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A new Fourier transform

Algebraic Geometry 2014-04-18 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

In order to define a geometric Fourier transform, one usually works with either \ell-adic sheaves in characteristic p>0p>0 or with DD-modules in characteristic 0. If one considers \ell-adic sheaves on the stack quotient of a vector bundle VV by the homothety action of Gm\mathbb{G}_m, however, Laumon provides a uniform geometric construction of the Fourier transform in any characteristic. The category of sheaves on [V/Gm][V/\mathbb{G}_m] is closely related to the category of (unipotently) monodromic sheaves on VV. In this article, we introduce a new functor, which is defined on all sheaves on VV in any characteristic, and we show that it restricts to an equivalence on monodromic sheaves. We also discuss the relation between this new functor and Laumon's homogeneous transform, the Fourier-Deligne transform, and the usual Fourier transform on DD-modules (when the latter are defined).

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@article{arxiv.1402.5555,
  title  = {A new Fourier transform},
  author = {Jonathan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.5555},
  year   = {2014}
}

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13 pages

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