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Grothendieck-Serre in the quasi-split unramified case

Algebraic Geometry 2022-11-09 v7 Number Theory

Abstract

The Grothendieck--Serre conjecture predicts that every generically trivial torsor under a reductive group scheme GG over a regular local ring RR is trivial. We settle it in the case when GG is quasi-split and RR is unramified. Some of the techniques that allow us to overcome obstacles that have so far kept the mixed characteristic case out of reach include a version of Noether normalization over discrete valuation rings, as well as a suitable presentation lemma for smooth relative curves in mixed characteristic that facilitates passage to the relative affine line via excision and patching.

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@article{arxiv.2009.05299,
  title  = {Grothendieck-Serre in the quasi-split unramified case},
  author = {Kestutis Cesnavicius},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05299},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

32 pages; appeared in Forum of Mathematics, Pi; a post-publication arXiv version: inserted a footnote on p. 20 to point out a minor oversight and to clarify the subsequent argument