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Crepant resolution of quotient singularities
Let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $U(m)$ such that $G$ acts freely on $\mathbb C^m \setminus \{0\}$.
If $\mathbb C^m/G$ has a crepant resolution, can we necessarily derive that $G \subset SU(m)$?
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Inverse image Weil divisor on a toric variety as a Cartier divisor
Let $X$ be a normal toric variety over an algebraically closed field and let $D$ be a torus invariant (prime) divisor. Assume $\pi\colon \tilde{X}\rightarrow X$ is a toric resolution of singularities ...
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Minimal resolution of singularities of surfaces
Let $X$ be a normal projective irreducible surface over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $\pi\colon Y\to X$ be a birational morphism, such that $Y$ is a smooth projective surface, and assume ...
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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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Question about the definition of variety in Kollár's book on resolution of singularities
In Kollár's book "Lectures on Resolution of Singularities" it is claimed in 3.8 page 125: "Our resolution is strong and functorial with respect to smooth morphisms" I would like to ...
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Dimension of a kernel of a cocycle map
Inspired by a previous question (Dimension of a kernel of a linear map) and some of the answers I was given I thought wheter I can generalize the question to the following:
Compute the kernel (or at ...
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Motives of resolutions of singularities
Suppose $X'$ is a resolution of singularities of a projective variety $X$ over a field $k$ of characteristic 0 that is functorial for smooth morphisms.
How are the (mixed) motives of $X$ related to (...
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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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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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How to determine the singlarity type (up to local analytic isomorphism) of a hypersurface surface singularity
Given a polynomial f(x,y,z), it defines a hypersurface in $\mathbb C^3$. I guess there is a classification of hypersurface singularity like Arnold normal form. I wonder given an explicite example of f,...
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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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Blow up of simply connected isolated singularity
Let $X \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ be a simply connected complex variety with a unique isolated singularity at $x\in X$.
Let $\tilde{X}$ be the strict transform of $X$ under the blow-up $\mathrm{Bl}_x(\...
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Smooth affine variety as a symplectic resolutions
Given a smooth affine variety $X$ over $\mathbb C$ with an algebraic symplectic form $\omega$ and a finite group $G$ acting on $X$ by symplectomorphisms, then
Is it true that $X$ is trivially a ...
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Whyt he pullback of the maximal ideal sheaf of the origin in $\mathbb{C}^2$ under blow-up of the origin is not torsion-free?
Maybe it is a silly question but i don't uderstand why the following statement is true:
"Let X be a complex space and $\pi :Y \longrightarrow X$ be a proper modification of $X$. The pull back $\...
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Beauville Exercise VII.7 (3)-A proof that $\kappa(X)\geq \kappa(Y)$ for $f\colon X\to Y$ surjective morphism of smooth projective varieties
Here $\kappa(X)$ denotes the Kodaira dimension of a smooth projective variety $X$.
Question 1:
I would like to solve Exercise VII.7 (3) from the Beauville book "Complex Algebraic Surfaces":
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Deformation to normal cone of the exception divisor of a log-resolution
I am reading the paper Iterated vanishing cycles, convolution, and a motivic analogue of a conjecture of Steenbrink due to G. Guibert, F. Loeser, and M. Merle. The main tool, like a lot of papers in ...
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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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Induced resolution of singularities
I am not a specialist in singularity theory but currently I have to touch resolution of singularities and I'd like to know whether I have understood Hironaka's theorem correctly.
Let $k$ be a field of ...
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Conjugacy of cocharacters from conjugacy of labelled diagrams
Everything to follow is over some fixed algebraically closed field $k$. Although all the definitions make sense regardless of characteristic, the meat of the question is about small positive ...
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Generic finite subgroups, associated to small finite fields, of reductive algebraic groups
Theorem 1 of [LS] Liebeck and Seitz - On the subgroup structure of exceptional groups says:
Let $X = X(q)$ be a quasisimple group of Lie type in characteristic $p$, and suppose that $X < G$, where ...
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How to compute the character of the Steinberg module for the group $\mathrm{SL}_n$ over a field of characteristic $p$?
It is known that the Steinberg representation $V$ of the group $\mathrm{SL}_n$ over a field $k$ of characteristic $p$ (maybe one needs to assume that $k$ is perfect, I am not sure) is the irreducible ...
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Isogeny of elliptic curve over positive characteristic $p$ which does not come from characteristic $0$
Let $K$ be quadratic imaginary field. Let $E$ be an elliptic curve which has CM over $R_K$
($R_K$ is ring of integers of $K$).
According to SIlverman's ''ADvanced topics in the arithmetic of elliptic ...
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Characters of simple $\mathfrak{sl}_n$-modules in positive characteristic with subregular nilpotent central character
Consider representations of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ in positive characteristic with a subregular nilpotent central character $\chi$ (i.e. $\chi$ is a nilpotent matrix whose Jordan normal form has two blocks ...
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Resolution of conical singularities have even-only cohomology?
Considering a quotient singularity $\mathbb{C}^n/G,$ its crepant resolution $Y$ (i.e. having $c_1(Y)=0$) has rational cohomology supported in even degrees only. This holds for many other resolutions ...
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An analog of a BGG resolution in subregular case in positive characteristic
Consider representations of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ in positive characteristic with a subregular nilpotent central character $\chi$. For every regular weight $\lambda$ of $\mathfrak{sl}_n$, we have the ...
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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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Do quasi-excellent rings have a good constructive definition?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sh{Sh}$Informally, a quasi-excellent ring is a Noetherian ring with a few technical extra regularity conditions that make it turns out to be the largest class of rings that allow ...
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Trace formula for monodromy of Milnor fibrations
I am reading the paper A. Campo, Le nombre de Lefschetz d'une monodromie but I am stuck at several points, hope that someone can help me.
Let $P:\mathbb{C}^{n+1} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a germ ...
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How do characters of representations in cohomology depend on the (positive-characteristic) field?
The following sentence appears in Jantzen - Representations of algebraic groups, 2nd edition, p. x, where $G$ is a reductive group over an algebraically closed field $k$, $B$ is a Borel subgroup, $T$ ...
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When is $R$ a direct summand of Frobenius pushforwards?
Let $(R,\mathfrak m)$ be a reduced Noetherian local ring of prime characteristic $p$. For integer $e>0$, let $F^e_* R$ denote the $R$-module which is $R$ as an abelian group, but the $R$-module ...
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Compute de Rham-Witt sheaves
I am really new to this, but I am having a hard time understanding all the de Rham-Witt construction.
It seems to be really difficult to compute anything with those beasts: like I cannot find any ...
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Understand the proof that rational resolution is independent of the resolution
EDIT. Karl Schwede has given a different approach to solve this question, which is very clear. However, I still want to figure out how to deal with this problem along Ein's line, and waiting for the ...
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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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dimension of fibre of a generic point in an intersection of two sets
Let $M_m := (f_1, \cdots, f_m )$ be an algebraic map from $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $\mathbb{R}^m$ and $f_1^2,...,f_m^2$ are homogeneous polynomials of the same degree in $Q[x_1,...,x_n]$ . Similarly define $...
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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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Relation between positive roots of $E_8$ and $\mathbb{F}_2^8 \setminus \{0\}$
There exists an explicit bijection (due to Cayley, that has built up a very nice table to describe this) between the positive roots of the lattice $E_7$ and $\mathbb{F}_2^6 \setminus \{0\}$ (where $\...
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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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modularity of elliptic curves over function fields in positive characteristic
Let $F$ be a global function field over a finite field, and $E$ be an elliptic curve over $F$. Much like the number field case, it is natural to study the Galois representation on the Tate module of $...
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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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Searching for resolutions of generalized determinental varieties
I'm interested in studying a certain generalization of determinental varieties as defined here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinantal_variety
To be more specific, I must first lay out a few ...
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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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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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Automorphism groups of "reductive" Lie algebras in positive characteristic
I put "reductive" in quotes because, of course, in positive characteristic one should speak of Lie algebras of reductive groups, not of reductive Lie algebras.
Let $G$ be a reductive group ...
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Blow up singularities on curves
Let $p$ be a prime number and let $\bar{\mathbb F}_p$ be an algebraic closure of $\mathbb F_p$. Let $C$ be an irreducible singular projective curve over $\bar{\mathbb F}_p$.
Let $P$ be a singularity ...
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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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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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Birationally equivalent elliptic curves and singularities
I got the following cubic elliptic curve from some physical problem $$E_c(\mathbb{C}): w^2=4 z^3-zG_2-G_3,$$ where $G_2=3
\alpha ^2+\gamma$ and $G_3=\alpha ^3-\alpha \gamma
-\beta ^2$ for known ...
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Do there exist linear relations between exceptional divisors
Let $X$ be an isolated, Gorenstein singularity of dimension at least $2$ and $\pi: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of singularities. Let $E$ be the exceptional divisor and $E_1,...,E_r$ be the ...
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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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References on Namikawa-Weyl group
What are the most reasonable references on the definition of the Namikawa-Weyl groups and the first results about them?
In particular, are there more recent (or more educational) texts than the ...
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