Questions tagged [motives]
for questions about motives in algebraic geometry, including constructions of categories of motives and motivic sheaves, and aspects of the standard conjectures.
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Homotopy invariance of $\ell$-adic cohomology
In the end of the Voevodsky’s lectures on cross functors, P. Deligne considers a couple of axioms which define (using the vocabulary of Ayoub's thesis) a stable homotopical 2-functor. Among them, we ...
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Localization with or without transfers
Let $Sh_{Nis}^{tr}$ be the category of Nisnevich sheaves with transfers of abelian groups over a perfect field. Let $u\colon Sh_{Nis}^{tr}\to Sh_{Nis}$ be the functor “forget transfers” and let $h_0^{\...
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Why is the category of motives generated by varieties?
I'm reading Ayoub's paper Motifs des varietes analytiques rigides, but I'm not quite familiar with motives. In this paper, he defines the category of motives to be $\mathbf{RigDM}^{\rm eff}_{\rm Nis}(...
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Stable $\infty$-category of motives
In nLab motive, it defines the derived category of motives as the full sub-$\infty$-category of the $\infty$-category of functors $\mathop{\mathrm{Fun}}(\mathrm{Cor}_k^{\mathrm{op}}, \mathcal S)$ ...
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Nisnevich topology inspired by Adeles
I'm quite a newbe in the field of motives & A1 homotopy theory,
so please forgive me if the question is too elementary:
In the intro from wikipedia on Nisnevish topology
is remarked that it's ...
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How should I think about 1-motives?
By definition, a 1-motive over an algebraically closed field $k$ is the data
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M = [X\stackrel{u}{\to}G]
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where $X$ is a free abelian group of finite type, $G$ is a semi-abelian variety over $k$, ...
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Motives based on Hodge cycles vs algebraic cycles
I am not a specialist of motives. I am afraid my questions are rather naive.
We have the category of (pure) motives based on Hodge cycles by Deligne. In his articles with Milne, morphisms between ...
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Generate periods only by smooth varieties
Like explained in this passage that a period is a complex number whose real and imaginary parts are integrations of rational functions over $\mathbb{Q}$ on some $\mathbb{Q}$-semi-algebra set in $\...
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Algebraic correspondence as morphisms in Betti cohomology
$\newcommand{\sing}{\mathrm{sing}}$Take a commutative ring $R$ and smooth projective complex varieties $X$ and $Y$. An element $\alpha\in CH^*(X\times Y)_R$ induces the algebraic correspondence for ...
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Motivic homotopy categories closed under subobjects and quotients
It is well known that the category $\mathbf{HI}_{\rm Nis}^{\rm tr}(k)$ of $\mathbb{A}^1$-local Nisnevich sheaves with transfers is closed under subobjects and quotients, from the highly nontrivial ...
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Non-examples of mixed Tate motives
I was trying to find examples of schemes (preferably smooth) over $\mathbb{C}$ which have motives that aren't mixed Tate. I wasn't able to come up with anything or find an argument that's been written ...
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Deligne's letter to Soulé from 1985
There is a famous letter of Deligne to C. Soulé in which, apparently, Deligne first formulated the conjecture on the existence of an abelian category of mixed motives, extending Grothendieck's pure ...
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Cohomology theories for algebraic varieties over number fields
There is a standard line which is repeated by anyone writing/talking about motives and cohomology of algebraic varieties over number fields: namely, there are many such cohomologies and then the ...
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Can a Chow motif be isomorphic to its own direct summand?
Let $M$ be a $R$-linear Chow motif over a field $k$ that is perfect but not necessarily algebraically closed. Can one prove that $M$ is not a direct summand of itself (that is, $M\not\cong M\bigoplus ...
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Motives (and examples) of projective bundles over projective spaces
If a projective bundle $Y$ over a variety $X$ is obtained from a vector bundle $E/X$ then the cohomology and the motif of $Y$ is known to be closely related to that of $X$. Now, what can one say in ...
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A question on motivic zeta-function
It's well-known that over $\mathbb F_q$ every smooth projective conic $C$ is isomorphic to a projective line. So the formula for the motivic zeta-function $Z_{mot}(C)$ is evident since $S^n\mathbb P^1 ...
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Generalization of conjectures involving Beilinson regulators
I had some questions about the Beilinson conjectures as mentioned in this page. I have to admit I do not know much about Deligne cohomology. The conjectures involve some form of comparison map between ...
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Grothendieck rings and the Tannakian formalism
I understand that the Tannakian formalism (which I only "know" extremely superficially) is very important for the theory of motives. I guess "the" conjectural category of motives ...
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Values of cohomology theory on a point
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sm{Sm}$It is a well-known fact that in algebraic topology, generalized cohomology theories are determined by their values on the point. I was wondering whether anything similar ...
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What is the precise definition of "Hypergeometric motives over $\mathbb{Q}$"?
The question is as in the title, but here is some background:
Section 4 of this paper by Beukers, Cohen and Mellit is called "Hypergeometric motive over $\mathbb{Q}$" but no actual (pure) ...
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In what sense do the real and complex places correspond to setting q equal to 1 or -1?
It often happens that if we have a scheme $X/\mathbb Z$ (or an open subset thereof) and we denote by $p(q) = X(\mathbb F_q)$, then $p(1)$ and $p(-1)$ compute the euler characteristic of $X(\mathbb C)$ ...
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Motives and topological data analysis
Here is some meta mathematics question.
During the last decade there has been some progress in the field of applied maths, called topological data analysis.
The setup starts with some set of points in ...
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Eilenberg-Steenrod cohomological theory versus Weil cohomological theory [closed]
Can someone enlighten me what is the difference between an Eilenberg-Steenrod cohomological theory ( See here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilenberg%E2%80%93Steenrod_axioms ), and a Weil ...
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Thickness of category of abelian motives
A motive over a field $k$ is of abelian type if it belongs to the thick and rigid
subcategory of Chow motives spanned by the motives of abelian varieties over $k$. I understand that this is the ...
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Motivic Galois correspondence
Is there a Galois correspondence in motivic Galois theory ? If so, is there a mathematical work on this correspondence that i can find on the net ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Status of the conjectured vanishing of Bloch-Kato H^2
There is a folklore conjecture that $\operatorname{Ext}^2$ vanishes in the category of geometric $p$-adic Galois representations (i.e. representations that are unramified almost everywhere and de Rham ...
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The splitting pattern of the Killing form of an algebraic group and the Tits index
Let us assume that $G$ is an anisotropic semisimple, connected algebraic group over a field $k$ of characteristic zero.
Let $K_G$ denote the class of its Killing form in the Witt ring of $k$.
Let $X$ ...
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What's motivic about $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy theory? What's motivic about correspondences?
I come today to mathoverflow to showcase some genuine confusion about the motivic world. I want to ask some questions before actually starting to study the subject, to build some sense of direction.
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K-equivalence ⇒ isomorphism of Chow motives?
An old conjecture of Bondal–Orlov–Kawamata predicts that K-equivalent varieties are D-equivalent, see Kawamata's paper D-equivalence and K-equivalence for definitions. In particular this applies to ...
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What are the consequences of the finite generation of $\operatorname{Ext}^1_{\mathcal{O}_F}(\mathbb{1},M)$?
Let $F$ be a number fields. Conjecturally, there is a rigid $\mathbb{Q}$-linear abelian category of mixed motives over $F$. Let $\mathbb{1}$ denotes the unit object of this category. Given a mixed ...
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The modularity theorem as a special case of the Bloch-Kato conjecture
In the homepage for the CRM's special semester this year, I found the interesting statement that the modularity theorem (formerly the Taniyama-Shimura-Weil conjecture) is a special case of the Bloch-...
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When does a triangulated category have a heart?
Suppose $\mathcal{T}$ is a triangulated category. What are the conditions $\mathcal{T}$ must satisfy in order to have a t-structure? If a t-structure exists, which further conditions would ensure that ...
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Uncountably many non-isomorphic Tate modules
Do there exist uncountably many abelian surfaces with good reduction over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with pairwise non-isomorphic rational $p$-adic Tate modules?
If we took $l$-adic Tate modules there would be ...
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What unramified Galois representations come from geometry?
I think we don't know what crystalline representations come from geometry. What about the unramified ones? Specifically let $\phi:\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}_p}/\mathbb{Q}_p)\to GL_n(\mathbb{Q}...
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Galois representation with infinite image but finite image everywhere locally
Fix a prime $l$. Let $\phi:\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q})\to GL_n(\mathbb{Q}_l)$ be a semisimple continuous representation. Assume $\phi$ has finite image when restricted to $\mathrm{...
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Would full resolution of singularities have cohomological implications beyond the alteration theory?
De Jong's result on alterations allows one to show the potential semistability of certain Galois representations arising from cohomology of varieties (among other things). If we knew the existence of ...
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Algorithmically recover the $l'$-adic Galois representation from the $l$-adic one (assuming the Tate conjecture)
Let $E$ be a number field. For any finite Galois extension $E\subset F$ there is a continuous homomorphism $\pi_F:\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{E}/E)\to \mathrm{Gal}(F/E)$.
Let $X$ be a smooth projective ...
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Explicit linear object underlying $l$-adic cohomology for almost all $l$
If you are working with closed manifolds you can consider cohomology with any coefficients you like but ultimately everything is determined by the singular cohomology with $\mathbb{Z}$-coefficients.
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Which field extensions do not affect Chow groups?
Let $X$ be a (say, smooth projective) variety over a field $k$. For which $K$ it is known that the ("ordinary", that is, not higher) Chow groups of $X$ map onto that of $X_K$ bijectively?
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Are "strongly finite dimensional" homotopy invariant sheaves with transfers (locally) constant?
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field. Let $S$ be a homotopy invariant $\mathbb{Q}$-linear sheaf with transfers in the sense of Voevodsky–Suslin, and assume that the dimension of $S(U)$ (over $\...
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Analytic properties of motivic L-functions twisted by Dirichlet characters
Let $M$ be a pure motive over $\mathbb{Q}$ and consider the (completed) $L$-function $\Lambda(M, s)$ attached to its $\ell$-adic realization. Let us assume that this $L$-function admits analytic ...
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Why the scissor relations in Grothendieck rings?
Let $k$ be a field, and let $K_0(V_k)$ be the Grothendieck ring of $k$-varieties. One type of relation which defines $K_0(V_k)$ is the following: if $A$ is a $k$-variety and $C$ a closed subset of $A$,...
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What is the motive of $\operatorname{Bun}_G(X)$?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Bun{Bun}$Let $X$ be a scheme over algebraically closed field $k$, $G$ a reductive group and $\Bun_G(X)$ the stack of $G$ bundles on $X$. Write $[\Bun_G(X)]\in K_\text{st}$ for ...
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Adjoining data about singularities to "correct" the category of pure motives?
There are a few well known constructions of potential categories of pure motives for smooth projective varieties over a field. My understanding is that modulo the standard conjectures these should be ...
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Arc space & formal loops in motivic integration
One of the most essential ingredients in the theory of motivic integration are the space of arcs of a given $k$-variety
$X$. This is a scheme, whose $k$-rational points are the $k[[t]]$-valued points ...
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Motivation for Karoubi envelope/ idempotent completion
This is the second part of my venture to become more comfortable with the concept of idempotent elements and idempotent splittings from category theoretical viewpoint. In the first part we considered ...
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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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Pseudo-Abelian Completion in the constrution of Motifs (by Y. Manin)
I reading Yuri Manin's famous paper on "CORRESPONDENCES, MOTIFS AND MONOIDAL TRANSFORMATIONS" and struggle with his definition for so called pseudo-abelian completion given on page 453 by a reason I ...
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Why is $\Delta - p_0 - p_{2}$ a projector?
I apologize in advance, since I am probably doing a very naive mistake in my computation. I am learning about pure (Chow / Grothendieck) motives. One of the first steps is to consider the category ...
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Definition field of weight homomorphism and moduli interpretation of Shimura varieties
In "Canonical models of Shimura curves" by J.S. Milne (avaliable at https://www.jmilne.org/math/articles/2003a.pdf), he explains the definition of quaternion Shimura curve, and explains the modern ...
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