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Reducedness of formally unramified algebras over fields

Commutative Algebra 2022-01-11 v1 Algebraic Geometry Number Theory

Abstract

We prove that under suitable graded and local hypothesis, a formally unramified algebra over a field must be reduced. We detail examples, including one due to Gabber, to show that it is not possible to generalize these results further.

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@article{arxiv.2005.05833,
  title  = {Reducedness of formally unramified algebras over fields},
  author = {Alapan Mukhopadhyay and Karen E. Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05833},
  year   = {2022}
}

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8 pages; comments are welcome