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The derived Brauer map via twisted sheaves

Algebraic Geometry 2023-10-06 v2

Abstract

Let XX be a quasicompact quasiseparated scheme. The collection of derived Azumaya algebras in the sense of To\"en forms a group, which contains the classical Brauer group of XX and which we call Br(X)Br^\dagger(X) following Lurie. To\"en introduced a map ϕ:Br(X)Het2(X,Gm)\phi:Br^\dagger(X)\to H^2_{et}(X,\mathbb G_m) which extends the classical Brauer map, but instead of being injective, it is surjective. In this paper we study the restriction of ϕ\phi to a subgroup Br(X)Br(X)Br(X)\subset Br^\dagger(X), which we call the "derived Brauer group", on which ϕ\phi becomes an isomorphism Br(X)Het2(X,Gm)Br(X)\simeq H^2_{et}(X,\mathbb G_m). This map may be interpreted as a derived version of the classical Brauer map which offers a way to "fill the gap" between the classical Brauer group and the cohomogical Brauer group. The group Br(X)Br(X) was introduced by Lurie by making use of the theory of prestable \infty-categories. There, the mentioned isomorphism of abelian groups was deduced from an equivalence of \infty-categories between the "Brauer space" of invertible presentable prestable OX\mathcal O_X-linear categories, and the space Map(X,K(Gm,2))Map(X,K(\mathbb G_m,2)). We offer an alternative proof of this equivalence of \infty-categories, characterizing the functor from the left to the right via gerbes of connective trivializations, and its inverse via connective twisted sheaves. We also prove that this equivalence carries a symmetric monoidal structure, thus proving a conjecture of Binda an Porta.

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@article{arxiv.2205.07789,
  title  = {The derived Brauer map via twisted sheaves},
  author = {Guglielmo Nocera and Michele Pernice},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.07789},
  year   = {2023}
}

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23 pages

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