Questions tagged [stacks]
In mathematics a stack or 2-sheaf is a sheaf that takes values in categories rather than sets.
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Studying a connection between Iwasawa theory and the $K(n)$-local Picard group by some geometry on the Lubin-Tate stack
Let $Pic_n^0$ denote the even part of the $K(n)$-local Picard group, and let $Pic_n^*$ denote $Hom(Pic_n^0, W(\mathbb{F}_{p^n})^x)$. Denote by $L$ the profinite group ring $\mathbb{Z}_p[[Pic_n^*]] $. ...
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Base change and quotient stacks
Let $X$ be an algebraic space over a scheme $S$, let $G$ be a smooth group scheme over $S$, acting on $X$, and let $T\to S$ be a morphism of schemes. Is it true that there is an isomorphism
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In what sense is an orbifold a DM stack?
My advisor mentioned in passing that orbifolds are Deligne-Mumford stacks, and I'd like to know in which sense this is true. The only reference I can find is this article (https://arxiv.org/abs/0806....
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Is there an inverse image functor for sheaves on stacks?
I'm interested specifically in an inverse image functor between differentiable stacks, ie. stacks coming from Lie groupoids. Specifically, if I have a morphism of Lie groupoids $H\to G$ and I have a ...
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Quotient of a quotient stack: interesting examples?
Let $X$ be a scheme acted on by an algebraic group $G$. Also, let $H$ be an algebraic group acting on the quotient stack $X/G$, for the definition of "act", see Romagny - Group Actions on ...
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Sheafification of presheaf of trivial vector bundles is the stack of vector bundles
This is a deliberately vague question, possibly obvious to experts. Let $F$ be a field. Over the (say, fpqc) site of $F$-schemes, we may define a presheaf $T^{\textrm{pre}}$ that takes a scheme $S$ ...
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Geometric quotients of DM stacks by group actions
Let $G$ be a finite group acting on a DM stack $X$ and $Y$ the quotient stack. I.e., $Y \to BG$ has fiber $X$. Is there a geometric quotient $X/G$ in some sense? I want automorphism groups of points ...
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Examples of descent in basic algebraic geometry
I'm studying descent theory and I recall that there were multiple instances before where I heard something like "we can prove this as follows, but this is just descent applied to [...]". ...
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K theoretic pushforward along gerbes
I have a nontrivial gerbe $\pi : \mathscr{G} \to X$ banded by a cyclic group $G = \mathbb{Z}/r$. I'm working over $\mathbb{C}$. I want to describe $\pi_\ast$ and relate the fundamental class $[\...
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for a Lie groupoid to present a stack
Let $\mathcal{G} = G_1 \rightrightarrows G_0$ be a Lie Groupoid (although I am also interested in groupoids internal to other sites), the stack associated to $\mathcal{G}$, which is sometimes denoted $...
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What is the pull-back of a polarization of abelian schemes over different bases?
The following came up when reading the definition of the moduli stack of principally polarized abelian varieties in [1].
Let $\pi_1:A_1 \to S_1$ and $\pi_2: A_2 \to S_2$ be abelian schemes over $S_i$, ...
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Does Borel fixed-point theorem hold for Deligne-Mumford stacks?
Let $X$ be a proper Deligne-Mumford stack over $\mathbb{C}$ with an action by a complex torus $T$. Let $X^T$ denote the fixed locus.
Question: Is the following statement true?
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Internal principal $G$-bundles
Let $(C, J)$ be a small site and let $\mathsf{Sh}_{(2, 1)}(C, J)$ be the $(2, 1)$-sheaf topos of sheaves of (small) groupoids on $(C, J)$. Let $G$ be a sheaf of groups on $(C, J)$, and let $\mathbf{...
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Universal principal bundle on stack
I am studying the notes of Sorger concerning the moduli problem of principal bundles over curve https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/38/005/38005695.pdf and there is something I ...
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Canonical covering stack of a flop
In section 6 of Kawamata's paper https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0205287, he defines the canonical covering stack. In the proof of theorem 6.5, he considered a flop $$X\xrightarrow{\phi}W\xleftarrow{\psi}Y$...
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Torsors for nonabelian groups and maps to contracted products
$\newcommand\op{\mathrm{op}}$My question concerns torsors for a sheaf of groups $G$ that is not commutative, and left/right are messing me up. A left $G$-torsor is equivalent to a right $G^{\op}$-...
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Image of a projective variety is closed
Let $X$ be a projective variety and $Y$ an Artin stack. Suppose that $f:X\to Y$ is a morphism of Artin stacks. Is $f(X)$ necessarily a closed substack of $Y$?
This seems like it should be true and ...
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Integral locus of Hitchin morphism
Let $\Sigma$ be a Riemann surface of genus $g$. To it, we can associated $M_{Dol}$ be the Higgs moduli space of rank $n$ and degree $d$. Fo simplicity let us take $(n,d)=1$. This quasiprojective ...
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Stack completions in realizability toposes
An internal category $\mathbb A$ in an elementary topos $\mathcal E$ is called an (intrinsic) stack if the indexed category that it represents, $(X\in \mathcal E) \mapsto \mathcal{E}(X,\mathbb A) \in \...
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Irreducible components of an algebraic stack
Let $\mathcal{X}$ be an algebraic stack of finite type over a (separably closed) field $ k$. Let's say that $\mathcal{X}$ has finite dimension $d \in \mathbb{Z}$. Is it still true that the number of ...
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Understanding the higher stack of perfect complexes
One of the most famous examples of higher Artin stacks is the stack of perfect complexes. I recall here the basic stuff:
We fix a function $b: \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow
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Universal bundles over algebraic stacks
$\DeclareMathOperator\el{ell}$In the topological case, given a group $G$, we can define the classifying space $BG$ for principal $G$-bundles and there is a universal $G$-principal bundle $EG \to BG$ ...
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Do stacks with non-algebraic automorphism groups arise in nature?
Do stacks parametrizing objects with non-algebraic automorphism groups happen in nature e.g. in complex analysis or number theory?
For example can the automorphism groups be non-projective complex ...
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Interesting stacks with affine space as coarse moduli
I am looking for examples of Deligne-Mumford stacks whose coarse moduli space is $\mathbb{A}^n$ or at least an open subscheme of $\mathbb{A}^n$ whose complement has codimension $2$. (Thus the whole ...
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Hom-space between Picard stacks
This is from Deligne, La formule de dualité globale, SGA 4, tome 3, Expose XVIII, and I am confused about how the hom-space between Picard stacks is again a Picard stack.
A quick rewind. For a site $S$...
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Sheaf $\operatorname{Isom}(x,y)$ isomorphic to fibered product $U \times_{(x,y),X \times X, \Delta} X$
$\DeclareMathOperator\Mor{Mor}\DeclareMathOperator\Isom{Isom}$Let $S$ be a scheme and $C$ be the category $(Sch/S)$. Let moreover $p:X \to C$ be an algebraic stack over $C$. Consider an arbitrary ...
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Is ${\bf Set}$ the terminal autological topos
An autological topos is a type of topos defined by Mike Shulman in his paper on stack semantics; specifically, they are toposes satisfying an additional topos theoretic axiom schema expressed in their ...
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Do quotient stacks help classify the orbits of group actions on varieties?
I am trying to understand algebraic stacks and I have a newbie question. Let $X$ be an affine variety over an algebraically closed field to keep things simple and let $G$ be a reductive group acting ...
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Construction of an atlas for the moduli stack $\mathcal{Bun}_X^{n,d}$ in F. Neumann's 'Algebraic Stacks and Moduli of Vector Bundles'
I'm reading Frank Neumann's "Algebraic Stacks and Moduli of
Vector Bundles" and have some problems to understand
a construction from the proof of:
Theorem 2.67. (page 81) The moduli stack $...
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When quotient stacks (for nonsmooth group) are algebraic and related questions
Let $k$ be a field. Consider a group $k$-scheme $G$ and let $X$ be a $k$-scheme equipped with an action of $G$. Then one can define the quotient stack $[X/G]$. Objects of $[X/G]$ over $k$-scheme $T$ ...
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K/G-theory of affine bundles
Setting: $f : C \to D$ is a morphism of Artin stacks over $X$ which is a torsor for a vector bundle $T \to X$: étale-locally in $X$, we have $C \simeq D \times_X T$. I want to conclude that $f^*: G(D)...
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Étale stack on $\text{Spec}(k)$
Let $\mathcal{F}:\text{Ét}(\text{Spec}(k))^{\mathrm{op}}\rightarrow \text{Set}$ be an étale presheaf. The étale sheaf condition for the cover $\text{Spec}(l)\rightarrow \text{Spec}(k)$ is
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Sheaf of elliptic curves up to isogeny
For a scheme $X$, denote by $\mathcal{Ell}_X[\text{isog}^{-1}]$ the category of elliptic curves on $X$ localized at isogenies. Consider the functor
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Formal completion of a quotient stack
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I apologize in advance if this is a naive question but my background in algebraic ...
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Stacks for a string theory student
First, I'm a string theory student hoping to grasp some math involved in some physics developments.
I'm hoping to read the famous Kapustin-Witten Paper "Electric-magnetic duality and the ...
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Geometric stacks, groupoids and étendues
If $(C, \tau)$ is a site with pullbacks and $\tau$ subcanonical, it is well known that these things are essentially equivalent:
Groupoids $s,t: U_1 \to U_0$ where $s,t$ are covering for the $\tau$-...
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When is a twisted form coming from a torsor trivial?
Consider a sheaf of groups $G$, equipped with a left torsor $P$ and another left action $G$ on some $X$. Form the contracted product $P \times^G X := (P \times X)/\sim$ where $\sim$ is the ...
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Is there a Geometric/Smooth version of Homotopy Hypothesis using the path $\infty$-Groupoid of a Smooth Space?
A version of Homotopy Hypothesis says that the Fundamental $n$-grupoids model Homotopy $n$-types... and if we continue upto $\infty$, then the Fundamental $\infty$- groupoids or Kan Complexes model ...
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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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Stabilizer $G_x$ of a $k$-valued point of an algebraic Stack
An algebraic stack or Artin stack is a stack in
groupoids $\mathcal{X}$ over the étale site such that the diagonal
map of $\mathcal{X}$ is representable and there exists a smooth
surjection from (the ...
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Infinititesimal Automorphisms intuition (algebraic stacks)
Let $F$ be a category cofibered in groupoids over category $C$. Given a morphism $x'\to x$ in $F$ lying over a morphism $A′\to A$ in $C$, there is an induced homomorphism
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Fixed point stack for a torus action
In this paper, M. Romagny defines for an action of a group scheme $G$ on a stack $X$ the fixed point stacks $X^G$ associated
to the group action on a stack and in Theorem 3.3 he proves that if
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Definition of the cotangent complexes of Artin stacks
I am studying the notion of the cotangent complexes of Artin stacks reading LMB's book and Olsson's paper. According to them, the cotangent complexes are defined as projective systems in their derived ...
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The definition of flat sheaves of rings on algebraic stacks
Reading Sheaves on Artin stacks by M. Olsson I find this definition (3.7, (i)):
Let $\mathcal X$ be an algebraic stack on a scheme $S$. A sheaf of rings $\mathcal A$ on $\mathcal X_{\textrm{lis-et}}...
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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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Is there any relation between two pseudofunctors associated to two different cleavages of the same fibered category?
It is well known that given a Fibered category $P_F: E \rightarrow C$ with a cleavage $K$ we can construct a pseudofunctor $F_K: C^{op} \rightarrow Cat$. Now if one chooses a different cleavage $L$ ...
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Coverings of (DM) stacks and categories of descent data
If $X$ is a DM stack, we know that there is a surjective étale morphism $U \to X$ with $U$ a scheme. Combining Lemma 4.5 of these notes and Proposition 12.7.4 of Champs Algébriques one should be able ...
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What are the occurrences of stacks outside algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general topology?
What are the occurrences of the notion of a stack outside algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general topology?
In most of the references, the introduction of the notion of a stack takes ...
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Relationship between Quasicoherent sheaves and $\mathbb A^1$-fpqc modules over an fpqc stack
In what follows, assume several universes for simplicity.
Let $X$ be a stack in groupoids on the fpqc site of small affine schemes $\mathbf{Aff}_{\text{fpqc}}$. We can define $\mathbf{QCoh}(X)$ ...
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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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