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On the bumpy fundamental group scheme

Algebraic Geometry 2015-11-24 v1

Abstract

In this short paper we first recall the definition and the construction of the fundamental group scheme of a scheme XX in the known cases: when it is defined over a field and when it is defined over a Dedekind scheme. It classifies all the finite (or quasi-finite) fpqc torsors over XX. When XX is defined over a noetherian regular scheme SS of any dimension we do not know if such an object can be constructed. This is why we introduce a new category, containing the fpqc torsors, whose objects are torsors for a new topology. We prove that this new category is cofiltered thus generating a fundamental group scheme over SS, said \textit{bumpy} as it may not be flat in general. We prove that it is flat when SS is a Dedekind scheme, thus coinciding with the \textit{classical} one.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07331,
  title  = {On the bumpy fundamental group scheme},
  author = {Marco Antei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07331},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted for publication at Proceedings of a conference at TIFR (Mumbai) and UoH (Hyderabad)

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