Covering groups and their integral models
Number Theory
2014-06-17 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
Given a reductive group over a base scheme , Brylinski and Deligne studied the central extensions of a reductive group by , viewing both as sheaves of groups on the big Zariski site over . Their work classified these extensions by three invariants, for the spectrum of a field. We expand upon their work to study "integral models" of such central extensions, obtaining similar results for the spectrum of a sufficiently nice ring, e.g., a DVR with finite residue field or a DVR containing a field. Milder results are obtained for the spectrum of a Dedekind domain, often conditional on Gersten's conjecture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1405.4625,
title = {Covering groups and their integral models},
author = {Martin H. Weissman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4625},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Mistake in Section 4.2 has been fixed, leading to a much simpler argument