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Which weakly ramified group actions admit a universal formal deformation?

Algebraic Geometry 2008-04-02 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Consider a formal (mixed-characteristic) deformation functor D of a representation of a finite group G as automorphisms of a power series ring k[[t]] over a perfect field k of positive characteristic. Assume that the action of G is weakly ramified, i.e., the second ramification group is trivial. Examples of such representations are provided by a group action on an ordinary curve: the action of a ramification group on the completed local ring of any point on such a curve is weakly ramified. We prove that the only such D that are not pro-representable occur if k has characteristic two and G is of order two or isomorphic to a Klein group. Furthermore, we show that only the first of those has a non-pro-representable equicharacteristic deformation functor.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3279,
  title  = {Which weakly ramified group actions admit a universal formal deformation?},
  author = {Jakub Byszewski and Gunther Cornelissen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3279},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

16 pages; further minor corrections

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