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On Bruhat-Tits theory over a higher dimensional base

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-27 v5 Group Theory

Abstract

Let kk be a perfect field. Assume that the characteristic of kk satisfies certain tameness assumptions \eqref{tameness}. Let On:=kz1,,zn\mathcal O_{_n} := k\llbracket z_{_1}, \ldots, z_{_n}\rrbracket and set Kn:=Fract \cOnK_{_n} := \text{Fract}~\cO_{_n}. Let GG be an almost-simple, simply-connected affine Chevalley group scheme with a maximal torus TT and a Borel subgroup BB. Given a nn-tuple f=(f1,,fn){\bf f} = (f_{_1}, \ldots, f_{_n}) of concave functions on the root system of GG as in Bruhat-Tits \cite{bruhattits1}, \cite{bruhattits}, we define {\it {\tt n}-bounded subgroups PfG(Kn){\tt P}_{_{\bf f}}\subset G(K_{_n})} as a direct generalization of Bruhat-Tits groups for the case n=1n=1. We show that these groups are {\it schematic}, i.e. they are valued points of smooth {\em quasi-affine} (resp. {\em affine}) group schemes with connected fibres and {\it adapted to the divisor with normal crossing z1zn=0z_1 \cdots z_n =0} in the sense that the restriction to the generic point of the divisor zi=0z_i=0 is given by fif_i (resp. sums of concave functions given by points of the apartment). This provides a higher-dimensional analogue of the Bruhat-Tits group schemes with natural specialization properties. In \S\ref{mixedstuff}, under suitable assumptions on kk \S \ref{charassum}, we extend all these results for a n+1n+1-tuple f=(f0,,fn){\bf f} = (f_{_0}, \ldots, f_{_n}) of concave functions on the root system of GG replacing On\mathcal O_{_n} by \cOx1,,xn{\cO} \llbracket x_{_1},\cdots,x_{_n} \rrbracket where \cO\cO is a complete discrete valuation ring with a perfect residue field kk of characteristic pp. In the last part of the paper, we give applications in char zero to constructing certain natural group schemes on wonderful embeddings of groups and also certain families of {\tt 2-parahoric} group schemes on minimal resolutions of surface singularities that arose in \cite{balaproc}.

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@article{arxiv.2203.09431,
  title  = {On Bruhat-Tits theory over a higher dimensional base},
  author = {Vikraman Balaji and Yashonidhi Pandey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.09431},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Multiple changes and improvements in the manuscript, including better bounds in positive characteristics for the main results to hold

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