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Frobenius split subvarieties pull back in almost all characteristics

Commutative Algebra 2016-11-22 v1

Abstract

Let XX and YY be schemes of finite type over Spec Z\mathrm{Spec}\ \mathbb{Z} and let α:YX\alpha: Y \to X be a finite map. We show the following holds for all sufficiently large primes pp: If ϕ\phi and ψ\psi are any splittings on X×Spec FpX \times \mathrm{Spec}\ F_p and Y×Spec FpY \times \mathrm{Spec}\ F_p, such that the restriction of α\alpha is compatible with ϕ\phi and ψ\psi, and VV is any compatibly split subvariety of (X×Spec Fp,ϕ)(X \times \mathrm{Spec}\ F_p, \phi), then the reduction α1(V)red\alpha^{-1}(V)^{\mathrm{red}} is a compatibly split subvariety of (Y×Spec Fp,ψ)(Y \times \mathrm{Spec}\ F_p, \psi). This is meant as a tool to aid in listing the compatibly split subvarieties of various classically split varieties.

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@article{arxiv.1611.06290,
  title  = {Frobenius split subvarieties pull back in almost all characteristics},
  author = {David E Speyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.06290},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Submitted to Journal of Commutative Algebra

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