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Reductive group schemes, the Greenberg functor, and associated algebraic groups

Algebraic Geometry 2014-03-10 v3

Abstract

Let AA be an Artinian local ring with algebraically closed residue field kk, and let G\mathbf{G} be an affine smooth group scheme over AA. The Greenberg functor F\mathcal{F} associates to G\mathbf{G} a linear algebraic group G:=(FG)(k)G:=(\mathcal{F}\mathbf{G})(k) over kk, such that GG(A)G\cong\mathbf{G}(A). We prove that if G\mathbf{G} is a reductive group scheme over AA, and T\mathbf{T} is a maximal torus of G\mathbf{G}, then TT is a Cartan subgroup of GG, and every Cartan subgroup of GG is obtained uniquely in this way. The proof is based on establishing a Nullstellensatz analogue for smooth affine schemes with reduced fibre over AA, and that the Greenberg functor preserves certain normaliser group schemes over AA. Moreover, we prove that if G\mathbf{G} is reductive and P\mathbf{P} is a parabolic subgroup of G\mathbf{G}, then PP is a self-normalising subgroup of GG, and if B\mathbf{B} and B\mathbf{B}' are two Borel subgroups of G\mathbf{G}, then the corresponding subgroups BB and BB' are conjugate in GG.

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@article{arxiv.1003.3598,
  title  = {Reductive group schemes, the Greenberg functor, and associated algebraic groups},
  author = {Alexander Stasinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3598},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Minor corrections; see the errata notes

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