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Homotopy colimit description of stacks

Let $F$ be an Artin stack. If $p: X \to F$ is an atlas for $F$, can we express $F$, in the $\infty$-category ${\rm Shv}^{\acute{et}}(k)$ of higher stacks, as a homotopy colimit over the simplicial ...
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Compact generation of quasicoherent sheaves on mapping stack

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $0$, and let $\mathcal{C}= \mathbf{Vect}_k^{\leq 0}$ be the $\infty$-category of vector spaces concentrated in degrees $\leq 0$. Consider the category $\mathbf{Pr}(...
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Where does one go to learn about DG-algebras?

The theory of differential graded algebras (in char 0) and their modules has numerous applications in rational homotopy theory as well as algebraic geometry. I'm looking for a reasonably complete ...
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Koszul-Tate Resolution for Subvarieties of $\mathbb P^n$

All varieties appearing below are assumed smooth projective over $\mathbb C$ and all vector bundles, sections etc are assumed to be algebraic/holomorphic. We use the word resolution to mean quasi-...
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Elementary (English) reference for the cotangent complex?

I'm trying to understand cotangent complexes and their role in deformation theory, and later the statement that they're somehow natural in a derived scheme/stack. I understand that the standard ...
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Tannaka duality for $DG$ indschemes

In Lurie's paper on Tannaka duality for geometric stacks he proves that there is a natural isomorphism $$\operatorname{Hom}(X,Y) \cong \operatorname{Hom}(\mathbf{QC}(Y), \mathbf{QC}(X)$$ where $X$ and ...
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Specific Example of a Morphism of Schemes for which the Push-Pull Morphism is not an Isomorphism

Consider a Cartesian diagram of schemes as follows: $\require{AMScd} \begin{CD} X \times_Z Y @>{\tilde{\pi}}>> Y\\ @VV{\tilde{\phi}}V @VV{\phi}V\\ X @>{\pi}>> Z \end{CD}$ From the ...
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Comparing derived categories of quasi-coherent sheaves in the lisse-etale and the big etale toplogy on an algebraic stack

I am trying to understand the proof of Proposition 1.4.2. in "A study of derived algebraic geometry Volume 1" by Gaitsgory-Rozenblyum. http://www.math.harvard.edu/~gaitsgde/GL/QCohBook.pdf, page 8. ...
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Why does the following construction describe the Serre functor?

In the book "Spectral Agebraic Geometry" that Jacob Lurie is currently writing, he gives a construction (11.1.5.1), which describes the Serre functor: it has already been shown that any proper $A$-...
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$\infty$-operads and $E_\infty$-algebras

I work in algebraic geometry. Lately, the answer to most of my questions seems to be "you should read Lurie's Higher Algebra." I took this advice seriously, however it turned out not to be an easy ...
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relative spectrum in derived algebraic geometry

I am trying to understand how much it is possible to extend the notion of spectrum of a qcoh sheaf of algebras to stacks. More precisely, given a scheme $S$ and a stack $F$ of cohomological cdga's ...
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Derived completion of complexes

Suppose $K$ is a bounded above complex of free abelian groups, and take its derived $\ell$-adic completion $K^{\wedge,\ell} = R\lim (K/\ell^n)$ in the derived category, for $\ell$ a prime. If $K\to L$...
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Is every algebraic space a 1-geometric stack?

In many references (Toen, Higher and derived stacks: a global overview, Toen, Vezzosi, Homotopical algebraic geometry II, and so on), the definition of $n$-geometric stack appears. In the non-derived ...
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How can we construct a derived scheme as a gluing of derived schemes?

More precisely, consider a Segal groupoid $X_*$ in an infinity category of derived schemes : dSch In Toen's note, 'Derived Algebraic Geometry', he defines a 1-Artin stacks as a homotopy colimits of ...
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Global functions algebra of formal (infinity) groupoid associated to Lie (infinity) algebroid

I was wondering if there is a smooth (sophisticated) way to associate the algebra of global functions of formal groupoid associated to Lie-Rinehart algebra (considered as 1-stack) to its Chevalley-...
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What to expect from spectral algebraic geometry

So I've been trying to learn some derived algebraic geometry, and I've chosen to approach the subject from the perspective of spectral or "brave new" algebraic geometry. Without having to go through ...
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Interpretation of the cohomology of compact lie groups and their classifying spaces in DAG?

I'll be using homological grading throughout this question. Let $G$ be a compact connected lie group. The following isomorphisms are classical and can be proven using several methods: $$H^{\bullet}(...
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Can "ampleness" be detected inside the derived category?

Let $X$ be an algebraic variety (separated quasi-compact scheme of finite type) over a field $k$. One of the possible definitions of an ample line bundle goes as follows: Def 1: A line bundle $\...
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The lisse-etale site and derived algebraic geometry

If one reads say Olsson's book on algebraic stacks or Laumon-Moret-Bailly. The lisse-etale topology is used to define quasi-coherent sheaves and the cotangent complex (or rather cutoff's of the ...
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Reference for symplectic structures on schemes?

My original goal was to read the PTVV paper Shifted Symplectic Structures https://arxiv.org/pdf/1111.3209v4.pdf. I was quickly humbled! Being told the theory ought to generalize symplectic structures ...
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vanishing of higher homotopy sheaves of cotangent complex

Let $X$ be a $\mathbb{C}$-scheme and suppose that there is an isomorphism (in the derived category of qc-sheaves on $X$) between the cotangent complex, $\mathbb{L}_{X}$, and its 0th homotopy sheaf, ...
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Categorification of definitions in the context of the derived category of quasi-coherent sheaves

Let $SpecA=X$ be an affine noetherian scheme. Let $QCoh(X)$ denote the derived (stable $\infty$-)category of quasi-coherent sheaves on $X$. There are the following special full subcategories spanned ...
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Why do motivic stacks make sense?

In the paper "Motivic model categories and motivic derived algebraic geometry", Yuki Kato, whose email-address I sadly couldn't find out, describes a procedure to "motivy" the objects of any $(\infty,...
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Who are the compact generators in the derived category of $\mathcal{D}_X$-modules?

Let $X$ be a smooth affine variety over $\mathbb{C}$ and let $\mathcal{D}_X$ be its algebra of differential operators. Consider $\mathcal{C}=\mathcal{D}_X$-$\text{mod}$, the stable $\infty$ category ...
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Derived global functions on (derived) stacks $BG$ and $G/G$

In Toen's Affine Stacks, he computes that $\mathcal{O}(B\mathbb{G}_a) = k[\epsilon]$ with $|\epsilon| = 1$ and trivial differential (where here $\mathcal{O}$ is computed in a derived sense, and we ...
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Closed symmetric monoidal structure on the derived category of modules whose unit is a dualizing complex?

Let $A$ be non-positively graded commutative DG-algebra almost of finite type over a field $k$ of characteristic $0$. Most of these assumptions (affine, commutative, characteristic, bound) are only to ...
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What are projective morphisms in derived algebraic geometry

I was curious if someone could point me to a reference or tell me if there is any notion of projective morphism between derived schemes? What about a notion of Proj? Also I am interested in what blow-...
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derived schemes and perfect obstruction theories

In a survey article of Toen's it is claimed that that there is forgetful $\infty$-functor between the $\infty$-category of derived schemes locally of finite presentation over a field $k$ and the $\...
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Derived stack 2-perfect complexes and derived equivalences

Let $X$ be a scheme of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$. Toën and Vaquié construct the derived stack of perfect complexes on $X$, which I will denote $\mathcal{DP}er(X)$. They prove that this derived ...
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Connections between various generalized algebraic geometries (Toen-Vaquié, Durov, Diers, Lurie)?

As far as I know, there are four possible ways to generalize algebraic geometry by 'simply' replacing the basic category of rings with something similar but more general: $\bullet$ In the approach by ...
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Exterior tensor of derived categories of coherent sheaves

Let $X, Y$ be Noetherian perfect derived stacks over $S$ a regular perfect derived stack. Consider the exterior tensor functor $$\text{DCoh}(X) \otimes_{\text{DCoh}(S)} \text{DCoh}(Y) \rightarrow \...
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Is it always possible to write a scheme as a colimit of affine schemes?

My question is: Is it possible to write any scheme as a (1-categorical) colimit of a diagram of affines? If no, what are some examples? I ask this question because I have read that one can write any ...
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Twisted derived Morita theory of schemes

It has been proved by Toën and Lunts-Schnürer that the dg category $\mathrm{L}_{qcoh}(X\times Y)$ of quasi-coherent sheaves over the product of two quasi-compact, quasi separated (and flat over a ...
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Is there a derived geometric interpretation of morse functions?

Given a smooth affine scheme $X = \mathbb{V}(g)$ over a field of characteristic 0, let $f:X \to \mathbb{A}^1$ be a morphism of schemes. Then, the critical locus is given by $\pi_*(dg \cap df)$ for $\...
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derived invariants, perversity and modular coefficients

Let $\pi:X\rightarrow Y$ a Galois cover of finite type schemes over $\mathbb{C}$ of group $\Gamma$. Let $n$ an integer such that it is not prime with the order of $\Gamma$. Then $\pi_{*}\mathbb{Z}/n\...
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Motivic Interpretation of Rationally Trivial Cycles

The Chow groups are defined by taking groups of cycles modulo rationally trivial cycles. One then has a cycle class map to etale cohomology (over the base field), and for a number field, one expects ...
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Does the Amitsur complex have a universal property?

The question is essentially the title. In other words, is there some universal property that the Amitsur complex for a morphism of rings $\phi:A\to B$ satisfies as a cosimplicial ring, or cosimplicial ...
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Motivation and potential applications of spectral algebraic geometry

Nowadays there is a lot of talk about derived algebraic geometry, but not so much about the related subject of spectral algebraic geometry. Now I'm curious what future is there for spectral algebraic ...
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Derived equivalent varieties with differing integral Mukai-Hodge structures?

For a smooth projective complex variety $X$ of dimension $n$, let $H^i(X)$ denote its integral Hodge structure of weight $i$. Define $\tilde{ H^0}(X) = \bigoplus H^{2i}(X)\otimes \Bbb Z(i)$ and $\...
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On a theorem of Hopkins-Neeman-Thomason on generators of thick subcategories of perfect complexes

Notations and background. Let $R$ be a commutative noetherian local ring and let $D(R)$ denote the derived category of the category of R-modules. A strictly perfect complex on $R$ is a bounded complex ...
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Given a map of classifying spaces, can the target be described as a groupoid quotient of the source mod some action of some (co)kernel?

Let $H \to G$ be a homomorphism of affine algebraic groups (over characteristic $0$, if it matters). The case I care most about is when $H \to G$ is an inclusion. There is a corresponding map $f: \...
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Integral transform on noncommutative spaces

In their paper "Integral Transforms and Drinfeld Centers in Derived Algebraic Geometry" the authors show that for perfect stacks $X$ and $Y$ over $k$, and their $k$-linear $\infty$-categories of ...
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Classifying Spaces and Eilenberg-Maclane objects in the category of simplicial rings

[Skip down to the bottom for a correction] Let's work over a field k, assume it is as nice as you need it to be.. Suppose I have an ordinary (edit: commutative) affine group scheme G = Spec(A) over k, ...
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Which properties of a variety are detected by its derived category of coherent sheaves?

Context: I'm giving an informal seminar/reading group collection of talks on derived categories, following on from earlier talks giving the abstract definition. I am starting to talk about $\mathcal{...
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quotient a scheme by a stratified vector bundle

Let $k$ be a field. Let $X$ be a $k$-scheme of finite type, normal and integral. We consider $f,g:R\rightarrow X$ an equivalence relation, surjective and such that it is a stratified vector bundle, i....
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On a question motivating Lurie's treatment of formal moduli problems

Lurie, in his ICM 2010 proceedings paper Moduli Problems for Ring Spectra (pdf), says that one motivating problem (for him, I presume, and possibly others) for thinking about formal moduli problems is ...
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Several simple questions on the geometry of higher stacks

I'm trying to understand definition/work out some examples. So, there are some simple questions about higher stacks. For the simplicity assume that we are working with higher DM (Deligne-Mumford) ...
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A construction of Kähler differentials and Illusie cotangent complex as colimit over embeddings

Let $\Bbbk$ be a field, $X$ affine scheme of finite type over $\Bbbk$. Let $\mathcal C_X$ be the category of closed embeddings of $X$ into (say affine) smooth $Y$'s of finite type over $\Bbbk$, ...
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Why should we study deformations of perfect complexes

What are the advantanges of studying deformation of perfect complexes over the classical theory of deformation of coherent sheaves? Any references which elaborates on the applications on deformation ...
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Pushout schemes/stacks

I would like to know in what generality do we have pushouts for schemes/stacks/derived stacks. More precisely, let $f : X \rightarrow Y$ be a proper flat surjective morphism of schemes of finite type ...