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$F$-finite schemes have a dualizing complex

Algebraic Geometry 2026-04-23 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

In this paper we show that any Noetherian FF-finite scheme has a dualizing complex ωX\omega^{\bullet}_{X} with the property that for all finite type maps f ⁣:XYf \colon X \to Y between FF-finite Noetherian schemes there is a canonical isomorphism ωXf!ωY\omega^{\bullet}_{X} \xrightarrow{\cong} f^!\omega^{\bullet}_{Y} in Dcohb(X)D^b_{coh}(X). This, in particular, applies to the Frobenius morphism F ⁣:XXF \colon X \to X so that we obtain a canonical isomorphism ωXF!ωX\omega^{\bullet}_{X} \xrightarrow{\cong} F^!\omega^{\bullet}_{X}. To prove this, we rely on a result of Gabber that every Noetherian FF-finite ring is a quotient of a regular ring, from which it follows that every FF-finite Noetherian scheme has a (potentially non-canonical) dualizing complex. To make this canonical, we identify the dualizing complex of any FF-finite Noetherian scheme as a unit of an alternate symmetric monoidal structure on Dcohb(X)D^b_{coh}(X) 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

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