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formal smooth morphism with a formal smooth source
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ a morpism between $k$-schemes ( $k$ a field).
We suppose that X is formally smooth and f is formally smooth and surjective.
Do we have that $Y$ is formally smooth?
Or if it's ...
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Are these empirical discoveries about the Serre Swinnerton-Dyer ring of prime level modular power series actual theorems?
In this question Joel Bellaiche constructed an algebra, M, of modular forms for
gamma_0 (N) in finite characteristic (which he called p, but I'll call ell) and asked to know its structure. Matt ...
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Is the pushout of smooth varieties along a smooth closed subvariety again a variety?
The following question is motivated by a desire to find a rough analog in algebraic geometry of the usual notion of gluing of smooth bordisms.
Suppose k is an algebraically closed field of ...
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Category of the smooth formal p-groups over a local ring
Fontaine showed in Asterisque 47-48 that the category of finite dimensional smooth formal $p$-groups over the ring $A=W(k)$ of the Witt vectors over a finite field $k$ is anti-equivalent to the ...
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Zariski tangent space of a scheme as the vector space of derivations
A standard lemma says that for a scheme $X$ of finite type over an algebraically closed field $k$ the set of derivations $\mathcal{O}_{X,x} \to \kappa(x)=k$, is isomorphic to the Zariski tangent ...
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If $p=0$ and $df=0$, is $f$ a $p$th power?
This question is a follow-up to When does the relative differential $df=0$ imply that $f$ comes from the base?. There it was asked, for an $A$-algebra $B$, under what conditions does $df=0$ (in the ...
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Modular reduction of exceptional complex reflection groups
I am interested in reducing reflection representations of complex reflection groups modulo a prime $p$. For the infinite family $G(m,r,n)$, it is straightforward to get "good reduction" provided that $...
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Vector bundles of schemes and their topological realizations
Hi, there is a realization functor $R_\mathbb{R}$ from schemes of finite type over $\mathbb{R}$ to topological spaces and there is also a functor $R_\mathbb{C}$.
Does $R_\mathbb{R}$ send an ...
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Do all the main properties of constructible and perverse sheaves (in an 'arithmetic' situation) follow from results of Gabber?
This question is a continuation of Bad behaviour of perverse sheaves over 'general' bases?
Let $S$ (for example) be a finite type separated scheme over $\mathbb{Z}$. I would like: (1) to ...
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Given two linear operators A and B over a finite field, is there a third operator C whose kernel is the intersection of kernels of A and B?
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional linear space over a finite field $k$. Let $A$ and $B$ be two endomorphisms of $V$.
Question 1. Is there an endomorphism $C$ of $V$, which is expressed in terms of ...
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Splitting of counit-trace map for $\ell$-adic sheaf $\Bbb Q_{\ell}$
I have a question about following argument on page 3 in paper arxiv.org/abs/1702.04404 by Will Sawin (Proposition 3):
The claim is that for a finite, dominant map $f:X \to Y$ between varieties $X,Y$ ...
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Questions about the fixed point functor $X^G$ of a $G$-scheme
Let $X$ a (locally Noetherian; but not sure if that's really matter) $k$-scheme, $G$ a $k$-group scheme acting on $X$ via morphism $a:X \times G \to X$.
The fixed point functor of $X$ (where $X$ is ...
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Specialization map Chow groups preserves algebraic equivalence
Let $R$ be a discrete valuation ring with fraction field $K$ and residue field $k$.
Let $\pi\colon X\rightarrow \text{Spec}(R)$ be a smooth projective morphism with geometrically integral fibers.
In ...
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Shafarevich conjecture for Abelian varieties over global function fields
Let $S$ be a finite set of places of a global function field $K$. Are there finitely many Abelian varieties over $K$ with good reduction outside $S$? What if we exclude isotrivial families?
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Nilpotent orbits in characteristic $0$ vs. positive characteristics
Let $G_\mathbb{C}$ be a connected reductive group over $\mathbb{C}$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}_{\mathbb{C}}$. For any algebraically closed field $k$, let $G_k$ denote the connected reductive group ...
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Characters of finite fields - Reference request
Let $\mathbf{F}_q$ ($q=p^f$) be a finite field. We are interested in the characters $\chi: \mathbf{F}_q\rightarrow \mathbf{K}$ ($\chi(0)=0$) where the $ \mathbf{K}$ is an alg.closed field of ...
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Non-Noetherian (classical) algebraic geometry
My starting point for this question is that, in a very classical sense, algebraic geometry is the study of solution spaces of systems of polynomial equations over an algebraically closed field. It is ...
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Dévissage for a stratification in Grothendieck's Esquisse d’un programme: What is it?
I have a question about the the intuition of what Grothendieck proposed as tame topology in his "Esquisse d’un programme" as a "better suited" geometric structure in order to have ...
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smooth super scheme which is not smooth
I am following the very nice "Notes on fundamental algebraic supergeometry. Hilbert and Picard superschemes" by Bruzzo, Ruiperez and Polishchuk. I am having some problem in order to give ...
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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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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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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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Henselization of normal rings (Milne's EC)
The usual way to define the Henselization $A^h$ of a local ring $(A, \mathfrak{m})$ is by taking the direct limit $\varinjlim (B, \mathfrak q)$ over all étale neighborhoods of $A$
(i.e. pairs $(B,\...
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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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Uniqueness of Galois descent
Let $Y,Z$ be $\mathbb{F}_p$-schemes, they are both models of scheme $X$ over $\overline{\mathbb{F}_p}$ . Let $F$ be the absolute Frobenius of $\overline{\mathbb{F}_p}$, If $1_Y\times F$ and $1_Z\times ...
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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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Is the "naive" version of Chevalley's theorem still true?
Reposting from math.se in case more people are interested here.
Chevalley's theorem says that if $f \colon X \to Y$ is a morphism of finite presentation of schemes and $C \subset X$ is constructible, ...
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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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How big are small inverse powers of 2 mod powers of 3?
Let $a \bmod b$ take value as an integer in $[0, b)$. For any $T \ge 1$, for what $R \in [0, 3^n)$ is
$$\min \{2^{-t}\bmod 3^n: t =1, \dotsc, T\} := \min A_T > R?$$
When $T$ is fixed as $n$ ...
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If the Frobenius endomorphism of a characteristic $p$ ring is epimorphic, is it surjective?
MO question 19282 is about integral epimorphisms of commutative rings, and a counterexample is given to surjectivity. What about the case of the Frobenius endomorphism of a commutative, characteristic ...
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de Rham Bloch-Ogus theory in positive characteristic
In their famous paper Gersten's conjecture and the homology of schemes, one of the results that Bloch and Ogus prove is that the second page of the coniveau spectral sequence for $X$ smooth over a ...
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Is the restriction of an injective sheaf on a closed subscheme still injective?
Let $X$ be a Noetherian scheme, and let $i:Z\to X$ be the inclusion of a closed subscheme $Z$. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be an injective sheaf of modules on $X$.
Question. Is $i^*\mathcal{I}$ still an ...
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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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Gluing two affine schemes along a different intersection
Given a quasi-projective $X$ variety that is the union of two affines $\text{Spec(A)}$, $\text{Spec(B)}$ with intersection $\text{Spec}(C)$. Let $f\in C$. Then $\text{Spec}(C_f)$ is an open in both of ...
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Extensions of fraction field and residue field
Let $A \subset B$ be integrally closed local domains, $K(A), K(B)$ be fields of fractions, and $k(A),k(B)$ be residue fields. How to prove $[K(B):K(A)] \ge [k(B):k(A)]$?
This question should be easy ...
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An application of Grothendieck's version of Hensel's Lemma
Assume $R$ is a Henselian local ring with $k=R/m_R$ ($m_R$ is the unique maximal ideal of $R$) and $G$ a finite flat group scheme over $R$. We denote by $G_k= G \otimes_R k$ the closed fiber.
There ...
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Non-cyclic Galois groups over the field of formal Laurent series in positive characteristic
This should be an easy question, but I am unfortunately not able to give an answer, so I am sorry if this is not the appropriate level for the site.
Let $C$ be an algebraically closed field of ...
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Finding a cover of the Hilbert functor, that corresponds to a cover of the Grassmannian
Let $\mathrm{Grass}_{k+1,n+1}:\mathrm{Sch}^{\circ}\rightarrow\mathrm{Set}$ be the Grassmann functor, which maps a scheme $S$ to the set:
$$\left\{\mathscr{U}\subseteq\mathscr{O}_S^{n+1}:\,\,\mathscr{...
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Fibered surfaces degenerating to Frobenius
Let $R$ be a DVR with algebraically closed, positive characteristic residue field $k$. Let $X\rightarrow Spec(R)$ and $C\rightarrow Spec(R)$ be smooth projective morphisms of relative dimension 2 and ...
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Why are algebraic schemes called algebraic?
In scheme theory, an algebraic scheme is the data of a scheme + a morphism of finite type to the spectrum of a field. Where does the term "algebraic scheme" come from? It does not seem intuitive to me ...
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Embed FPPF group scheme into smooth one
Let $A$ be a ring and $G$ be an affine commutative FPPF group scheme over $A$. Can we embed $G$ into a smooth group scheme over $A$?
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Krull dimension of schemes locally of finite type over PID
Let $R$ be a commutative unital ring that is a PID. Assume that $R$ is not a DVR. Let $X$ be an integral scheme locally of finite type over $\mathrm{Spec}\,R$. Can the Krull dimension of $\mathcal{O}...
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A slightly canonical way to associate a scheme to a Noetherian spectral space
Let $C$ be the category whose objects are Noetherian spectral topological spaces and whose morphisms are homeomorphisms. Let $\mathrm{AffSch}$ be the category of Noetherian affine schemes (morphisms ...
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Symmetric power contained in tensor power?
Let $V$ be an $R$-module. Traditionally the symmetric algebra $S(V)$ is defined as a quotient of the tensor algebra $T(V)$, by the ideal generated by all $a\otimes b-b\otimes a$.
Can $S^n(V)$ also be ...
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Quaternion algebras in characteristic 2
Let $k$ be a field and let $Q$ be a quaternion algebra over $k$.
It is well known that, if $\mathrm{char}\,k\neq 2$, one can define $Q$ as the $k$-algebra of dimension $4$ generated by elements $x,y$ ...
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When spreading out a scheme, does the choice of max ideal matter?
I'm looking at Serre's paper How to use Finite Fields for Problems Concerning Infinite Fields. Specifically I'm trying to use the techniques in the proof of Theorem 1.2 to write out the details of the ...
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On representable abelian sheaves vs abelian sheaves
Let $S$ be a scheme, $(\text{Sch}/S)_{\rm Ét}$ a big étale site, and $A$ a representable
(either in schemes or algebraic spaces over $S$) abelian sheaf on $(\text{Sch}/S)_{\rm Ét}$.
Suppose there is a ...
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When is a coherent subsheaf determined by its global sections
I am reading an article in which a proof is based on defining a subsheaf by only giving its global sections.
The exact setting is that, one has a surjective finite morphism $f:Y\to X$ between ...
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A suspected typo, and Deligne's image of the general fiber swallowing the special
In SGA 4.5 (Arcata V.1) Deligne writes:
Let $X$ be a complex analytic variety and $f:X\rightarrow D$ map $X$ into the
disk. Write $[0,t]$ for closed line segment with extremities 0 and $t$ in
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