$F$-finite schemes have a dualizing complex
Abstract
In this paper we show that any Noetherian -finite scheme has a dualizing complex with the property that for all finite type maps between -finite Noetherian schemes there is a canonical isomorphism in . This, in particular, applies to the Frobenius morphism so that we obtain a canonical isomorphism . To prove this, we rely on a result of Gabber that every Noetherian -finite ring is a quotient of a regular ring, from which it follows that every -finite Noetherian scheme has a (potentially non-canonical) dualizing complex. To make this canonical, we identify the dualizing complex of any -finite Noetherian scheme as a unit of an alternate symmetric monoidal structure on we call the -tensor product. We also sketch an alternate approach to finding this canonical dualizing complex following the more classical approach to Grothendieck duality.
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@article{arxiv.2604.20005,
title = {$F$-finite schemes have a dualizing complex},
author = {Bhargav Bhatt and Manuel Blickle and Karl Schwede and Kevin Tucker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.20005},
year = {2026}
}
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59 pages, comments welcome