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28 questions from the last 7 days
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The ten most fundamental topics in geometric group theory
What are the ten most fundamental topics in geometric group theory?
This is a pedagogical question prompted by the fact that I am teaching geometric group theory to undergraduates. They are expected ...
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Is decomposability of polynomials over a field an undecidable problem?
By a decomposition of a polynomial $F(x)$ over a field $K$ we mean writing $F(x)$ as
$$
F(x)=G(H(x)) \quad(G(x), H(x) \in K[x]),
$$
which is nontrivial if $\operatorname{deg} G(x)>1$ and $\...
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What is the smallest and "best" 27 lines configuration? And what is its symmetry group?
I was this past year working with a bright high-schooler on algebraic geometry following Reid's book Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry, and we got all the way to proving that there is at least one line ...
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Galois action on Borovoi's algebraic fundamental group
In Borovoi's paper Abelian Galois cohomology of reductive groups, the algebraic fundamental group of a connected reductive group $G$ over a field $K$ of characteristic zero is defined as
$$\pi_1(G, T):...
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Which abelian varieties over a local field can be globalized?
As the title says, if $\mathcal{A}$ is an abelian variety over $\mathbb{Q}_p$, is there a criterion as to if I should expect there to exist $A$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that
$$\mathcal{A}\cong A\times_{\...
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Obstruction theory for specializing perfect complexes?
I'm considering a problem around the moduli of perfect complexes.
Let's consider a $X$ smooth proper over Spec($R$), $R$ is a DVR, $char=0$, equipped with a perfect complex $\mathcal F$ on $X_{K(R)}$.
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$\ell$-adic analogue of Kedlaya–Mochizuki
There is a well-known analogy between holonomic $\mathcal{D}$-modules on complex algebraic varieties and $\ell$-adic perverse sheaves on varieties over finite fields. Many theorems in one setting have ...
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Projective automorphisms of a plane cubic curves
Let $E$ be a smooth cubic curve in $\mathbb{P}^2$ over an algebraically closed field $k$.
What is the group of the projective transformations preserving $E$ ?
In characteristic $0$ the answer is known ...
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Whitney stratifications of hypersurfaces
Suppose that $X$ is a Whitney stratified algebraic variety with strata $\{S_i\}.$
Suppose that $Z$ is a hypersurface of $X$ which transversely intersects all strata of $X$, i.e. $S_i \cap Z$ is a ...
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Dimension of the intersection of the commuting variety with a particular subspace
Let $\mathcal C$ denote the commuting variety of pairs of matrices in $M_n(\mathbb{C})$, defined as:
$$
\mathcal C = \{ (A, B) \in M_n(\mathbb{C})^2 \mid [A, B] = 0 \}.
$$
It is well known that $\...
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Action of torus on Laurent polynomials
Let $F$ be an algebraically closed field and suppose that the torus $(F^*)^n$ acts on the Laurent polynomial ring $L$ in $n$ variables $X_1, \dots, X_n$ defined by $X_i \dashrightarrow a_iX_i$ for ...
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Galois cohomology and Levi subgroups
Let $F$ a field and $G$ a smooth connected reductive group with a Levi subgroup $M$. Under what assumptions is $H^1(F, M) \to H^1(F, G)$ injective? In the case $F$ is nonarchimedean local I believe ...
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Effective Bombieri-Lang conjecture
The Bombieri-Lang conjecture is the following well-known conjecture:
Let $X$ be a projective variety defined over a number field $K$. Suppose that $X$ is general type. Then $X(K)$, the set of $K$-...
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Connectedness of equivariant Hilbert schemes of points of affine spaces (or as orbifolds)?
Let $G$ be an abelian finite group act on $\mathbb C^n$, when the equivariant Hilbert scheme $\mathrm{Hilb}^{R}(\mathbb C^n)^G=\mathrm{Hilb}^{R}([\mathbb C^n/G])$ is connected? Now $R$ is a ...
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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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Can one decompose quasi finite morphism as a composition of an open immersion and a finite morphism?
Can one decompose quasi-finite separated morphism of schemes as a composition of an open immersion and a finite morphism?
I am willing to assume that all the involved schemes are Noetherian.
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Hasse principle for Brauer groups of fields of transcendence degree 2
In his paper "A Hasse principle for function fields over PAC fields" (DOI link), Ido Efrat proves the following result: Let $F$ be an extension of a perfect PAC field $K$ of relative ...
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Hom functor and Cohen-Macaulay modules
Let $A$ be a local Gorenstein $\mathbb{C}$-algebra (not necessarily regular). Let $M,N$ be maximal Cohen-Macaulay $A$-modules. Is Hom(M,N) a maximal Cohen-Macaulay A-module?
Note that I had asked this ...
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Chow moving lemma with additional property
All varieties are over algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $S$ be a smooth projective surface. Let $D$ be an irreducible divisor on $S$, $H$ be another divisor and $Z\subset S$ be a ...
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Examples of nontrivial morphism between simple bundles but not isomorphism
We know stable bundles have a good property:
If $f: E\longrightarrow E'$ is a nontrivial morphism where $E,E'$ have the same rank and degree, then $f$ must be an isomorphism.
I'm wondering does this ...
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An algebraic group $G$ over $L^+$ such that $G_{\mathbb{R}}$ is compact for almost all embeddings
Does there exist a reductive group $G$ of type $E_7$ over a given totally real field $L^+$ such that for every embedding $\tau:L^+\to \mathbb{R}$ except one , $G_{\tau,\mathbb{R}}(\mathbb{R})$ is ...
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Can we bound the degree of a one dimensional smooth compact leaf of a holomorphic foliation in terms of its genus?
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over the complex numbers with a fixed ample line bundle $H$. Suppose that $\cal F$ is a foliation in curves over $X$ (which may be singular).
Can you find a ...
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The definition of Hodge bundles with metric
A system of Hodge bundles is a direct sum of holomorphic vector bundles $E = \oplus_{p+q=n} E^{p,q}$ with a morphism $\theta : E^{p,q} \rightarrow E^{p-1,q+1} \otimes \Omega_X^1$ such that $\theta^2 = ...
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Semisimple elements and fixed points
The following statement seems to be well-known:
Let $X$ be a variety on which an affine algebraic group $H$ acts with
finitely many orbits and let $s \in H$ be semisimple. Then $H_s = \{h
\in H \mid ...
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Computing with the Picard group of non-integral curves
Let $C$ be a curve over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and let $\mathcal{C}$ be a regular model of $C$ over $\mathbb{Z}_p$, with $\mathcal{J}$ the Neron model of the Jacobian of $C$. Raynaud's theorem asserts that $\...
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Zariski Connectedness Theorem: From Analytic & Topological Viewpoint
Let $p:Y \to X$ be a proper, flat (see later why) surjective map between smooth connected complex varieties $Y,X$, esp. $X$ unibranch. Assume that there exist a Zariski open (esp. dense) $U \subset X$ ...
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The relation between Hodge bundles with metric and polarized variation of Hodge structures
Recently I've been reading Simpson's paper "constructing variations of Hodge structure using Yang-Mills theory and applications to uniformization, 1988, JAMS". On page 898 he mentioned about ...
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A question of irreducibility of certain affine algebraic sets
Let $K$ denote an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let $p_1(T), \dots, p_m(T)$ denote $m$ irreducible polynomials in $K[x_1, \dots, x_n][T]$ of degree at least $1$. Set
$$ S= \{ (...
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