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Canonical subgroups of Barsotti-Tate groups

Number Theory 2008-08-19 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let SS be the spectrum of a complete discrete valuation ring with fraction field of characteristic 0 and perfect residue field of characteristic p3p\geq 3. Let GG be a truncated Barsotti-Tate group of level 1 over SS. If ``GG is not too supersingular'', a condition that will be explicitly expressed in terms of the valuation of a certain determinant, we prove that we can canonically lift the kernel of the Frobenius endomorphism of its special fibre to a subgroup scheme of GG, finite and flat over SS. We call it the canonical subgroup of GG.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606059,
  title  = {Canonical subgroups of Barsotti-Tate groups},
  author = {Yichao Tian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606059},
  year   = {2008}
}

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27 pages, part of the Ph.D. thesis, to appear in Annals of Math

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