Questions tagged [berkovich-geometry]
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Are rigid-analytic spaces obsolete, since adic spaces exist?
Recently in a seminar the following question was raised and, despite my familiarity with theory, I couldn't come up with a good answer:
Are there any good reasons to use Tate's theory of rigid-...
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Is there a geometric realization of $\mathbf{C}((t))$-varieties?
Let $MV_F$ be the $\mathbf{A}^1$-homotopy category over the field $F$. Let $H$ be the homotopy category of spaces, and let $H_{/S^1}$ be the homotopy category of spaces over the circle.
When $F = \...
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Rigid analytic spaces vs Berkovich spaces vs Formal schemes
I wonder if someone could explain briefly what is the relation between these 3 formal models, of a Berkovich space, a rigid analytic space and a formal scheme?
I have been working with formal schemes ...
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Why are there three kinds of non-archimedean geometry?
It may seem silly to ask "Why are there three types of non-Archimedean geometry?", that would be like asking why there are three (and even more) different Weil cohomologies. So I have to ...
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Higher dimensional berkovich spaces
I am looking for a geometric and topological way to make a visualization of higher dimensional berkovich spaces, starting with the berkovich plane. Of course, this is just a collection of bounded semi-...
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Open problems in Berkovich geometry
I would like to know if there is a state of the art recent reference on non-archimedean analytic spaces mentioning/listing open problems, conjectures, unresolved questions in the theory (*). I have ...
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A functor of points approach to Berkovich analytic spaces
Is it possible to define a Berkovich analytic space via its functor of points?
Let $k$ be a complete non-Archimedean field, possibly the trivial one. I am tempted to define a Berkovich analytic space ...
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Higher-rank Archimedean valuations of $\mathbb{Q}$, does it exist?
I was reading the proof of Ostrowski's theorem, with an eye toward the Zariski-Riemann space (as well as adic space, Berkovich space, etc.) In the proof, the value group is always assumed to be in $\...
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Cohesive ∞-toposes for analytic geometry
There is a class of big ∞-toposes that come with a good supply of intrinsic notions of differential geometry and differential cohomology: called cohesive ∞-toposes (after Lawvere's cohesive toposes).
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Berkovich space including both archimedean and non-archimedean worlds
From this Temkin's paper (at the end of section 1.1.3), I know that one may define Berkovich spaces that include both archimedean and non-archimedean worlds. This looks very interesting.
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Strange formula in arithmetic dynamic
Added: another function like that is $S_p f(z) = f(z)+\frac{f(\sqrt{zp})^2}{f(p)}$ in a field of characteristic two.
We discovered the following operator which acts on the space of polynomials (or ...
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applications of Berkovich spaces
What are applications of the theory of Berkovich analytic spaces? The analytification $X \mapsto X^{\mathrm{an}}$
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Do Berkovich homogenous spaces exist?
Let G be a k-analytic group, and let H be a closed subgroup of G. Then does there exist a k-analytic space, which can be reasonably called the quotient G/H?
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Detecting $k$-affinoid spaces by vanishing cohomology
The property of being an affine scheme can be tested against all quasi-coherent sheaves in the following sense: a noetherian scheme $X$ is affine iff $H^i(X,\mathcal{F}) = 0$ for all quasi-coherent $\...
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Why is the Berkovich spectrum of a C*-Algebra the same as the Gelfand spectrum?
Let $A = \mathcal{C}(X)$ be a commutative (unital) C*-Algebra. Let $Spec(A)$ denote its Gelfand spectrum
$$ Spec(A) = \{A \rightarrow \mathbb{C} : \text{non-zero *-homomorphism} \} \simeq X. $$
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Completed tensor product is exact
In the beginning of the 7th chapter of the book "Spectral theory and analytic geometry over non-Archimedean fields" by Vladimir Berkovich one can find the phrase "...tensor product functor is exact on ...
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Kodaira embedding theorem for rigid analytic varieties
Kodaira embedding theorem can be regarded as a vast generalizaton of
the projectivity criterion for complex tori: indeed, the Riemann
conditions essentially say that the line bundle defined by the
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Are maps corresponding to affinoid subdomains flat in the Banach sense?
$\newcommand{\Sp}{\mathrm{Sp}}\newcommand{\abs}[1]{\lvert #1\rvert}\newcommand{\comptensor}{\mathbin{\hat{\otimes}}}$
Let $k$ be a complete non-archimedian field and let $X = \Sp(B)$ be a $k$-affinoid ...
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Good analytic spaces over a field into locally ringed spaces is fully faithful
Let $k$ be a field which is complete with respect to a non-trivial non-archimedean rank-1 valuation, and let $X$ be scheme which is locally of finite type over $k$. In section of 3.5 of Berkovich's ...
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Comparison between analytic etale cohomology and algebraic etale cohomology for affinoids
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an affinoid algebra over a complete non-archimedean field $K$. We have two objects we can investigate, namely the algebro-geometric spectrum $X = \operatorname{spec} \mathcal{A}$ ...
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Shouldn't we expect analytic (in the Berkovich sense) étale cohomology of a number field to be the cohomology of the Artin–Verdier site?
Let $K$ be a number field. Consider $X=\mathcal{M}(\mathcal O_K)$ the global Berkovich analytic space associated to $\mathcal O_K$ endowed with the norm $\|\cdot\|=\max\limits_{\sigma:K \...
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Indeterminacy locus of meromorphic maps of rigid analytic spaces
Setup. Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $X/k$ be a normal variety, and let $Y/k$ be a proper variety. It is well-known that the indeterminacy locus of a rational ...
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The weight filtration on etale cohomology and Berkovich analytic geometry
If $X$ is a smooth projective curve over $\mathbb C_p$, then its first etale cohomology $\mathrm H^1_{et}(X,\mathbb Q_\ell)$ (with $\ell\neq p$) carries a certain weight filtration $W_\bullet$ -- also ...
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Formal power series in Berkovich geometry
In this Berkovich's paper, the following kind of algebra is studied:
$$
A=A_{m,n}=k^\circ \langle T_1,\dots,T_m \rangle [[S_1,\dots,S_n]]
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where $k$ is some non-archimedean field with non-trivial ...
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Berkovich spaces — why use atlases?
Note: this question only concerns Berkovich spaces ("analytic spaces") as defined in Berkovich's first book "Spectral Theory and Analytic Geometry over Non-Archimedean Fields", not ...
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Etale cohomology of Berkovich spaces
Suppose $X/\mathbb{Q}$ is a reasonable smooth projective variety with interesting etale cohomology. For example, we can say $X$ is an elliptic curve. To what extent does it make sense to study the ...
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Abel-Jacobi map for Mumford curves analytically
Let $K$ be a field equipped with a non-Archimedean absolute value, let $\Gamma$ be a Schottky group in $PGL_2(K)$, and let $X_\Gamma$ be the associated Mumford curve, which is a proper smooth rigid ...
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Relations between two definitions of non-archimedean analytic spaces
I begin to learn some non-archimedean geometry recently, and find that there are two different definitions of analytic spaces in the literature.
Let us fix a non-archimedean complete valuation field $...
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An example of a morphism of rigid analytic spaces with affinoid base which is proper but does not satisfy $(\dagger)$
Let $k$ be a complete non-archimedean field and let $\varphi \colon X \to Y$ be a morphism of rigid analytic spaces over $k$, where $\newcommand{\Sp}{\operatorname{Sp}}Y = \Sp(B)$ is affinoid. ...
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Why are Berkovich spaces locally connected?
A characteristic feature of Berkovich spaces is that they are locally connected (in fact, locally contractible). I'd like to understand the proof. The key ingredient seems to be Corollary 2.2.8 in ...
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An example where the non-Archimedean tensor product of normed modules is only seminormed?
Let $R$ be a commutative unital ring and let $M$ be a unital $R$-module. A non-Archimedean ring seminorm on $R$ is a map $|\cdot| \colon R \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$ which satisfies
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Identity theorem in $p$-adic geometry/analysis
If one wants to do $p$-adic analysis and geometry, it is often bad so adapt "naively" complex analytic ideas, basically because $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is disconnected. The modern approach to this is,...
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Berkovich stalk versus rigid analytic stalk
Let $A$ be a strictly affinoid algebra. Let $X^{Ber}$ bet its Berkovich spectrum and $X^{Tate} = \operatorname{Sp} A$ its affinoid variety in the sense of rigid analytic geometry. Let $\mathfrak{m} \...
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projection to the scheme
Let $A$ be an $k$-affinoid algebra. Let $X=M(A)$ be the affinoid space associated to $A$ in the sense of Berkovich. There exists a natural morphism $\pi:X\to Y:=Spec(A)$ which sends $x$ to $ker (|\...
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Berkovich Integration on algebraic curves
Berkovich developed a theory of integrating one-forms on his analytic spaces in his book "Integration of One-forms on $P$-adic analytic spaces". As this book is difficult to digest for me, I ...
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Deformations of vector bundles and tubular neighborhood
I had a number of questions that are somewhat related to each other. I decided to post them altogether instead of separately. I'd appreciate any kinds of answers, ideas or sources regarding any of ...
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Ring of functions of generic fiber of affine special formal schemes
Fix $R$ a complete DVR. Recall from Berkovich's Vanishing Cycles for Formal Schemes II paper that we have a class of special formal schemes which are not topologically of finite type over $\...
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Is there a notion of pure dimension for Berkovich analytic space?
For affinoid spaces the definition is similar to algebraic geometry, what about general analytic spaces? I can't find a reference about it. If yes then is the analytification of a variety of pure ...
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How should we understand the relative interior in Berkovich spaces
I'm reading Berkovich's book on analytic spaces. The notion of relative interior confuses me. Is there anyway to see how it "looks like"? For instance, if $r <1$, what is the relative interior of
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What is the definable functor associated to an algebraic scheme (model theory of valued fields)
I have a very basic question regarding algebraic model theory. I am trying to read Espaces de Berkovich, polytopes, squelettes et théorie des modèles (MSN) by Antoine Ducros. The relevant section is ...
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finite number of vertices of the polyhedron of variation of an invertible function on a Berkovich curve
The paper of Ducros "Cohomologie non-ramifiée sur une courbe p-adique lisse" mentions a theorem (1.21) about the existence of a "polyhedron of variation" of an invertible function on a Berkovich curve....
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Topological and algebraic covering spaces in Berkovich geometry
Let $k$ be a complete, non-archimedean field, and $X$ a Berkovich space over $k$ (as nice as you like, for arguments sake let's say strictly $k$-analytic, good, and geometrically connected). As ...
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Tate algebras and fundamental theorem of algebra
Let $\mathbb K$ be an algebraically-closed complete non-archimedean field whose absolute value is non-trivial. Consider the Tate algebra $T_n=\mathbb K\langle X_1,\dots, X_n \rangle$ and fix $f\in T_n$...
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What information does the topology of nonarchimedean Berkovich analytic spaces encode?
Given a finite type scheme $X$ over $\Bbb{C}$ we can associate to it an analytic space $X^\text{an}$. There are then comparison theorems comparing invariants of the topological space $X^\text{an}$ ...
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The image of annuli of the non-Archimedean projective line by rational functions
I'm reading the book "potential theory and dynamics over the Berkovich projective line" by Baker and Rumely. The proposition 2.18 in this claims that if you choose suitable finite $\{a_i\} \in D(a,r)$ ...
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"Non-algebraic" Berkovich spaces
Usually, Berkovich analytic spaces are derived from some Banach rings (or chains of Banach rings) over a completely normed field $k$ through Berkovich spectrum. But when the base field is the complex ...
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is every point of a Berkovich space a Shilov point?
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed non-Archimedean valued field with the value group $\mathbb R$, and let $X$ be a variety over $k$. Is it true that for any point $x \in X^{an}$ of the Berkovich ...
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Connected Berkovich affinoid space with unique Shilov boundary
Let $X$ be a smooth connected affinoid space over a (algebraic closed, spherically complete) nonarchimedean field $K$, and $X’$ be an affinoid subspace contained in the interior of $X$, with Shilov ...
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Definition of a vertical ideal sheaf and a vertical fractional ideal sheaf
I'm working through the paper Singular semipositive metrics in non-Archimedean geometry by Sebastien Boucksom, Charles Favre and Mattias Jonsson (J. Algebraic Geom. 25 (2016), 77-139, doi:10.1090/jag/...
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What are non-archimedean norms on $\mathbb{R}$, whose restriction to $\mathbb{Q}$ is trivial?
I wonder if there is any classification result on non-archimedean norms on $\mathbb{R}$, with trivial restriction to $\mathbb{Q}$? Any references or examples would be welcomed!
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