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Purity of level m stratifications

Algebraic Geometry 2010-01-23 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let kk be a field of characteristic p>0p>0. Let DmD_m be a \BTm\BT_m over kk (i.e., an mm-truncated Barsotti--Tate group over kk). Let SS be a\break kk-scheme and let XX be a \BTm\BT_m over SS. Let SDm(X)S_{D_m}(X) be the subscheme of SS which describes the locus where XX is locally for the fppf topology isomorphic to DmD_m. If p5p\ge 5, we show that SDm(X)S_{D_m}(X) is pure in SS i.e., the immersion SDm(X)SS_{D_m}(X) \hookrightarrow S is affine. For p{2,3}p\in\{2,3\}, we prove purity if DmD_m satisfies a certain property depending only on its pp-torsion Dm[p]D_m[p]. For p5p\ge 5, we apply the developed techniques to show that all level mm stratifications associated to Shimura varieties of Hodge type are pure.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0808.1629,
  title  = {Purity of level m stratifications},
  author = {Marc-Hubert Nicole and Adrian Vasiu and Torsten Wedhorn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1629},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Final version 38 pages. To appear in Ann. Sci. \'Ec. Norm. Sup

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