English

Patching over fields

Algebraic Geometry 2008-09-27 v3 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We develop a new form of patching that is both far-reaching and more elementary than the previous versions that have been used in inverse Galois theory for function fields of curves. A key point of our approach is to work with fields and vector spaces, rather than rings and modules. After presenting a self-contained development of this form of patching, we obtain applications to other structures such as Brauer groups and differential modules.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0710.1392,
  title  = {Patching over fields},
  author = {David Harbater and Julia Hartmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1392},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

37 pages; exposition improved and more detail given; Lemma 3.1 strengthened

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