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Base change for semiorthogonal decompositions

Algebraic Geometry 2018-09-11 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

Consider an algebraic variety XX over a base scheme SS and a faithful base change TST \to S. Given an admissible subcategory \CA\CA in the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on XX, we construct an admissible subcategory in the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on the fiber product X×STX\times_S T, called the base change of \CA\CA, in such a way that the following base change theorem holds: if a semiorthogonal decomposition of the bounded derived category of XX is given then the base changes of its components form a semiorthogonal decomposition of the bounded derived category of the fiber product. As an intermediate step we construct a compatible system of semiorthogonal decompositions of the unbounded derived category of quasicoherent sheaves on XX and of the category of perfect complexes on XX. As an application we prove that the projection functors of a semiorthogonal decomposition are kernel functors.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1734,
  title  = {Base change for semiorthogonal decompositions},
  author = {Alexander Kuznetsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1734},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

24 pages; derived category of countably-coherent sheaves which appeared in the first version for technical reasons is replaced by the usual quasicoherent category

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