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Purity for flat cohomology

Algebraic Geometry 2023-04-27 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

We establish the flat cohomology version of the Gabber-Thomason purity for \'{e}tale cohomology: for a complete intersection Noetherian local ring (R,m)(R, \mathfrak{m}) and a commutative, finite, flat RR-group GG, the flat cohomology Hmi(R,G)H^i_{\mathfrak{m}}(R, G) vanishes for i<dim(R)i < \mathrm{dim}(R). For small ii, this settles conjectures of Gabber that extend the Grothendieck-Lefschetz theorem and give purity for the Brauer group for schemes with complete intersection singularities. For the proof, we reduce to a flat purity statement for perfectoid rings, establish pp-complete arc descent for flat cohomology of perfectoids, and then relate to coherent cohomology of Ainf\mathbb{A}_{\mathrm{inf}} via prismatic Dieudonn\'{e} theory. We also present an algebraic version of tilting for \'{e}tale cohomology, use it to reprove the Gabber-Thomason purity, and exhibit general properties of fppf cohomology of (animated) rings with finite, locally free group scheme coefficients, such as excision, agreement with fpqc cohomology, and continuity.

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@article{arxiv.1912.10932,
  title  = {Purity for flat cohomology},
  author = {Kestutis Cesnavicius and Peter Scholze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.10932},
  year   = {2023}
}

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97 pages; final version, to appear in Annals of Mathematics

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