English

Fundamental gerbes

Algebraic Geometry 2019-03-27 v3

Abstract

For a class of affine algebraic groups C\mathcal C over a field, we define the notions of C\mathcal C-fundamental gerbe of a fibered category, generalizing what we had done in arXiv:1204.1260 for finite group schemes. We give sufficient conditions on C\mathcal C implying that a fibered category XX over κ\kappa satisfying mild hypotheses admits a Nori C\mathcal C-fundamental gerbe. We show that these are verified in particular by the classes of virtually abelian and virtually unipotent group schemes. In the second situation, under a properness condition on XX, we give a tannakian interpretation of the resulting gerbe.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1610.07341,
  title  = {Fundamental gerbes},
  author = {Niels Borne and Angelo Vistoli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07341},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

43 pages, uses tikz-cd. New section on gerbes of multiplicative type

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