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History of the functor of points

Until now, I thought the functor of points approach was introduced by Grothendieck at the 1973 Buffalo seminar. However, in this note by Lawvere the author writes: "I myself had learned the ...
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Where is the representability of the moduli of curves with framed points proved?

There is a variant of the Knudsen-Mumford moduli problem $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ of pointed curves, where one endows the $n$ marked points with non-zero tangent vectors. It shows up in the theory of ...
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Yoneda embedding and Horn sentences

The following is taken from Borceux and Bourn's Mal'cev, Protomodular, Homological, and Semi-Abelian Categories. Metatheorem 0.1.3. Let $\mathcal P$ be a statement of the form $\varphi\implies \psi$, ...
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Moduli stacks and representability of diagonal by schemes

The answer to my question might very well be standard, but I have had trouble finding the right keywords to search for it, so I apologize if this is something well-known to the experts. I am learning ...
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Open subfunctor of Quot Functor induced by open immersion

Let $f: X \rightarrow S$ be a morphism of noetherian schemes and $\mathfrak{Q}uot_{\mathcal{E}/X/S}$ be the functor parametrizing families of quotients of $\mathcal{E}$ in the category of locally ...
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When is the character group scheme of a group scheme representable? (Affine Case)

While reading Tate's article on Finite Flat Group Schemes in "Modular Forms and Fermat's Last Theorem" I was lead to this question. Let $S$ be a scheme, $G$ a group scheme over $S$, and $T$ an $S$-...
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representability of $\mathrm{R}^1f_{*,\mathrm{fppf}}\mathscr{A}$

Let $f: X' \to X$ be a finite flat morphism of (nice) schemes and $\mathscr{A}/X'$ be a smooth commutative group scheme such that the Weil restriction $f_*\mathscr{A}/X$ is representable by a ...
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Reference for Grothendieck's theorem on representation of unramified functors

In the Exposé 294 of the Bourbaki Seminar of the year 1964-1965, Murre gives an outline of proof of a theorem of Grothendieck giving necessary and sufficient conditions of representability by a scheme ...
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Does Fpqc sheaf over category of rings imply representability

I am trying to read the article "Algebrization and Tannaka duality" by Bharghav Bhatt. In Corollary 1.2, he says that given a qcqs algebraic space $X$ (I am interested in the case when $X=\...
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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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Representable $\text{Hom}$ functors

Let $X, Y, S$ be noetherian schemes, $X$ flat and quasi-projective over $S$, $Y$ projective over $S$. Is the hom-functor $T\mapsto\text{Hom}_T(X_T, Y_T)$ representable? If $X$ is flat and projective,...
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Is the relative moduli space of semi-stable sheaves on families of curves fine

Let $\pi:X \to B$ be a family of smooth, projective curves. Fix coprime integers $r,d$. Denote by $\mathcal{M}(r,d)$ the relative moduli functor corresponding to rank $r$, degree $d$, semi-stable ...
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Representability of $\operatorname{Hom}(G_{\mathbb{Q}}, \operatorname{GL}_2)$

Let $G_{\mathbb{Q}}$ be the absolute Galois group of the rationals, and let $F: \mathrm{Aff}/\textbf{Q}_p\longrightarrow \mathrm{Sets}$ be the functor which associates to every affine $\mathbb{Q}_p$ ...
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Local existence of (quasi)-universal family of sheaves

Let $p : X \to S$ be a projective morphism between two Noetherian $\mathbb{C}$-schemes of finite type with connected fibres. Let $O_X(1)$ be a very ample line bundle on $X$ relative to $S$. Given a ...
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Algebraic groups as functors of points vs maximal points over algebraically closed field

So I only started learning about group schemes this summer, and I found two approaches. For the record I am interested in affine group schemes $G$ of finite type over a field $k$ (algebraic groups). ...
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is the functor of finite order elements in grp representable

My question is whether the functor F:Grp->Set that sends a Group to its Set of elements with finite order is representable. I have the sense that it shouldn't be but I've so far failed to prove it in ...
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Quotient of a sheaf by group action and representabillity

Let $X$ be a scheme and $S$ be a sheaf of sets over the fppf topology of $X$. Let $G$ be a group scheme over $X$ and there is an action of $G$ on $S$. Now, I want to look at the quotient $G \setminus ...
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Representability of Flattening stratification functor

Let $f:X \to Y$ be a projective morphism between noetherian scheme. Is there any know condition under which there exists a functorial stratification of $Y$ i.e., there exists a filtration by locally ...
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How to describe the closure of a sub-group functor of a group scheme

Let $G$ be a group scheme over a field $k$, assume it has all the good conditions one may need (smooth, affine, algebraic, you name it). Let now $H:Aff/k\to Gp$ be a group functor and $i:H\to G$ be a ...
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Two functorial definitions of schemes

I have been reading a bit about the "functor of points" theory for schemes. There seem to be two ways of going about defining schemes this way: Equip the category $\textbf {Psh}=\operatorname{Fun}(\...
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Examples of Sheafification via Hypercovers

For a presheaf $F$ on a category equipped with a pretopology, one has the sheafification $F^{\sharp}$ of $F$. I know well the plus-construction of sheafification, which is presented in Artin's paper "...
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Is this double quotient of $\operatorname{SL}_2$ representable by an algebraic space or a scheme?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup (upper triangular matrices), and let $\Gamma := \langle \sigma\rangle$ be the group generated by a (hyperbolic) element of $\SL_2/\mathbb{Q}_p$ ...
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Is the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem an example of the Yoneda lemma?

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov%E2%80%93Arnold_representation_theorem In real analysis and approximation theory, the Kolmogorov–Arnold representation theorem (or ...
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A small lemma in Schlessinger's criterion paper

In the construction of a hull in Schlessinger's paper, one small lemma used is not clear in my opinion. That should be stated as follows: Let $(R,m)$ be a Noetherian complete local ring, $I_1\supset ...
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Representability result

Let $X$ and $S$ be schemes over a field $k$. Reading this paper, there is a result on the representability of a morphism (proposition 3.1, page 4). Which result or reference on representability is ...
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Grassmannian of vector bundles with determinant being a square

I want to find a classfying space of vector bundles of rank $n$ generated by its global sections with determinant being a square of a line bundle. Stating in a formal way, suppose $X$ is a scheme, ...
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Infinite iterates of the contravariant hom endofunctors on sets

My recent answer to Is it possible to define higher cardinal arithmetics (about defining infinite tetrations) requires something I don't know. Here is the simplest case. Take a set $S$ and consider $$...
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How to determine a functor (natrually arising from geometry or homological algebra) to be locally of finite presentation?

How to determine a functor (natrually arising from geometry or homological algebra) to be locally of finite presentation? Is there any reference for such staff? My example of functors underlying this ...
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The stack $\operatorname{GL}_2/B$

Let $F$ be the functor from the category of affinoid Tate algebras over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ to the category $\mathrm{Sets}$, which maps an affinoid $\operatorname{Spm} R$ to the set of orbits $\...
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Representability of the sheaf $\mathrm{Hom}(G,\mathrm{SL}_2)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\Spm{Spm}\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}$Let $T$ be the topos of $\Spm\mathbb{Q}_p$-rigid analytic spaces, $G$ an abstract group, and $\Hom(G,\SL_2)$ the ...
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Representablility of maps between classifying spaces

Assume that $G,H$ are two sheaves of groups (say in fpqc topology on the scheme $X$) and there is a map $G\to H$ which is representable by a closed immersion. Let us also assume that the quotient is ...
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Representable functors and symplectic co-tangent bundles

I've been banging my head against something that I feel should follow from abstract non-sense, and I hope someone here can set me straight. Let $\mathcal{M}$ be the category of smooth manifolds, with ...
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Constructions that can be seen as objects representing a functor

Some constructions can be seen as objects representing a functor. For example, Consider a topological group $G$ and a functor $\mathcal{F}:\text{Top}\rightarrow \text{Gpd}$ defined as $M\mapsto \...
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Explicit description of the scheme obtained by relative gluing data over a base scheme

I have recently been trying to get a better understanding of the projective space bundle of a quasi-coherent sheaf of graded algebras over a scheme $X$. The key idea is the following construction ...
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Internal Mor of schemes

Let $S$ be a Noetherian scheme and $X,Y$ be $S$-schemes of finite type. Consider the functor $X^Y$ given by $T \mapsto Mor_S(Y \times_S T,X)$. When is this functor representable by an $S$-scheme of ...
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A question on uniformly corepresented functor

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a functor from the category of $k$-schemes to sets, uniformly corepresented by $M$. Suppose $U$ is an open subscheme of $M$. I could not find a good reference for uniformly ...
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Reference request: Détailed explanation why the Grassmannian scheme represents the Grassmannian functor

Similar questions have been asked on this site, including by myself, but none of these have been given a satisfying answer. The question is: Why does the Grassmannian scheme represent the Grassmannian ...
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Induced map between Grassmannian

Definition : Let $S$ be a scheme, $\mathcal E$ a quasi coherent $\mathscr O_S$-module, and $e \geq 0$ an integer. For every $S$- scheme $h : T\longrightarrow S$ denote by $$ \operatorname{Grass}^e(\...
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restriction and pullback of representable etale sheaf along closed immersion

I find that the restriction and pullback of representable etale sheaf along closed immersion are very confusing. I think they are different in general, I hope some experts can confirm my understanding ...
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