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Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity and wedge powers in positive characterisitc
A vector bundle on $\mathbb{P}^n$ is said to be $r$-regular if
$$H^i(\mathbb{P}^n,F(r-i))=0$$ for all $i>0$.
It is always true that if $F$ is $r$-regular and $G$ is $s$-regular (both vector bundles)...
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Semisimplicity of the étale cohomology mod $p$
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over a field $k$. Then if $\ell\neq \text{char} k$, $k$ is finite, and $X$ is an abelian variety it was shown by Weil that the $\ell$-adic cohomology of $X_{k^{...
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Does $0\to I\to\mathrm{Gal}_K\to\mathrm{Gal}_k\to 0$ always split?
Let $K$ be a henselian valuation field with residue field $k$, then the decomposition group surjects onto Galois group of the residue field, with kernel the inertia subgroup, namely we have short ...
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"Cute" applications of the étale fundamental group
When I was an undergrad student, the first application that was given to me of the construction of the fundamental group was the non-retraction lemma : there is no continuous map from the disk to the ...
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Mod $l$ algebraic $K$-theory of product of an algebra with a complete algebra
By Gabber's rigidity the mod-$l$ $K$-theory of $k[[t]]$ and $k$ are isomorphic for a field $k$. Is there anything that we can say about the mod $l$ $K$-theory of $A\otimes_kk[[t]]$? Note that this is ...
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Interpretation of some maps involving cohomology groups
I've asked some questions on Math Stackexchange regarding areas around my research but I received very little success with responses, so I thought I might try to share some of my other problems here ...
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What is the étale fundamental group of projective spaces over finite fields?
Is there any convenient way to understand the étale fundamental group of projective spaces over finite fields, in particular, the étale fundamental group of $\mathbf{P}^2_{\mathbf{F}_q}$?
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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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Giraud's proper base change for Gerbes - Elimination of Noetherian hypotheses
I was looking through Giraud's book Cohomologie Non-abelienne, and there is a very nice theorem that Giraud proves in the Noetherian case (Cohomologie Non-Abelienne VII.2.2):
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a ...
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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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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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How to write down an explicit equation of given degree yielding a smooth hypersurface in a projective space?
Let F be a field of positive characteristic $p$ and let $d,n$ be two positive integers.
Can we explicitly write down an equation defining a smooth hypersurface $X_d⊂\mathbb P^n_F$ of degree d ?
This ...
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Computing monodromy groups of curves over function fields
Suppose I consider a hyperelliptic curve given by an equation such as $y^2 = x^{n} + tx + 1$ or some variation on this (where $t$ is a parameter on $\mathbb P^1$ and this curve is really a surface ...
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On the definition of the etale site of an adic space
I have a question related to the definition of the etale site of an adic space. As a reference, I am using Huber's book "Etale Cohomology of Rigid Analytic Varieties and Adic Spaces".
First ...
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$\ell$-adic cohomology of a quotient by group action
Suppose $Y \to Y/G$ is the Galois cover induced from a finite group $G$ acting on a scheme $Y$ and that this is indeed a Galois cover with $Y/G$ a scheme. In my case $Y$ is the Drinfeld curve $\mathrm{...
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Cohomology of resolution of singularity
If $X,Y$ are smooth projective schemes, then if we have a surjection $f:X\to Y$, we have an injective map on étale cohomology, or more generally on any Weil cohomology (see https://mathoverflow.net/q/...
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Sheaf cohomology on the formal completion of $\mathbb{P}^1_k$ at its north pole
Let $k$ be a field and let $\mathbb{P}^1_k$ be the projective line over $k$. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a coherent sheaf on $\mathbb{P}^1_k$. The curve $\mathbb{P}^1_k$ is recovered by the two affine ...
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Rigid \'etale cohohomology of flag variety minus its rational points e.g $p$-adic Drinfeld half plane
Let $Fl=G/B$ over $\mathbb Q_p$ be the flag variety of a quasi-split reductive group $G$ over $\mathbb Q_p$, then $X=Fl-Fl(Q_p)$ shall exist as a rigid analytic variety over $\mathbb Q_p$, how to ...
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Stalks of limit sheaves
Let $\{\mathcal{F}_i\}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}$ be an inverse system of sheaves of abelian groups on a space $X$. Then for any $x\in X$ we have a natural map
$$\left(\lim_i \mathcal{F}_i\right)_x\rightarrow ...
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A very elementary question on the definition of sheaf on a site
I'm now studying the etale cohomology with the book 'Introduction to Etale Cohomology' by Tamme.
In the page 26 of the book, 'a family of effective epimorphisms' is introduced.
'A family $\{ U_{i} \...
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Higher pushforwards of roots of unity
Suppose $X,Y$ are smooth projective varieties over a field $k$ with $Y$ one-dimensional, connected, and normal, and $f\colon X\to Y$ a proper, flat, surjective morphism so that its fibers are ...
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Absolute purity for intersection cohomology
If $i:Z\hookrightarrow X$ is a closed embedding of codimension $c$, then
$$i^*k_X\ =\ k_Z , \ \ \ i^!k_X\ \stackrel{(\star)}{=}\ k_Z[2c]$$
where $(\star)$ is true when $i$ is in addition regular.
Here ...
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Applications of the Weight Monodromy conjecture
I think of the Weight Monodromy conjecture as an analogue of the Weil conjectures in the case of bad reduction. The Weil conjectures of course have lots of applications, from point counting to ...
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Braverman-Gaitsgory definition of local acyclicity
In the Appendix B of the published version of ‘Geometric Eisenstein Series’ (but not found in the arXiv version), Braverman and Gaitsgory compare their notion of local acyclicity with Deligne’s. I ...
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Explicit large finite fields in characteristic $2$
Every finite field of characteristic $2$ ist given by $\mathbb{F}_2[x]/P(x)$ for some irreducible polynomial $P\in \mathbb{F}_2[x]$.
For small degree, a simple algorithm gives a way to find $P$. Is ...
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algebraic de Rham cohomology of toric varieties (reference request)
I haven't been able to find anything workable yet, but I'm looking for a reference on the de Rham cohomology of toric varieties, where as many as possible of the following conditions are handled:
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Are there characteristic-dependent Betti numbers in characteristic not equal to two?
Let $\Delta$ be a finite simplicial complex on $n$ vertices. Let $S = \mathbb{k}[\mathbf{x}]$ be a polynomial ring over a field $\mathbb{k}$ in $n$ variables and $I$ be the Stanley-Reisner ideal of $\...
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Do we have $\cap_{P\in S}\left(\mathcal{O}_P+(1-\tau)(K)\right)=\left(\cap_{P\in S}\mathcal{O}_P\right)+(1-\tau)(K)$?
Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a finite field and let $q$ be its number of elements. Let $(C,\mathcal{O}_C)$ be a geometrically irreducible smooth projective curve over $\mathbb{F}$ and let $K=\mathbb{F}(C)$ be ...
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Čech nerve $C(U)$ corresponds to $BG$ in same manner as a hypercover $\mathcal{H}(U)$ to
We can via the bar construction canonically associate to a monoid $A$ the nerve $N(B A)$, a simplicial set with $N(\mathbf{B}A)_k := \times^{k+1} A $ and canonical face maps and degeneracy maps ...
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Fpqc-locally constant if and only if étale-locally constant?
Also in SE.
Let $\mathcal{F}$ be sheave over $S_\mathrm{fpqc}$. We say $\mathcal{F}$ is a fpqc-locally constant sheaf (of finitely generated abelian groups) if there exists a fpqc covering $(S_i\to S)...
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Is there a proper smooth variety in characteristic $p$ whose Hodge-to-de Rham spectral sequence does not degenerate at $E_1$?
By Deligne-Illusie, such a variety has no lifting to $W_2(k)$. In their paper they state that they do not know if such an example exists. Has this question been answered since then?
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Sato-Tate over function fields
Suppose we have an elliptic surface $\pi: \mathscr E \to C$ over a curve over a finite field $\mathbb F_q$. We consider only the places on $C$ over which we have good reduction.
Over any point $x\in C$...
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nearby cycles map for affine formal schemes
Assume that $X=Spf R$ is p-adic formal scheme over $O_{C_p}$ with generic fiber $X_{\eta}$. I want to know why the nearby cycles map $Ru^\star \mathbb{Z/p}$ is equal to $R\Gamma_{et}(spec R[1/p],\...
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Etale fundamental group of an order in a number field
Let $\mathcal{O}$ be an order in a number field $K$, that is a subring of $K$ with rank as abelian group equal to $[K:\mathbb{Q}]$. What is known about the SGA3-étale fundamental group of $X=\mathrm{...
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What is the natural motivation for smooth/étale/unramified morphisms restricting from formally smooth/étale/unramified morphisms?
(I asked it first in MathStackExchange but I haven't get an answer yet)
Smooth (resp. étale) morphisms are just locally finitely presented + formally smooth (resp. étale) morphisms.
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A Künneth formula for relative fiber products
There is a Künneth formula for the cohomology of a product of spaces $X\times Y$ in quite a lot of generality.
Is there a Künneth formula for relative fiber products $X\times_S Y$? The case I am most ...
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Gysin map and $B\mathbf{G}_m$, confusion
Write $\text{Sh}(X)$ for the triangulated/stable $\infty$ category of $\ell$-adic sheaves on $X$, and $k\in\text{Sh}(X)$ fo the unit object. In playing around with $\text{Sh}(B\mathbf{G}_m)$ I've ...
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Computing Hodge numbers by point counting
In the lecture note of Bhatt from Arizona winter school 2017, there is an exercise which claims if X is a proper smooth scheme defined over $\mathbb{Z}[1/N]$ and if there is a polynomial $P$ such that ...
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Etale cohomology and Kummer theory
If $K$ is a field and $n \geq 1$ is such that $n \in K^{\times}$, then $H^1_{et}(\mathrm{Spec}(K),\mu_n)=K^{\times} / (K^{\times})^n$. This is easy to prove, see for instance Tamme, Etale Cohomology, ...
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Rings whose Frobenius is flat
Let $R$ be a ring of characteristic $p>0$. The (absolute) Frobenius is the map of rings $F_R:R\rightarrow R$ defined by $x\mapsto x^p$.
I am interested in rings for which $F_R$ is flat (hence ...
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Étale homotopy equivalent varieties are deformation equivalent
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$.
Let $V_1$ and $V_2$ be étale simply-connected smooth proper varieties over $k$. Assume there is an isomorphism between the prime-to-...
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Surjectivity of Étale cohomology
I've come across https://mathoverflow.net/q/172523, which says that if $D\subset Y$ is a contractible divisor, then we have a surjection
$$H^n(Y,\mathbb{C})\rightarrow H^n(D,\mathbb{C})$$
for $n\geq \...
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To see that the fundamental class of a local complete intersection is independent of choice of regular sequence
In SGA 4½ ‘Cycle,’ Grothendieck defines (among other things) the fundamental class of a local complete intersection $Y\subset X$ ($X$ simply a noetherian scheme) of codimension $c$ locally as the cup-...
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Weyl algebra as an Azumaya algebra over its centre
Assume that $k$ is an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$. On page 3 (page 6 of the PDF file) of Bezrukavnikov, Mirković, and Rumynin - Localisation of Modules for a semisimple ...
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How do I produce a basis of cohomology?
Suppose I am discussing a smooth projective variety over an algebraically closed field with my friend on the phone and I want to make a statement about its $l$-adic cohomology (integral or rational). ...
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Showing subgroups with equal Lie algebras are equal
Let $k$ be a field. It might as well be algebraically closed, but I do not want to assume that it has characteristic $0$. I will write "group" for "affine group scheme over $k$", ...
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What unramified Galois representations come from geometry?
I think we don't know what crystalline representations come from geometry. What about the unramified ones? Specifically let $\phi:\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}_p}/\mathbb{Q}_p)\to GL_n(\mathbb{Q}...
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Suspension Theorem in $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy
In algebraic topology, the suspension theorem tells us that for a topological space $X$, we have
$$\tilde{H}^n(X,F)\cong \tilde{H}^{n+k}(S^k\wedge X,F).$$
So I'm wondering if this has an analogue in ...
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$l$-adic Galois representations factor through a common finite quotient
Let $X$ be a smooth projective geometrically connected variety over $\mathbb{Q}$. Assume that for some $m>0$ we have $h^{i, 2m-i}(X)=0$ unless $i=m$.
Does there exist a number field $E$ such that ...
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Essential Image of the Étale Homotopy type
For any scheme $X$ we can associate the étale homotopy type $Et(X)$, which is a pro-object in the homotopy category of CW-complexes. My question is, do we have a good understanding of the essential ...
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