Torsors on the complement of a smooth divisor
Abstract
We complete the proof of the Nisnevich conjecture in equal characteristic: for a smooth algebraic variety over a field , a -smooth divisor , and a reductive -group whose base change is totally isotropic, we show that each generically trivial -torsor on trivializes Zariski semilocally on . In mixed characteristic, we show the same when is a replaced by a discrete valuation ring , the divisor is the closed -fiber of , and either is quasi-split or is only defined over but descends to a quasi-split group over (a Kisin-Pappas type variant). Our arguments combine Gabber-Quillen style presentation lemmas with excision and reembedding d\'{e}vissages to reduce to analyzing generically trivial torsors over a relative affine line. As a byproduct of this analysis, we give a new proof for the Bass-Quillen conjecture for reductive group torsors over in equal characteristic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.08233,
title = {Torsors on the complement of a smooth divisor},
author = {Kestutis Cesnavicius},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08233},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
22 pages; final version, appeared in Cambridge Journal of Mathematics; added several footnotes that correct inaccuracies in the published version