over a field $k$, and let $H^i(X/k)$ denote the $i$-th algebraic de Rham cohomology group of $X$ over $k$. I'm interested in the extent to which a Künneth ...
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Resolving the "wild" singularities of $\mathbb A^n/C_n$
Let the cyclic group on $n$ elements, $C_n$, act on $\mathbb A^n$ by permuting the co-ordinates (over a field $k$). If $n \neq 0 \in k$, we can resolve the singularities of $X = \mathbb A^n/C_n$ by ...
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Does perfect fraction field imply perfect residue field?
Let $A$ be a local integral domain of characteristic $p$. Let $K$ be the fraction field and let $k$ be the residue field of $A$. If $K$ is perfect, is $k$ necessarily perfect?
Thoughts:
If $A$ is ...
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Explicit description of wonderful compactification for PGL_3
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristics. Let $X$ be the wonderful compactification of $PGL_3$ (see for example section 6 of "Frobenius Splitting Methods in Geometry ...
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de Rham Witt complex vs. de Rham complex of the Witt ring
I am reading the paper "Revisiting the de Rham-Witt complex" by Bhatt-Lurie-Mathew and I am a bit confused about the difference between $W\Omega_R^*$ and $\hat{\Omega}^*_{W(R)}$.
Let $\...
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Example of a smooth projective family of varieties in characteristic $p$ where the Hodge numbers jump
Let $\mathbb F$ be an algebraic closure of the field of order $p$. Let $S=\textrm{Spec}(\mathbb F[[z]])$ with special point $s$ and generic point $\eta$. I'm looking for an example of a smooth ...
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Obstruction for points to be contained in smooth hypersurfaces in tterms of inseparability degree of residue field
Let $k$ be an imperfect field of char $p>0$ and
$x \in \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be closed point of projective space.
In this discussion Qing Liu wrote that
Over an imperfect field, a reduced point can not ...
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Automorphisms over finite field that do not lift to an automorphism in characteristic zero
My main question is the following: is there an automorphism of the affine space $\mathbb{A}^n$ (automorphism of an algebraic variety) defined over a finite field which does not lift to an automorphism ...
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Reference request: Radicial morphisms & Jacobson-Bourbaki correspondence
My name is Chemy (Przemysław). I am a PhD student at UvA (Amsterdam), and I work on projects related to foliations in algebraic geometry in positive characteristic. Therefore I am avidely reading two ...
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What are supersingular varieties?
For varieties over a field of characteristic $p$, I saw people talking about supersingular varieties.
I wanted to ask "why are supersingular varieties interesting". However, as I don't want to ask an ...
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p-torsion in the Picard group of a regular projective curve
Let $K$ be a field of characteristic $p>0$ and $C$ a regular projective geometrically integral curve over $K$.
If $C$ is smooth, then the connected component ${\rm Pic}^0_C$ of the Picard scheme of ...
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Non-noetherian Cartier Isomorphism
A result in positive characteristic is that if $R/\mathbb{F}_p$ is a smooth ring, then we have a Cartier isomorphism
$$\Omega_{R}^\bullet\cong H^\bullet(\Omega_R^\bullet)$$
which is essentially ...
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Borel-Weil-Bott theorem for wonderful compactification in characteristic p
Are there any known results for a Borel-Weil-Bott theorem for the wonderful compactifications over characteristic $p$ (i.e., theorems that classify the cohomologies of all line bundles on a wonderful ...
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Lifting $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triples
Let
$k$ be an algebraically closed field,
$G$ a (smooth, connected) reductive algebraic group over $k$,
$H$ a (smooth, connected) reductive group of semisimple rank 1, and
$T$ a maximal torus in $H$.
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Do we have Hodge symmetry for char $p$?
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over a field $k$. Let $h^{p,q}=dim_k H^q(X,\Omega_{X/k}^p)$ be the Hodge numbers.
If $k$ is of char $0$, by Lefschetz principle, we always have Hodge symmetry, i....
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What direction does the derivation of an inseparable algebraic variable point in?
I've been thinking about the geometry of inseparable field extensions lately, since I'm studying smoothness in commutative rings in an advanced topics course this semester. I've generally come to the ...
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Katz's proof of Cartier's (descent) theorem
I am trying to understand the proof of Cartier’s theorem on pages 370-371 (pages 17-18 of the PDF file) of Katz’s “Nilpotent connections and the monodromy theorem: applications of a result of ...
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Reconstruct a variety from its crystalline topos
Let $k$ be a perfect field of positive characteristic. Let $X$ be a smooth projective geometrically connected $k$-scheme with a $k$-point.
Can we reconstruct $X$ from its small crystalline topos $((X/...
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An Azumaya algebra from a vector bundle, and a construction of Belov-Kanel and Kontsevich
Let $S/k$ be a scheme over a perfect field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$.
In Automorphisms of the Weyl Algebra, Belov-Kanel and Kontsevich write down the map
$$\alpha: H^0(\Omega^1_{S/k}/d\mathcal O) ...
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Frobenius endomorphism is not flat
I am actually going through "Twenty four hours of local cohomology". They discuss the Frobenius endomorphism in Chapter 21. Here is the Exercise 21.6 which I am finding hard to solve:
Find a ...
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Etale covers of the affine line
In characteristic p there are nontrivial etale covers of the affine line, such as those obtained by adjoining solutions to x^2 + x + f(t) = 0 for f(t) in k[t]. Using an etale cohomology computation ...
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Equivalent statements of the Riemann hypothesis in the Weil conjectures
In the cohomological incarnation, the Riemann hypothesis part of the Weil conjectures for a smooth proper scheme of finite type over a finite field with $q$ elements says that: the eigenvalues of ...
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Which 'well-known' algebraic geometric results do not hold in characteristic 2?
A smooth curve $X$ in $\mathbb{P}^n$ is strange if there is a point $p$ which lies on all the tangent lines of $X$.
Examples are $\mathbb{P}^1$ is strange and so is $y=x^2$ in characteristic $2$. ...
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Orlik-Solomon algebra and hyperplane complements in positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p\geq 0$, $\underline H:=\{H_1,\dots, H_m\}$ a set of hyperplanes in $\mathbb A_k^n$ and $X:=\mathbb A^n-(\bigcup H_i)$.
Given a ring $R$ ...
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Maximal closed subscheme stable under the action of a finite connected group scheme
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p>0$, $X$ a smooth projective $k$-variety and $Y\subseteq X$ a closed irreducible subvariety. Let $G$ be a connected finite $k$-group scheme acting on $X$.
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Reference for de Rham cohomology in positive characteristic
It is known in characteristic $0$ that (algebraic) de Rham cohomology is a Weil cohomology theory. However, in characteristic $p > 0$ it isn't, if only because it has mod $p$ coefficients, whereas ...
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Liouville property in the Bost theorem on foliations
Let $X$ be a smooth algebraic variety over a number field $K$, and let $\mathcal{F}$ be an involutive coherent subsheaf of the tangent bundle. After a pullback to $\mathbb{C}$, $\mathcal{F}_\mathbb{C}$...
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Mirror symmetry mod p?! ... Physics mod p?!
In his answer to this question, Scott Carnahan mentions "mirror symmetry mod p". What is that?
(Some kind of) Gromov-Witten invariants can be defined for varieties over fields other than $\mathbb{C}$...
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de Rham Bloch-Ogus theory in positive characteristic
In their famous paper Gersten's conjecture and the homology of schemes, one of the results that Bloch and Ogus prove is that the second page of the coniveau spectral sequence for $X$ smooth over a ...
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A short proof for simple connectedness of the projective line
The Riemann-Hurwitz formula implies that the projective line $\mathbb{P}^1_K$ over any algebraically closed field $K$ is simply connected (i.e., $\pi_1^{et}(\mathbb{P}^1_K) = 1$; equivalently, if $\...
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If the Frobenius endomorphism of a characteristic $p$ ring is epimorphic, is it surjective?
MO question 19282 is about integral epimorphisms of commutative rings, and a counterexample is given to surjectivity. What about the case of the Frobenius endomorphism of a commutative, characteristic ...
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A variant on characteristic $p$ de Rham cohomology
I was thinking about de Rham cohomology in characteristic $p$, and in particular the recent question about Poincare residues, and I came up with the following construction.
Let $k$ be a perfect field ...
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Is there a nice proof of the fact that there are (p-1)/24 supersingular elliptic curves in characteristic p?
If $k$ is a characteristic $p$ field containing a subfield with $p^2$ elements (e.g., an algebraic closure of $\mathbb{F}_p$), then the number of isomorphism classes of supersingular elliptic curves ...
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Have people successfully worked with the full ring of differential operators in characteristic p?
This question is inspired by an earlier one about the possibility of using the full ring of differential operators on a flag variety to develop a theory of localization in characteristic $p$. (Here ...
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