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Higher nearby cycles and central sheaves on affine flag varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2024-02-01 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

In this paper we generalize and study a notion of (unipotent) nearby cycles over a higher dimensional base based on Be\u{i}linson's description of unipotent nearby cycles, following an idea of Gaitsgory. This generalization, in the setting of affine Grassmannians, is required in recent work of Bezrukavnikov-Braverman-Finkelberg-Kazhdan.

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@article{arxiv.2305.11696,
  title  = {Higher nearby cycles and central sheaves on affine flag varieties},
  author = {Pramod N. Achar and Simon Riche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.11696},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

33 pages. v2: added lots of details, especially on \'etale sheaves