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Lefschetz theorems in flat cohomology and applications

Algebraic Geometry 2024-11-20 v3

Abstract

We prove a version of the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem for fppf cohomology with coefficients in any finite commutative group scheme over the ground field. As consequences, we establish new Lefschetz results for the Picard scheme.

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@article{arxiv.2204.06121,
  title  = {Lefschetz theorems in flat cohomology and applications},
  author = {Sean Cotner and Bogdan Zavyalov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.06121},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

19 pages, major revision. The former second half of the paper will appear elsewhere