Questions tagged [derived-algebraic-geometry]
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Truncated Sphere Spectra and their Modules
I'm trying to use truncations $\tau_{\leq n}S$ of the sphere spectrum to ``interpolate'' between $\DeclareMathOperator{\H}{H} \H\mathbb{Z}$ and $S$, and I am struggling to find references for ...
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Is there a definition of reduced $E_\infty$ ring?
[Edit: I have completely changed the question in response to the replies given]
I am curious if there is well defined notion of reduced $E_\infty$-ring.
Let $CAlg$ denote the $\infty$-category of $E_\...
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Is it always possible to write a scheme as a colimit of affine schemes?
My question is: Is it possible to write any scheme as a (1-categorical) colimit of a diagram of affines? If no, what are some examples?
I ask this question because I have read that one can write any ...
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Spectral sequences as deformation theory
I believe that running the spectral sequence of a filtered complex / spectrum $ \cdots \to F_n \to F_{n+1} \to \cdots$ can be viewed as doing deformation theory in some very primitive "derived ...
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Proj construction in derived algebraic geometry
The question
My question is easy to state:
Is there a Proj construction in derived geometry, that produces a derived stack from a “graded derived algebra”?
Given the vagueness of the question, you’...
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Formally étale maps of animated $k$-algebras
In Lurie's DAG, he defines what it means for a natural transformation $T:\mathcal{F}\to\mathcal{F}'$ of functors $\mathcal{F},\mathcal{F}':\mathcal{SCR}\to\mathcal{S}$ to be formally étale. Namely, it ...
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Computing the cotangent complex of morphisms of perfect complexes
In Lurie's Spectral Algebraic Geometry the cotangent complex of $\textbf{Perf}$ is computed as $ \Sigma^{-1}( \mathscr{F} \otimes \mathscr{F}^\vee)$ for some universal $\mathscr{F} \in \text{Qcoh}(\...
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Derived Chow varieties
I recently encountered the "Hidden Smoothness Principle" envisioned by Deligne, Drinfeld, Beilinson, Kontsevich that singularities occurring in certain moduli spaces is the consequence of ...
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Derived base change in étale cohomology
Given a commutative square of ringed topoi
$$\begin{array}{ccc}X'\!\! & \overset{f'}\to & Y'\!\! \\ \!\!\!\!\!{\small g'}\downarrow & & \downarrow{\small g}\!\!\!\! \\ X & \...
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Derived Category of the derived critical locus, is it the category of Matrix Factorizations?
Let $W \in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots, x_n]=R$ be a polynomial with an isolated critical point at the origin. A Matrix Factorizations for $W$ consists a $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$-graded finite free $R$-...
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Questions about $\text{Perf}(A)$ of dg algebra $A$
[ALEXEY ELAGIN AND VALERY A. LUNTS, p.4.] Recall that triangulated category $\text{Perf}(A)$ is defined as the full thick triangulated subcategory of $D(A)$ generated by the dg $A$-module $A$.
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Where does one go to learn about DG-algebras?
The theory of differential graded algebras (in char 0) and their modules has numerous applications in rational homotopy theory as well as algebraic geometry.
I'm looking for a reasonably complete ...
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The correct homotopically relevant notion of ideals of dg-algebras (or $\mathbb E_1$-rings)
I'm trying to figure out what an ideal of a, say, dg-algebra (or, if you prefer, $\mathbb E_1$-ring) $R$ is in a homotopically relevant fashion, but I can't actually figure it out. I can assume that $...
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About derived divided power envelope
Assume $A$ is a $\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}$-algebra with ideal $I$ and $A,A/I$ are $p$-torsionfree.
In this survey, Akhil Mathew defines the derived divided power envelope $LD_I(A)$ in Construction 7.15, after ...
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What is the status of a result of Kontsevich and Rosenberg?
In their influential paper Noncommutative Smooth Spaces (https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9812158), Kontsevich and Rosenberg define the notion of a noncommutative projective space. In Section 3.3 they ...
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Derived prestacks regarded as functors into spectra
If $k$ is a field (probably of characteristic zero), the usual definition of a derived prestack is a functor $ X \colon {\operatorname{CDGA}}_{k}^{\le 0} \to \operatorname{Spaces} $ from (graded) ...
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Relationship between different definitions of the Hochschild homology
Throughout the literature, one can find many definitions of the Hochschild homology of various objects. However, the precise relationship between these definitions is not always so clear, at least to ...
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Base-change theorems for stable $\infty$-categories
Omitting some technicalities, the base-change theorem for quasicoherent sheaves says that if we have the following diagram of (derived) schemes
$\require{AMScd}$
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X \times_S Y @>\pi_2>&...
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How would you organize a cycle of seminars aimed at learning together some basics of Derived Algebraic Geometry?
This question is similar to this one because it's asking about a possible roadmap towards learning some derived algebraic geometry (DAG). But it's also different, because the goal is not to form a ...
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Construction of derived Quot schemes
I am studying the construction of derived Quot schemes in the paper Borisov, Katzarkov, and Sheshmani - “Shifted symplectic structures on derived Quot-stacks”.
Derived quot stacks are constructed from ...
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Derived quot schemes and the derived linearity locus
I am studying derived quot schemes in the paper Ciocan-Fontanine and Kapranov, “Derived Quot schemes” .
On page 36 ~ 37, the derived linearity locus is defined.
Let $S$ be a $\mathbb{Z}_-$-graded dg-...
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A sheaf is a presheaf that preserves small limits
There is a common misconception that a sheaf is simply a presheaf that preserves limits. This has been discussed here before many times and I believe I understand it well enough.
However when reading ...
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Deligne's letter to Millson
The deformation theoretic principle that any reasonable deformation problem should be governed by a dg-Lie algebra seems to come from a letter of Deligne to Millson. It is clear how the Maurer-Cartan ...
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Is there a notion of injective, projective, flat, dimension for a differential graded algebra?
Given a differential graded algebra $(A_\bullet,d)$, is there a well-defined notion of a K-injective, K-projective, K-flat dimension of a differential graded module, or even of the category of ...
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Power operations from a Tate construction
In an action-packed three pages of Lurie's DAG-XIII: Rational and p-adic Homotopy Theory, section 2.2: Power Operations on $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-algebras, one finds a construction of the power ...
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Two results about (shifted) symplectic structures
I am now interested in shifted symplectic structures.
I found Zhang's results about symplectic structures (2011, p.3-4, arXiv link,
Comm. Anal. Geom. 2017) and Pantev–Toen–Vaquié–Vezzosi's results ...
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Solution spaces of algebraic differential equations and derived geometry
We consider potentially non-linear differential equations on the formal one dimensional disc $\Delta$. Such equations are given by expressions $$P(z,f,f',f'',...)=0,$$ where $P$ is an element of the ...
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Derived geometry and theoretical physics
Is there any link between derived geometry and theoretical physics?
for example with particle physics or quantum mechanics?
Specifically something that included the obstruction bundle.
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When is the cotangent complex perfect?
Let $X\rightarrow S$ be a proper flat morphism of schemes.
When is the cotangent complex $L_{X/S}$ perfect ?
It is well known, that for local complete intersections the cotangent complex is perfect, ...
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The dual abelian scheme in derived algebraic geometry
$\def\Pic{\mathcal{Pic}}\def\Gm{\mathbb{G}_m}\def\Hom{\mathop{Hom}}\def\HOM{\mathcal{Hom}}$
If $A/S$ is an abelian scheme, the fppf sheaf $\Pic^0_{A/S}$ is representable by an abelian scheme $\hat{A}$....
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Descent properties of topological Hochschild homology
Question: What is the finest topology on $\mathrm{CAlg}$ (commutative ring spectra) for which THH (Topological Hochschild Homology) satisfies descent?
Adaptations of the arguments appearing in ...
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Why do people say DG-algebras behave badly in positive characteristic?
It seems to be a common wisdom in derived algebraic geometry that commutative DG-algebras are not, in general, a good model for derived rings, with the stated reason that they behave badly in positive ...
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Connections between various generalized algebraic geometries (Toen-Vaquié, Durov, Diers, Lurie)?
As far as I know, there are four possible ways to generalize algebraic geometry by 'simply' replacing the basic category of rings with something similar but more general:
$\bullet$ In the approach by ...
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Jordan–Hölder sequence for $\mu$-semi stable sheaves
Let $X$ be a smooth variety over $\mathbb{C}$, and let $\omega \in \operatorname{Pic}(X)_\mathbb{R}$ be an ample class.
I would like to know if any $\mu_\omega$-semistable sheaf $E \in \operatorname{...
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Lie bracket on the unshifted tangent complex?
My problem is as follows: if $X$ is a derived scheme, or derived stack, or any kind of a space where tangent complex makes sense, I guess there should be a lie bracket on its tangent complex, ...
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Preorientation of additive formal group
In "A Survey of Elliptic Cohomology", Section 3.2, Lurie asserts that the preorientations of the additive formal group $\widehat{\mathbf G}_a$ over $\mathbf Z$ are classified by the $\mathbb ...
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Example of pseudocoherent complex which is not locally quasi-isomorphic to a strict pseudocoherent one
I ask this question here even if I posted it also on math.stackexchange (recieving no answer so far) because I have read some analogous question but for perfect complexes on this site, even though ...
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Every Spectral Deligne-Mumford stack satsifies fpqc descent?
In SAG Remark 6.3.3.8, Lurie asserts that if we have a representable (by Spectral Deligne-Mumford stacks) natural transformation $X\to Y$ where $Y$ is a functor satisfying fpqc descent, then so too ...
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Structure sheaf of derived intersection
Everything is over a field $k$ of characteristic $0$.
Let $X$ and $Y$ two closed dg subschemes over a dg scheme $Z$. I am trying to understand the structure sheaf of the derived intersection of $X$ ...
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$\infty$-operads and $E_\infty$-algebras
I work in algebraic geometry. Lately, the answer to most of my questions seems to be "you should read Lurie's Higher Algebra." I took this advice seriously, however it turned out not to be an easy ...
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Is the cotangent complex sensitive to truncation?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sym{Sym}\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$If $V$ is a dg vector space (in positive degrees), we can view it as a derived scheme $V = \Sym V^*$. It has (co)tangent complex $V$ (and $...
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A question about relative deformations of the structure sheaf of the diagonal
Let $X$ be a smooth proper algebraic variety over $\mathbb{C}$. Let us consider an associative
algebra $${p_2}_*{\mathcal{H}{om}}_{X\times X}(\mathcal{O}_\Delta, \mathcal{O}_\Delta) \in \text{Alg}_\...
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Is the category of spectra on $\mathbb{P}^1$ a module category?
I cannot really state my question in an incredibly precise way as I'm very new to this area, but I hope what I'm asking will be clear. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be the infinity category of sheaves of quasi-...
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Smoothness of a variety implies homological smoothness of DbCoh
I have been told that $D^bCoh(X)$ is homologically smooth if $X$ is a smooth variety, and I am trying to construct a proof. My background is not in algebra, so I apologize for elementary questions.
It ...
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Derived category and L-function
For abelian varieties over $\mathbb{Q}$ $\mathscr{A}$ and $\mathscr{A}'$, if derived categories $D(\mathscr{A})$ and $D(\mathscr{A}')$ are equivalent then L-functions are same $L(s,\mathscr{A})=L(s,\...
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Étale homotopy type of (derived) loop space
A feature of derived algebraic geometry is that we have internal homs. Furthermore, we can think of $B\mathbb{Z}$ as the derived algebraic geometric analogue of $S^1$. Thus we have an analogue of the ...
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Interpretation of the cohomology of compact lie groups and their classifying spaces in DAG?
I'll be using homological grading throughout this question.
Let $G$ be a compact connected lie group. The following isomorphisms are classical and can be proven using several methods:
$$H^{\bullet}(...
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Confusion about DAG terminology
This question refers to higher and derived algebraic geometry as developed by Toen-Vezzosi, not by Lurie. I have seen two expository documents by Toen.
In the first text, there is a definition:
A ...
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Dimension of derived Artin stacks and perfect complexes
I am interested in the concept of dimension of derived and $n$-Artin stacks. Take for example the definition 4.10 of From HAG to DAG: derived moduli stacks. in which they define the dimension of a ...
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Two definitions of cotangent complex
I have reading a paper by Professor Pridham(https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4044v4). Page 47-48 contains a comparison of the two definitions of the cotangent complex, but there is a part I don't understand....
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