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For a morphism f from a regular scheme, should there exist an open subscheme U of the target such that fibre of f at each point of U is regular
For a finite type morphism $f:X\to S$, $X$ is a regular scheme, should there always exist an open (dense) subscheme $U\subset S$ such that the fibre of $f$ at each Zariski point of $U$ is regular? All ...
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Can a scheme be defined by gluing open affines such that the intersections are affine?
One way to think of a manifold is as a family of of open subsets $U_i \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, together with distinguished subsets $V_{ij} \subset U_i$ and isomorphisms $\psi_{ij}: V_{ij} \to V_{ji}$ ...
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Variations on a theme of O'Bryant, Cooper and Eichhorn concerning power series over $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z$
Define 2 power series over the field $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z$ by $f=1+x+x^3+x^6+\dots$, the exponents being the triangular numbers, and $g=1+x+x^4+x^9+\dots$, the exponents being the squares. Write $f/g$...
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hyperalgebras (positive characteristic)
The question is about commutator in integral forms. Let $A$ an associative algebra over a field of characteristic zero, $x\in A$ and $k\in \mathbb Z$, we denote $x^{(k)}=\frac{x^{k}}{k!}$.
How to ...
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Geometric (or intuitive) interpretation of additional derivatives in characteristic p > 0
In characteristic $p > 0$ there are "extra" differential operators, i.e., ones that are outside the algebra generated by first-order derivations.
Is there any interpretation of these operators in ...
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Colimit of an etale diagram of schemes
It is known that the category of schemes is not cocomplete (e.g. see this question: Colimits of schemes). However, do diagrams of schemes for which every morphism is etale have colimits? More ...
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What is the family derived from the absolute Frobenius on the Hilbert scheme?
Let $f$ be a Hilbert polynomial, and $X := Hilb_h(P^d_{F_p})$ a Hilbert scheme defined over $F_p$. Then there is an absolute Frobenius map $F: X \to X$. I'm even interested in the case $f \equiv 1$, ...
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What should be learned in a first serious schemes course?
I've just finished teaching a year-long "foundations of algebraic
geometry" class. It
was my third time teaching it, and my notes are gradually converging.
I've enjoyed it for a number of reasons (...
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on the genus of a function field
Let $K$ be an algebraic function field of one variable. Then we can define its genus. On the other hand, it can also be seen as a scheme, so we can define the arithmetic and geometric genus. Could ...
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Alterations of regular varieties
Let $X$ be a regular quasi-projective variety over a perfect field $k$. The existence of a "good compactification" of $X$, i.e. a regular projective variety $\bar{X}$ with an embedding $X\...
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Categorical construction of the category of schemes?
The answer to the following question is probably well known or the question itself is well known not to have a reasonable answer. In the latter case could you please let me know what the "right" ...
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Lifting varieties to characteristic zero.
If you want to compute crystalline cohomology of a smooth proper variety $X$ over a perfect field $k$ of characteristic $p$, the first thing you might want to try is to lift $X$ to the Witt ring $W_k$ ...
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Is there a nice proof of the fact that there are (p-1)/24 supersingular elliptic curves in characteristic p?
If $k$ is a characteristic $p$ field containing a subfield with $p^2$ elements (e.g., an algebraic closure of $\mathbb{F}_p$), then the number of isomorphism classes of supersingular elliptic curves ...
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Extending properties of commutative rings to schemes
I'm trying to pin down the various ways we can extend a property of commutative rings to a corresponding property for schemes. Let $P$ be a property of commutative rings. We could define a scheme $(X,\...
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When is the push-forward of the structure sheaf locally free
Let $f:X\longrightarrow Y$ be a morphism of noetherian schemes. Under what conditions is $f_\ast \mathcal{O}_X$ a locally free $\mathcal{O}_Y$-module?
Example 1. Suppose that $f$ is affine. Then $f_\...
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Restriction of Proj S to D(f) is isomorphic to Spec S_{(f)}
$S$ is a graded ring (over non-negative integers), $f \in S_{+}$ is a homogeneous element of positive degree, $D(f)$ the elements of Proj $S$ not containing $f$. I don't see the bijection between $D(f)...
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Philosophy : seeking examples illuminating deeper geometric ideas behind base change of schemes
So for certain base changes, it's clear that 'base change' really means base change from high school : for example, if a curve is defined over a field, it will be of course defined over any extension ...
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Closed subschemes and pulling back the structure sheaf via the inclusion map
I would just like a clarification related to closed subschemes.
If $(X,{\cal O}_X)$ is a locally ringed space and $A\subset X$ is any subset with the subspace topology then $i^{-1}{\cal O}_X$ will be ...
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Quotient morphisms in the category of schemes
Which morphisms of schemes (or varieties, if you prefer) $\pi: X \rightarrow Y$ are quotient morphisms, i.e. satisfy the following universal property (*)?
(*) For any morphism $f:X \rightarrow Z$, ...
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What is the difference between Grothendieck groups K_0(X) vs K^0(X) on schemes?
More specifically, I was wondering if there are well-known conditions to put on $X$ in order to make $K_0(X)\simeq K^0(X)$. Wikipedia says they are the same if $X$ is smooth. It seems to me that you ...
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Are there "reasonable" criteria for existence/non-existence of Levi factors or their conjugacy in prime characteristic?
Classical theorems attributed to Levi, Mal'cev, Harish-Chandra for a finite
dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic 0 state that it has a Levi decomposition (semisimple subalgebra plus ...
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Extending vector bundles on a given open subscheme
Let $U$ be a dense open subscheme of an integral noetherian scheme $X$ and let $E$ be a vector bundle on $U$. Suppose that the complement $Y$ of $U$ has codimension $\textrm{codim}(Y,X) \geq 2$. Let $...
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Wanted: Quadratic Space in Characteristic 2 as a Counterexample to a Theorem of Arf
Hi. Peter Roquette sent me an email asking for an example of a quadratic space in characteristic 2 having certain features. I have no idea on this, but maybe someone reading this does.
He would ...
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When singular points of a reduced scheme are not dense in it?
A stupid AG question: could singular (Zarisky) points be dense in a reduced (Noetherian) scheme $S$? If yes, which 'standard' restrictions on $S$ could ensure that this does not happen? For example, ...
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Liftability of Enriques Surfaces (from char. p to zero)
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0$, $X$ a variety over $k$.
We say $X$ lifts to characteristic zero, if there exists a local ring $R$ containing $\mathbb Z$ with ...
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Given a morphism from X to Y, when is the morphism from O_Y to the pushforward of O_X injective
I would like to know under what condition the morphism $\mathcal{O}_Y\longrightarrow f_\ast \mathcal{O}_X$ induced by a morphism $f:X\longrightarrow Y$ of schemes is injective.
Let me give an example ...
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Quasi-coherent sheaves of O_X-algebras
Let $X$ be a quasi-compact scheme and let $\mathcal{A}$ be a quasi-coherent sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_X$-algebras on $X$. $X$ being quasi-compact, we can write $X = U_1 \cup \dots \cup U_n$ with each $...
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Ring-theoretic characterization of open affines?
Background
Recall that, given two commutative rings $A$ and $B$, the set of morphisms of rings $A\to B$ is in bijection with the set of morphisms of schemes $\mathrm{Spec}(B)\to\mathrm{Spec}(A)$. ...
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Properties stable under base change in algebraic geometry
I remember to have seen a big list in the EGA of properties $(P)$ such that:
if $f : X \to Y$ has $(P)$ then, $f_{(S')} : X_{(S')}\to Y_{(S')}$ has $(P)$, where $f_{(S')}$ is the morphism $f$ after a ...
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Construction of the petit Zariski topos out of the gros topos of a scheme
Let S be a scheme. Let (Sch/S) be a small category of schemes over S (including essentially all finitely presented schemes affine over S). Let E = (Sch/S)zar denote the gros Zariski topos with its ...
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Functoriality of Hironaka's resolution of singularities
Is Hironaka's resolution of singularities functorial? I know that the resolution is not unique, there are flips etc. But if we have a rational map f:X---> Y, can we chose resolutions X'->X and Y'->Y ...
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Images and monomorphisms of schemes
If $X$ is an object in an arbitrary category, there is a natural definition of a subobject of $X$ as a monomorphism into $X$ (or really an equivalence class of monomorphisms). If $X$ is a scheme, ...
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Infinite projective space
Is infinite (say complex) projective space a scheme? More generally, can schemes have infinite cardinal dimension? It seems that infinite dimensional projective space is not a manifold, since it is ...
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Lifting abelian varieties in (the closed fiber of) a fixed Neron model
Suppose that $R$ is a dvr with field of fractions $K$ and residue field $k$ and that $A_K$ is an abelian variety over $K$ with Neron model $A$ over $R$. Then the closed fiber $A_k$ is a smooth ...
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morphism of schemes that is closed at topological space level
Suppose $X\stackrel f\to Y$ be a morphism of finite type $k$-schemes, where $k$ is a field; for the time being let me say that $k$ is algebraically closed.
Then one knows that $f$ takes $k$-valued ...
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lower bound for torsion of abelian varieties
Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over a field $K$ of characteristic $p>0$. Let $A[\ell]$ be the group of $\ell$-torsion points, $\ell\neq p$ a prime. Are there positive constants $C, \eta$ ...
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If the morphism of root data induced by an isogeny of a reductive group is a Frobenius, is then the isogeny itself a Frobenius?
Let $G$ be a reductive (or just semisimple) algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p > 0$, let $T$ be a maximal Torus and let $f:G \rightarrow G$ be an isogeny. ...
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Hochschild Kostant Rosenberg theorem for varieties in positive characteristic?
Is there is a known version of the HKR theorem as proved in say Swan's paper "Hochschild Cohomology of Quasiprojective Varieties" in positive characteristic? I assume something is known about this as ...
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Smoothness of hyperplane sections
Suppose $X\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ is a smooth hypersurface defined over $\mathbb{Q}$. For a "generic" prime $p$, what can be said about the set of hyperplanes $H$ in $\mathbb{P}^n(\mathbb{F}_p)$ for ...
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Simply connected quasi-projective varieties in positive characteristic
I am looking for examples of non-projective (quasi-projective) varieties $X$ defined over a field of positive characteristic, which have trivial étale fundamental group.
It is well known that the ...
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One dimensional (phi,Gamma)-modules in char p
I would like to better understand the simplest case of the correspondence between Galois representations and (phi,Gamma)-modules. Namely, consider 1-dimensional Galois representations of $G_{Q_p}$ ...
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Restriction theorems over finite fields
A short while ago, Dvir proved the Kakeya conjecture over finite fields. Does this have any implications for restriction theorems over finite fields? I am aware only of implications going in the ...
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The Infinitesimal topos in positive characteristic
This question was inspired by and is somewhat related to this question.
In his article "Crystals and the de Rham cohomology of schemes" in the collection "Dix exposes sur la cohomologie ...
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Concerning the dimension of a complex variety modulo a prime
Let V be a complex affine variety given as the vanishing set of a set of polynomials with integral coefficients. I have 3 questions.
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Under what assumption will the dimension of V over C remain ...
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What is the correct formulation of the CDE triangle?
The CDE triangle with C Cartan matrix and D decomposition matrix is well-known for finite groups. I have not seen a full account of this for finite dimensional algebras which I find surprising as ...
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Functorial characterization of morphisms of schemes
This question is akin in spirit to this one:
Functorial characterization of open subschemes?
In the above MO question, a "functorial" characterization is given for closed immersions and open ...
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Relationship between Line Bundles with isomorphic ring of sections
Suppose two positive holomorphic line bundles $L_1 \to X_1, L_2\to X_2$ over two projective complex manifold $X_1, X_2$ have isomorphic ring of sections $R=R_1=R_2$ where $R_i=\oplus_{m=0}^\infty\...
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Is $Sym^n (V^*) \cong Sym^n (V)^\ast$ naturally in positive characteristic?
Background/motivation
It is a classical fact that we have a natural isomorphism $Sym^n (V^*) \cong Sym^n (V) ^\ast$ for vector spaces $V$ over a field $k$ of characteristic 0. One way to see this is ...
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Affine morphisms in different settings coincide?
1.If we identify two schemes $X$ and $Y$ as two presheaves of set on category of affine schemes.($Aff:=\text{CRing}^{op}$) If there is a morphism as natural transformations $f:X\to Y$, then, how to ...
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product of all F_p, p prime
Let $R$ be the ring $$R = \prod_{p\ \text{prime}} \mathbb{F}_p$$ where $\mathbb{F}_p$ is the field having $p$ elements.
Is it true that $R$ has a quotient by a maximal ideal which is a field of ...
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