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Picard groups for tropical toric schemes

Algebraic Geometry 2018-07-26 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

From any monoid scheme XX (also known as an F1\mathbb{F}_1-scheme) one can pass to a semiring scheme (a generalization of a tropical scheme) XSX_S by scalar extension to an idempotent semifield SS. We prove that for a given irreducible monoid scheme XX (satisfying some mild conditions) and an idempotent semifield SS, the Picard group Pic(X)Pic(X) of XX is stable under scalar extension to SS (and in fact to any field KK). In other words, we show that the groups Pic(X)Pic(X) and Pic(XS)Pic(X_S) (and Pic(XK)Pic(X_K)) are isomorphic. In particular, if XCX_\mathbb{C} is a toric variety, then Pic(X)Pic(X) is the same as the Picard group of the associated tropical scheme. The Picard groups can be computed by considering the correct sheaf cohomology groups. We also define the group CaCl(XS)CaCl(X_S) of Cartier divisors modulo principal Cartier divisors for a cancellative semiring scheme XSX_S and prove that CaCl(XS)CaCl(X_S) is isomorphic to Pic(XS)Pic(X_S).

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@article{arxiv.1709.03130,
  title  = {Picard groups for tropical toric schemes},
  author = {Jaiung Jun and Kalina Mincheva and Jeffrey Tolliver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.03130},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

14 pages, v2; (i) the title has been changed from "Picard groups for tropical toric varieties'' to "Picard groups for tropical toric schemes'', (ii) minor changes have been made following the suggestions of the referees

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