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Quotients of quasi affine varieties and extension of scalars
I have some questions about GIT quotients and extensions of scalars of categorical quotients:
1) Let $X$
be a complex algebraic quasi-affine variety, $G$
an algebraic reductive group over $\...
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henselizations along closed subscheme
Where can I find some references about henselizations ablong a closed subscheme?
For example if I take a map $Y\times\mathbb{A}^{1}\rightarrow Y$ and $Z$ a closed subscheme.
Let $Y_{Z}^{h}$ the ...
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Application of Frobenius splitting in characteristic $0$
In general, Frobenius splitting only defines on field of characteristic $p$ (algebraically closed) field.
I am reading Brion and Kumar's book and I can see that there are geometric results can be ...
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Partial differential Equation over characteristic p
I want some references on partial differential equations over characteristic $p$. If we have a first order partial differential equation, how can we check whether there exists polynomials or rational ...
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Tannaka categories and reductive groups
The group associated to a Tannaka category $T$ over a field is pro-reductive if and only if $T$ is semi-simple.
Pro-reductive groups make sense over any scheme.
Is there an extension of the theory ...
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Are these subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$ stable under the shallow Hecke algebra?
This is a characteristic $3$ analog of part of my earlier question, "Are these two subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/2[[x]]$ the same?"
Notation
Fix a prime $N$ other than $3$. Let $F,G \in \mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$...
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Is there an analogue of distributions in characteristic p?
Some motivation: When working over $\mathbb{C}$, distributions (in the sense of generalized functions) act as natural generators for $D$-modules (in the sense that any regular holonomic $D$-module is ...
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Does this space of mod 2 modular forms admit a (Z/8)* degree decomposition?
Fix an odd N>0. Let M consist of all odd elements of Z/2[[x]] that are the mod 2 reductions of elements of Z[[x]] arising as the Fourier expansions of modular forms for (Gamma_0)(N); it's easy to see ...
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Adjunction Formula for Weil Divisors on a Normal Variety X
Let $X$ be a normal variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$ and $S$ be a prime Weil divisor on $X$ which is normal too. Now if $K_X+S$ is NOT $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier, ...
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A subring of the Serre Swinnerton -Dyer ring of level N modular power series
Suppose ell is prime and (N,ell)=1. Consider those power series over Z that are expansions at infinity of modular forms for gamma_0 (N) of weight a multiple of ell-1. I'll say that an element of (Z/...
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G-torsor whose ring of regular functions is a field.
I already asked this question on stackexchange but didn't get any answer. Maybe it is better suited for mathoverflow.
Let $G$ be an affine group scheme (not necessarily of finite type) over $\...
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What is known about "singularity types" in the Murphy's Law sense?
In his "Murphy's Law" paper, Vakil gives a definition equivalent to the following:
The singularity type of a pointed scheme $(X,p)$ its equivalence class, under the following equivalence relation: $...
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Inequalities between numerical invariants of nonsingular projective Varieties in positive Characteristic
It is well-known that Miyaoka and Yau-type inequalities do not hold in positive characteristic. In "a note on Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality in positive characteristic", however, we can ...
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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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p-torsion in the Tate-Shafarevich group of supersingular elliptic curves
Let $E$ be a supersingular elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_p(t)$. Is something known on the $p$-torsion of the Tate–Shafarevich group in this case? In particular, I would like to know if (or if known ...
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How can I prove this stronger version of Fedder's Criterion?
I was reading Fedder's original paper which proved what is now known as "Fedder's criterion". I noticed that the abstract stated something which is a priori stronger than what is proved in ...
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Nice blowups are universal algebraic fiber spaces?
We say that a proper (maybe projective) morphism $f:X \to Y$ is a universal algebraic fiber space if $f_* O_X = O_Y$ holds universally. (This means: for any morphism $Y' \to Y$, if $X' = Y' \times_Y X$...
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Action of an algebraic group $G$ on a scheme $X$ with fixed rational point
Let $X$ be an irreducible locally noetherian $k$-scheme ($k$ any field) and $G$ an algebraic $k$-group acting on $X$.
Proposition 3.1.6 in these notes by M. Brion claims
Let $a : G \times X \to X$ be ...
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Locus where a family of cycles is rationally trivial is countable union of closed subvarieties?
Following up on this question which received a negative answer, I wonder if something weaker is true.
We work in the same set-up as the previous question. Let $B$ be a smooth quasi-projective variety ...
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Grothendieck's vs Gruson and Raynaud's dévissages
In which sense is Gruson and Raynaud's relative dévissage an "extension/ generalization" of Grothendieck's "classical" dévissage concept except that the first one works in "...
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Does the orbit in geometric invariant theory have natural scheme structure
Let $X$ be a scheme locally of finite type over a sufficiently "nice" base scheme $S$ (nice in sense of reasonable "finiteness conditions", for sake of simplicity let's start as ...
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When can we lift transitivity of an action from geometric points to a flat cover?
Let $G$ a nice group scheme (say, over $S$), $X$ a smooth $G$-scheme over $S$, that is, $\pi : X \to S$ a smooth, $G$-invariant morphism. Assume that the action is transitive on algebraically closed ...
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What are the possibilities of the general fibres in an Iitaka fibration?
This question is motivated by complex algebraic geometry.
If $X$ is a complex algebraic variety with Kodaira dimension in $[1,\dim X-1]$, then the Iitaka fibration (the rational map induced by the ...
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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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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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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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How to compute the transfer maps for G-theory of Noetherian schemes
Let $k$ be a field and $R$ be the ring $k[x,xy,xy^2,xy^3]$. Let $X$ be $\operatorname{Spec}(R)$ and $\tilde{X}$ be the blow-up of $X$ along the maximal ideal $I$ of $R$ generated by $x,xy,xy^2,xy^3$.I ...
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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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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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For a family of short exact sequences of coherent sheaves, can we define the splitting subscheme?
This question has been asked in SE.
Let $k$
be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $X$ be a projective scheme over $k$. We can talk about short exact sequences of coherent ...
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Is the cohomology $H^1(X, \mathcal{E}^\nabla)$ trivial, for the sheaf of constants of an algebraic connection $\nabla$?
Suppose that $\pi:X\to S$ is a flat morphism between Noetherian, integral schemes (of characteristic zero, if need be).
Let $\mathcal{E}$ be a locally free sheaf on $X$, and
$$\nabla:\mathcal{E} \to \...
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What direction does the derivation of an inseparable algebraic variable point in?
I've been thinking about the geometry of inseparable field extensions lately, since I'm studying smoothness in commutative rings in an advanced topics course this semester. I've generally come to the ...
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Ind-etale vs weakly etale
In this article Bhatt and Scholze consider ind-etale and weakly etale maps of affine schemes. We have two (easy) statements, proven in Prop.2.3.3(1) and (5):
-- any ind-etale map is weakly etale,
-- ...
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Do rationally contractible presheaves have rationally contractible injective resolution
Given a presheaf $\mathcal{F}: Sm/k\rightarrow Ab$ we define a new presheaf $C\mathcal{F}= \varinjlim\limits_{X\times \{0,1\}\subset U \subset X\times \mathbb{A}^1}\mathcal{F}(U)$. The presheaf $\...
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Generalizations of Artin–Verdier duality?
Constructible étale abelian sheafs on $Spec\ O_\mathbb K$, for number fields $\mathbb K$, satisfy Artin-Verdier duality. Are there known any algebraic schemes or algebraic stacks, other than $Spec\ O_\...
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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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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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Sections of non-reduced schemes
Let $X$ be an affine, irreducible (complex), generically reduced, scheme containing an embedded point, say at $x \in X$. Suppose further dimension of $X$ is strictly positive (can assume to be one ...
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Surjective morphisms dominated by some fpqc covering
Now I'm reading Cornell and Silverman's "Arithmetic Geometry" and I have trouble with a statement in this book. On page 39 of this book, the author says "Now $G\to Q$ is a surjection, consequently it ...
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Lifting a Frobenius endomorphism under an étale morphism
Let $X$ be a smooth affine scheme over $\mathbb{Z}/{p^2}$ that is a complete intersection, say $X$ is the spectrum of $\mathbb{Z}/{p^2}[x_1,...x_n]/(f_1, ... f_r)$, where $n-r$ is the dimension of $X$....
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Finiteness results in the category of schemes up to $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy
In algebraic geometry, we know that there exist geometrical conditions on a scheme $X/k$ for having finitely many rational points when $k$ is a number field. Namely for curves there is the Mordell ...
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Bass theorem on non-affine scheme
A famous theorem of Bass tells that over a noetherian ring $A$, with $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$ connected, every projective module of infinite type is free.
Now, consider a connected noetherian scheme $...
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Abelian varieties by Moonen and van der Geer: proof of rigidity lemma
I try to understand a reduction step in the proof of rigidity lemma as proved in Moonen's and van der Geer's Abelian varieties (Lemma 1.11 on page 12- if the link not work the draft version is online ...
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Zero section of quasi-coherent bundle
Let $S$ be a scheme and let $\mathcal{E}$ be a quasi-coherent $\mathcal{O}_S$-module. Then we can construct a graded quasi-coherent $\mathcal{O}_S$-algebra $\mathscr{A}:= Sym(\mathcal{E})$ and define ...
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What kind of equivalences exist between categories of characteristic $0$ and characteristic $p$?
The tilting equivalence for perfectoid algebras gives an equivalence of categories $$K\text{-perf} \cong K^\flat\text{-perf}$$
where the left-hand-side are algebras in characteristic zero and the ...
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$G_0(X) \cong G_0(X_{red})$ where X is a noetherian scheme
Let $\textbf {X}$ be a noetherian scheme,
$\textbf {M(X)}$ be the categroy of coherent sheaf over the scheme $\textbf {X}$.
We denote $ \textbf {K$_0$(M(X))}$ to be $ \textbf {G$_0$(X)}$.
Now I ...
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Other interesting notions when we change topology on $\text{Sch}/S$
Let $\text{Sch}$ be the category of schemes. Let $S$ be an object of $\text{Sch}$. Consider the category $\text{Sch}/S$.
Some interesting topologies on $\text{Sch}/S$ are Zariski, fpqc, étale, fppf.....
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Road map for moduli space/moduli problem/moduli stack
I am familiar with (most of the) contents of Angelo Vistoli's notes on Descent theory (Stacks). I am also comfortable with basics of Schemes, their Cohomology (Cech), from Hartshorne's Algebraic ...
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Smallest non-vanishing index of Local-Cohomology and Ext functor, as in the definition of depth, for not necessarily affine schemes
Let $(Z,\mathcal O_Z)$ be a closed subscheme of a Noetherian scheme $(X,\mathcal O_X)$. Then there is an ideal sheaf $\mathcal J$ on $X$ such that $i_*(\mathcal O_Z) \cong \mathcal O_X/\mathcal J$ , ...
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