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On singularity properties of convolutions of algebraic morphisms

Algebraic Geometry 2020-08-05 v2 Logic

Abstract

Let KK be a field of characteristic zero, XX and YY be smooth KK-varieties, and let VV be a finite dimensional KK-vector space. For two algebraic morphisms φ:XV\varphi:X\rightarrow V and ψ:YV\psi:Y\rightarrow V we define a convolution operation, φψ:X×YV\varphi*\psi:X\times Y\to V, by φψ(x,y)=φ(x)+ψ(y)\varphi*\psi(x,y)=\varphi(x)+\psi(y). We then study the singularity properties of the resulting morphism, and show that as in the case of convolution in analysis, it has improved smoothness properties. Explicitly, we show that for any morphism φ:XV\varphi:X\rightarrow V which is dominant when restricted to each irreducible component of XX, there exists NNN\in\mathbb{N} such that for any n>Nn>N the nn-th convolution power φn:=φφ\varphi^{n}:=\varphi*\dots*\varphi is a flat morphism with reduced geometric fibers of rational singularities (this property is abbreviated (FRS)). By a theorem of Aizenbud and Avni, for K=QK=\mathbb{Q}, this is equivalent to good asymptotic behavior of the size of the Z/pkZ\mathbb{Z}/p^{k}\mathbb{Z}-fibers of φn\varphi^{n} when ranging over both pp and kk. More generally, we show that given a family of morphisms {φi:XiV}\{\varphi_{i}:X_{i}\rightarrow V\} of complexity DND\in\mathbb{N} (i.e. that the number of variables and the degrees of the polynomials defining XiX_{i} and φi\varphi_{i} are bounded by DD), there exists N(D)NN(D)\in\mathbb{N} such that for any n>N(D)n>N(D), the morphism φ1φn\varphi_{1}*\dots*\varphi_{n} is (FRS).

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1801.02920,
  title  = {On singularity properties of convolutions of algebraic morphisms},
  author = {Itay Glazer and Yotam I. Hendel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.02920},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Revised version following referee's suggestions. 36 pages, comments welcome