This paper proves that the truncated De Rham complex on certain formal schemes over a positive characteristic field decomposes, and fully decomposes when the scheme's dimension equals the characteristic, also establishing the Cartier isomorphism.
Contribution
It demonstrates the decomposability of the De Rham complex on formal schemes in positive characteristic and establishes the Cartier isomorphism in this context.
Findings
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De Rham complex decomposes up to characteristic p
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Full De Rham complex decomposes when dimension equals p
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Cartier isomorphism established for smooth morphisms
Abstract
We show that, for a pseudo-proper smooth noetherian formal scheme X over a positive characteristic p field, its truncated De Rham complex up to the characteristic p is decomposable. Moreover, if the dimension of X is exactly p, then the full De Rham complex is decomposable. Along the way we establish the Cartier isomorphism associated to a smooth morphism of positive characteristic noetherian formal schemes.
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On the decomposition of the De Rham complex on formal schemes
We show that if X is a pseudo-proper smooth noetherian formal scheme over a positive characteristic p field k then its De Rham complex τ≤p(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) is decomposable. Along the way we establish the Cartier isomorphism
ΩX(p)/Yi→γHi(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) associated to a map f:X→Y of positive characteristic p noetherian formal schemes where X(p) denotes the base change of X along the Frobenius morphism of Y and FX/Y denotes the relative Frobenius of X over Y.
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification:
14F40 (primary); 14F05, 14B20 (secondary)
This paper has been partially supported by
Spain’s MEIC and E.U.’s FEDER research projects MTM2014-59456
and MTM2017-89830-P together with Xunta de Galicia’s ED431C 2019/10 with FEDER funds.
An important tool for understanding some of the fine properties of algebraic varieties is the use of formal schemes. Over the field of complex numbers, Hartshorne studied the hypercohomology of the De Rham complex of the formal completion of a singular scheme on a non-singular ambient scheme and showed that this gives back singular cohomology by purely algebraic means.
In this paper we start exploring the properties of De Rham cohomology of formal schemes over a characteristic p field. A motivation is to develop tools to understand the cohomological properties of singular varieties. The main technical issue is to have at hand basic results about the geometry of formal schemes. Let X be a possibly singular variety over a field k. Suppose there is a closed embedding X↪P of X into a smooth k-scheme P. Its formal completion P/X is not adic over Spec(k). This leads us to consider non-adic morphisms of formal schemes. Let f:X→Y be a morphism of formal schemes. As explained in 1.2 (ii) there is a system of morphisms of usual schemes {fℓ:Xℓ→Yℓ}ℓ∈N such that
[TABLE]
It is a general principle that if f is adic, its properties can be studied through the underlying maps fℓ, after all, the squares
[TABLE]
can be taken Cartesian. This is not the case for non-adic morphisms. Thus, one needs to redevelop most of the usual tools for non adic maps of formal schemes. To give a specific example, if f is a smooth morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes the morphisms fℓ may not be smooth (see [AJP2, Example 5.3]), therefore one cannot use a limit argument to reduce the arguments to ordinary schemes.
Here, we study the De Rham complex of a non necessarily adic formal scheme of pseudo finite type over a field of positive characteristic p. We show that under the usual condition of W2-liftability the De Rham complex is decomposed up to p. The argument does not give the degeneration of the Hodge-De Rham spectral sequence because the finiteness of cohomology is only established under adic hypothesis.
The strategy of the proof is similar to the classical method by Deligne and Illusie [DI] but all the results of smoothness, deformation and cohomology are needed in the setting of pseudo-finite maps of formal schemes. The basic theory of smoothness of formal schemes is developed in [AJP1] and some more advanced properties in [AJP2]. Both papers are used intensively along the paper. Another important ingredient is the deformation theory of smooth morphisms as exposed in [P1]. A full-fledged theory of deformation is developed in [P2], but this generality is not needed in the present situation.
It is worth remarking that decomposition up to p uses essentially the results of the aforementioned papers but the extension of the result at the dimension p, requires the full machinery of Grothendieck duality for formal schemes [AJL]. Moreover, Sastry’s computation of the dualizing sheaf of a pseudo-proper smooth noetherian formal scheme [S] is required to reach the general result.
Let us now describe the contents of the paper. An initial section recalls the basic definitions and notations that will be of use throughout the paper. In particular we recall the definition of the module of differentials and the associated De Rham complex. In the next section we discuss the basic properties of the Frobenius morphism both in absolute and relative version. It is noteworthy that the Frobenius morphism is an adic homeomorphism. Moreover we show that it is a finite locally free morphism.
In Section 3 we develop Cartier theory for noetherian formal schemes. Specifically, in Theorem 3.4 we establish an analogous to the Cartier isomorphism in Sch [K, (7.2)] for relative differential forms associated to a smooth morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes of characteristic p.
Once all this structure is up and running we prove the decomposition theorem. We fix Y a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p together with Y, a flat lifting over Z/p2Z. Let f:X→Y be a smooth morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes, let us consider its relative Frobenius mophism denoted by FX/Y:X→X(p). It holds that any smooth lifting X(p) of X(p) over Y yields a a decomposition of the complex τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) in D(X(p)). Moreover, much as in the case of schemes, the existence of a smooth lifting is equivalent to the existence of a decomposition of τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙). The proof relies on the theory of (non necessarily adic) smooth morphisms of formal schemes, its basic deformation theory and the lifting of Frobenius morphisms. Of course, a global lifting of Frobenius is not guaranteed to exist, but only local liftings. The corresponding local decompositions are glued by a procedure similar to the one employed in [DI].
Finally, in Section 6 we extend this result to degree p. For k a perfect field of characteristic p and X a formal scheme of topological dimension less or equal than p, we show that FX/k∗ΩX/k∙ is decomposable. This is Theorem 6.6. Its proof requires establishing a pairing on differential forms
[TABLE]
where ωX(p)/k=ΩX(p)/kn, that is dualizing for coherent coefficients by Sastry’s result [S, Theorem 5.1.2]. On formal schemes there are basically two dualities, one that refers to torsion coefficients and another one for complete coefficients —this last one including the familiar coherent complexes. There is a balance between them controlled by Greenlees-May duality. It is this balance that provides an explicit description of the trace map as a Cartier operator, thereby allowing to extend Deligne-Illusie’s idea to the present context.
In future work we will intend to apply the Decomposition Theorem to obtain vanishing theorems for formal schemes with an eye towards the cohomology of singular varieties. The main difficulty in this context is the lack of general finiteness properties. We expect to extend the available results in characteristic 0 to some situations in positive characteristic. With this in hand, the degeneration of the Hodge-De Rham spectral sequence would provide a path towards the desired results.
Acknowledgements**.**
We thank useful conversation and pointers to the literature to J. Lipman and K. Schwede. We give special thanks to P. Sastry for his interest on our work and the useful suggestions he has given us to improve this paper, especially the last section.
1. Preliminaries
We denote by NFS the category of locally noetherian formal schemes and by NFSaf the subcategory of locally noetherian affine formal schemes. We follow the conventions and notations in [EGA I, §10]. Except otherwise indicated, every formal scheme will be in NFS and we will assume that every ring is noetherian. We write Sch for the category of ordinary schemes.
1.1**.**
Given X∈NFS we denote by A(X) the category of OX-Modules and D(X) its corresponding derived category. We denote by Ac(X)⊂A(X) the full subcategory of coherent OX-Modules111We honor the capitalization conventions in EGA and write “Ideal” and “Module” for sheaves of ideals and modules respectively. and by Dc(X) the full subcategory of D(X) of complexes whose homology sheaves lie in Ac(X).
Given f:X→Y a map of formal schemes, f♯:OY→f∗OX will denote the corresponding morphism of structure sheaves and, with a slight abuse of notation, the ring homomorphisms it induces on sections and stalks.
1.2**.**
Let us establish the following convenient notation (cf. [EGA I, §10.6]):
(i)
Given X∈NFS and J⊂OX an Ideal of definition, for each ℓ∈N we put Xℓ:=(X,OX/Jℓ+1). In the category of formal schemes
[TABLE]
and all the spaces Xℓ and X have the same underlying topological space.
2. (ii)
If f:X→Y is a morphism in NFS, given an Ideal of definition K⊂OY there exists an Ideal of definition J⊂OX such that f∗(K)OX⊂J. For any such a pair of ideals setting Xℓ:=(X,OX/Jℓ+1) and Yℓ:=(Y,OY/Kn+1) and fℓ:Xℓ→Yℓ the scheme morphism induced by f for each ℓ∈N, f can be expressed as
[TABLE]
1.3**.**
As in [AJP2, Definitions 1.6 and 1.7], given X∈NFS, the topological dimension of X is
dimtop(X):=dim(X0)
and the algebraic dimension of X is
dim(X):=supx∈XdimOX,x.
Obviously,
[TABLE]
1.4**.**
Let us recall some definitions from [EGA I, 10.13.3], [EGA III1, (4.8.2)], [AJL, p.7], [AJP1, §2 and §3]. A morphism f:X→Y in NFS is of pseudo finite type (pseudo finite, pseudo proper, separated) if f0 (equivalently any fℓ) is of finite type (finite, proper, separated, respectively). Moreover, we say that f is of finite type (finite, proper) if f is adic and of pseudo finite type (pseudo finite, pseudo proper, respectively).
The morphism f is smooth (unramified, étale) if it is of pseudo finite type and satisfies the following lifting condition:
for any affine Y-scheme Z and for each closed subscheme T↪Z given by a square zero Ideal I⊂OZ the induced map
[TABLE]
is surjective (injective, bijective, respectively).
1.5**.**
Given f:X→Y a morphism in NFS, for all open sets U=Spf(A)⊂X and V=Spf(B)⊂Y such that f(U)⊂V the differential pair of X over Y, (ΩX/Y1,dX/Y), is locally given by
((ΩA/B1)△,dA/B△) where △ [EGA I, (10.10.1)] is the
additive covariant functor
[TABLE]
The OX-Module ΩX/Y1 is called the Module of 1-differentials of X over Y and the continuous Y-derivation dX/Y:OX→ΩX/Y1 is called the canonical derivation of X over Y.
From now on and whenever is clear, we will abbreviate d=dX/Y.
1.6**.**
For all i∈Z, the sheaf of i-differentials of X over Y is the sheaf ΩX/Yi:=⋀iΩX/Y1. Given open subsets U=Spf(A)⊂X and V=Spf(B)⊂Y with f(U)⊂V, ΩX/Yi is locally given by
(⋀iΩA/B1)△ as a sheaf on U⊂X.
Notice that ΩX/Y0=OX and ΩX/Yi=0, for all i<0.
If f is of pseudo finite type, then222If f:X→Y is a morphism in Sch, then ΩX/Yi is a quasi-coherent OX-module. However, in the context of of formal schemes, to have a satisfactory description of the sheaf of i-differentials we will restrict ourselves to the class of morphisms of pseudo finite type.
for all i, ΩX/Yi∈Ac(X) (see [LNS, Proposition 2.6.1] keeping in mind [EGA I, (10.10.2.9)]).
From now on f will be a morphism of pseudo finite type.
1.7**.**
We denote by ΩX/Y∙ the sheaf of graded abelian groups that to an open subset U⊂X associates the module
[TABLE]
The sheaf ΩX/Y∙ is a supercommutative OX-Algebra (i.e. graded and alternating in the terminology of [Bo2, Ch. III, §7.1, Definition 1 and §7.3, Proposition 5]).
For a commutative diagram of morphisms in NFS,
[TABLE]
such that f and f′ are of pseudo finite type, there exists a morphism of graded OX′-Algebras
[TABLE]
determined locallly in degree i by
[TABLE]
for any a1,a2,…,ai∈Γ(U,OX) with U⊂X an affine open set ([AJP1, Proposition 3.7] and [Bo2, Ch. III, §7.1, Proposition 1]).
Moreover, if the diagram (1.7.1) is cartesian, the morphism (1.7.2) is an isomorphism.
1.8**.**
Analogously to the case of schemes (see [EGA IV4, (16.6.2)]), there exists an unique graded morphism of degree 1
[TABLE]
such that:
(i)
d0=d,
2. (ii)
di+1∘di=0, for all i∈N and
3. (iii)
given U⊂X an open set, wi∈Γ(U,ΩX/Yi) and wj∈Γ(U,ΩX/Yj),
[TABLE]
for any i,j∈N.
Then
[TABLE]
is a complex of coherent OX-Modules; it is called De Rham complex of X relative to Y. We abbreviate it by ΩX/Y∙. Notice that the differentials are f−1OY-linear but not OX-linear.
Observe that if f:X→Y is a finite type morphism of usual schemes then ΩX/Y∙=ΩX/Y∙.
In the setting of the commutative diagram (1.7.1),
the morphism of graded OX-Algebras ΩX/Y∙→g∗ΩX′/Y′∙ adjoint to (1.7.2) respects the differential, i.e. it is a map of complexes.
1.9**.**
Suppose that f:X→Y is smooth and such that, for all x∈X, dimxf:=dimf−1(f(x))=n [AJP2, Definition 1.14]. Then ΩX/Y1 is a locally free OX-Module of rank n (see [LNS, Proposition 2.6.1] and [AJP2, Corollary 5.10]) and therefore
ΩX/Yi is a locally free OX-Module of constant rank
(in), for all 0≤i≤n.
In particular, ΩX/Yn is an invertible OX-Module and ΩX/Yi=0, for all i>n.
Therefore ΩX/Y∙ is a bounded complex of amplitude [0,n] of locally free OX-Modules.
Remark*.*
Let f:X→Spec(C) be a smooth morphism of usual schemes, Z⊂X a closed subscheme and denote by X the completion of X along Z. The De Rham complex of X relative to C defined above, ΩX/C∙, agrees with the one given by Hartshorne in [H, I, §7].
2. Frobenius morphism on formal schemes
Henceforth, p will denote a prime number and Fp:=Z/pZ the prime field.
2.1**.**
A locally noetherian formal scheme X is of characteristic p if the canonical morphism X→Spec(Z) factors through Spec(Fp), that is, if p⋅OX=0. Equivalently, given an ideal of definition J⊂OX, the schemes Xℓ=(X,OX/Jℓ+1) are of characteristic p, for all ℓ∈N.
2.2**.**
Let X be a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p. The absolute Frobenius endomorphism of X, is the endomorphism FX:X→X that is the identity as a map of topological spaces and, given for all open set U⊂X by
[TABLE]
The following holds:
(i)
The morphism FX is adic. Indeed, for a noetherian adic ring A [EGA I, (10.4.6)], J⊂A an ideal of definition, and FA:A→A its Frobenius endomorphism, the ideal Je=⟨FA(J)⟩ defines the J-adic topology in A.
2. (ii)
Given an Ideal of definition J⊂OX if FXℓ:Xℓ→Xℓ is the absolute Frobenius endomorphism of Xℓ, for all ℓ∈N, then
[TABLE]
3. (iii)
FX is a universal homeomorphism, that is, a homeomorphism such that for each morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes Z→X, the morphism obtained by base-change X×Z→Z is a homeomorphism. Indeed, with the previous notation,
as FXℓ is a universal homeomorphism (see [SGA 5, Exposé XV, §1]) in view of [EGA I, (10.7.4)] we deduce that FX is too, because (FX)top=(FXℓ)top.
2.3**.**
For f:X→Y in NFS with Y of characteristic p, we have the following commutative diagram
[TABLE]
where the horizontal arrows are the absolute Frobenius endomorphisms of X and Y.
Let us put X(p):=X×FYY. Notice the dependence of the formal scheme X(p) on the base Y. We omit it on the notation for clarity. There exists an unique morphism
[TABLE]
that makes commutative the diagram
[TABLE]
The morphism FX/Y is called relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y.
Given Ideals of definition J⊂OX and K⊂OY such that f∗(K)OX⊂J, if FXℓ/Yℓ:Xℓ→Xℓ(p) is the relative Frobenius morphism from Xℓ to Yℓ, by 2.2.(ii) and [EGA I, (10.7.4)] we have that
[TABLE]
and, in particular, F_{\mathfrak{X}/\mathfrak{Y}}=\begin{array}[t]{c}{\rm lim}\\[-7.5pt]
{\longrightarrow}\\[-7.5pt]
{\scriptstyle{\ell\in\mathbb{N}}}\end{array}F_{X_{\ell}/Y_{\ell}}.
2.4**.**
Let φ:A→B be a homomorphism of noetherian adic rings of characteristic p; let X=Spf(A), Y=Spf(B) and f:X→Y such that f:=Spf(φ) is in NFSaf.
The diagram (2.3.1) corresponds through the equivalence of categories to the following diagram
[TABLE]
where FA are FB are the usual Frobenius homomorphisms (raise to the p-th power), FA/B(a⊗b)=ap⋅φ(b), denoting by a⊗b∈A⊗FBB the image of a⊗b∈A⊗FBB and (FB)A(a)=a⊗1.
Proposition 2.5**.**
Given f:X→Y in NFS with Y of characteristic p and FX/Y the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y it holds that:
The morphisms FX and FY are adic (2.2.(i)). By base-change (see [AJP1, 1.3]), we have that the morphism (FY)X is adic. Therefore FX/Y also is adic (see [EGA I, (10.12.1)]).
2. (ii)
Given Y=Spf(B) a noetherian affine formal scheme of characteristic p, n>0 and π:AYn=Spf(B{T})→Y the canonical projection of the affine formal space, it holds that:
(i)
There exists an isomorphism of Y-formal schemes
[TABLE]
defined through the equivalence of categories by the morphism
[TABLE]
given by the universal property of the restricted formal power series ring (cf. [Bo1, Ch. III, §4.2, Proposition 4]). Let us check that Φ is an isomorphism. If B{T}GB{T} is the morphism induced by FB, applying the universal property of the complete tensor product there exists an unique morphism Ψ:B{T}⊗FBB→B{T} such that the following diagram commutes:
[TABLE]
Therefore Ψ(∑ν∈NnbνTν⊗b)=∑ν∈Nnb⋅bνpTν and Φ−1=Ψ.
2. (ii)
The morphisms FAYn/Y and (FY)AYn are determined
by:
[TABLE]
and
[TABLE]
through the isomorphisms Ψ and Φ, respectively.
3. (iii)
The relative Frobenius morphism of AYn over Y, F:AYn→(AYn)(p), is finite, flat and F∗(OAYn) is a locally free O(AYn)(p)-Algebra of rank pn. In fact, through the morphism σ, B{T} is a free B{T}-module with base {∏i=1nTimi,0≤mi≤p−1}.
If f:X→Y is an étale morphism of locally noetherian schemes of characteristic p, then the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y is an isomorphism [SGA 5, Expose XV, §1]. Next we generalize this result to the setting of locally noetherian formal schemes.
Lemma 2.7**.**
Given a locally noetherian formal scheme Y of characteristic p, let f:X→Y be an étale morphism in NFS. Then the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y, FX/Y:X→X(p)=X×FYY, is an isomorphism.
Proof.
Let us consider the commutative diagram (2.3.1).
The morphism f is étale and by base-change (see [AJP1, Proposition 2.9, (ii)]) it follows that f′ is étale. Then [AJP1, Corollary 2.14] and Proposition 2.5 imply that FX/Y is étale adic. On the other hand, by 2.2.(iii), FX is a universal homeomorphism and, therefore, radical (see [AJP2, Definition 2.5]). From the sorites of radical morphisms in Sch [EGA I, Corollaire (3.7.6)] we have that FX/Y is a radical morphism and applying [AJP2, Theorem 7.3] it follows that FX/Y is an open inmersion. Last, by Proposition 2.5 we have that FX/Y is a homeomorphism, so we conclude that it is an isomorphism.
∎
Remark*.*
The last result does not follow straightforward from the analogous result in the category of schemes, since given
[TABLE]
an étale morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes it may happen that the corresponding morphisms of schemes fℓ in the system are not étale (see [AJP2, Example 5.3]).
In Proposition 2.9 we generalize 2.6.(iii) for smooth morphisms of locally noetherian formal schemes of constant relative dimension equal to n. First, we need a previous result.
Proposition 2.8**.**
Given a cartesian diagram in NFS
[TABLE]
with f finite, if F∈Ac(X) then the canonical morphism of OY′-Modules
[TABLE]
is an isomorphism.
Proof.
By base-change we have that f′ is also a finite morphism (see [AJL, Proposition 7.1]). Then by the Finiteness Theorem for finite morphisms in NFS [EGA III1, (4.8.6)] it follows that f∗′(g′∗F) and g∗(f∗F) are coherent OY′-Modules.
Since this is a local question on the base, we may suppose that g:Y′=Spf(B′)→Y=Spf(B) is affine, and that g′:X′=Spf(A′)→X=Spf(A) is a morphism of affine formal schemes with A a B-module of finite type and A′=B′⊗BA a B′-module of finite type.
Applying the category equivalence given by the functor (−)△ (see [EGA I, (10.10.5)]) we get that there exists a finitely generated A-module M such that F=M△, with M a B-module of finite type. The morphism (2.8.1) corresponds to the canonical isomorphism of finitely generated B′-modules A′⊗AM→B′⊗BM.
∎
Proposition 2.9**.**
Given a locally noetherian formal scheme Y of characteristic p, let f:X→Y be a smooth morphism of relative dimension n. Then the relative Frobenius endomorphism of X over Y, FX/Y:X→X(p), is finite, flat and FX/Y∗OX is a locally free OX(p)-Algebra of rank pn.
Proof.
By [AJP2, Proposition 5.9] we have
that for each x∈X, there exists an open subset U⊂X with x∈U such that f∣U factors as
[TABLE]
where g is étale, π is the canonical projection and n=rk(ΩOX,x/OY,f(x)1). We may assume that U=X. Taking the diagram (2.3.1) for the morphisms g, π and f we have the following commutative diagram of locally noetherian formal schemes
[TABLE]
where:
•
the horizontal arrows are the absolute Frobenius endomorphisms of X,AYn and Y;
•
X(p)=X×FYY and ◊3 is a cartesian square (so ◊2 is a cartesian square, too).
Since g is étale, by Lemma 2.7 we have that □1 is a cartesian square and, since ◊2 is a cartesian square we deduce
that ◊1 is a cartesian square. On the other hand, in 2.6.(iii) we have shown that FAYn/Y is finite, flat and that (FAYn/Y)∗OAYn is a locally free O(AYn)(p)-Algebra of rank pn with base {∏i=1nTimi,0≤mi≤p−1}. Then by base-change (see [AJL, Proposition 7.1]) we have that FX/Y is finite and flat. Moreover, from Proposition 2.8 it results that:
[TABLE]
and, therefore, by 2.6(iii), FX/Y∗OX is a locally free OX(p)-Algebra of rank pn with base {g′♯(∏i=1nTimi),0≤mi≤p−1}.
∎
Corollary 2.10**.**
Let Y be a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p and f:X→Y be a smooth morphism of relative dimension n. Then FX/Y∗ΩX/Yi is a locally free OX(p)-Module of rank pn⋅(in), for all i∈{0,1,…,n}.
Proof.
Let 0≤i≤n. From 1.9 we have that ΩX/Yi is a locally free OX-Module of rank (in) and therefore, the result is consequence of Proposition 2.9.
∎
3. Cartier isomorphism
One of the technical tools more used for the differential study of schemes of characteristic p is the Cartier isomorphism [C]. Our next task will be to extend it to smooth morphisms of locally noetherian formal schemes of characteristic p following [K, (7.2)].
3.1**.**
Given Y a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p let f:X→Y be a morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes. For all open set U⊂X and for all a∈Γ(U,OX), it holds that
[TABLE]
Therefore the absolute Frobenius morphism of X and the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y induce zero morphisms
[TABLE]
respectively (see 2.4). After all, the differentials are null being radical morphisms.
3.2**.**
Given a locally noetherian formal scheme Y of characteristic p and f:X→Y in NFS it holds that
FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙:=(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙,FX/Y∗d∙) is a complex of OX(p)-Modules. Indeed, given an open set U⊂X,
a⊗b∈Γ(U,OX(p)) and c∈Γ(U,FX/Y∗OX) there results that:
[TABLE]
It holds that the sheaves of abelian groups ⨁i∈ZZi(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) and ⨁i∈ZHi(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) have structure of supercommutative OX(p)-Algebras determined by the exterior product so, the elements of degree 1 are of zero square.
3.3**.**
Let f:X→Y be a smooth morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes of characteristic p. In this setting, there exists a unique morphism of graded OX(p)-Algebras
[TABLE]
such that γ0 is the canonical morphism OX(p)→FX/Y∗OX and γ1 is locally given by d(a)⊗1⇝[ap−1d(a)].
Uniqueness follows from the fact that ⨁i∈ZHi(F∗ΩX/Y∙) is a graded OX(p)-Algebra where the elements of degree 1 are of square zero (cf. [Bo2, Ch. III, §7.1, Proposition 1]).
For the existence,
applying [Bo2, loc. cit.] it suffices to give γ0 and γ1 as above. Consider the morphism D defined, for every open set U⊂X, by
[TABLE]
It is well defined since:
[TABLE]
and, therefore, ap−1d(a)∈Γ(U,Z1(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)).
Let us show that D∈DercontY(OX(p),H1(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)). It is easily checked that D is a continuous morphism. First, we will prove that is a morphism of sheaves of abelian groups. We take U⊂X an open subset and a1,a2∈Γ(U,OX).
Applying formally d to the equality
[TABLE]
we deduce that
[TABLE]
from which it follows that D((a1+a2)⊗1)=D(a1⊗1)+D(a2⊗1).
Next,
[TABLE]
and so we conclude that D is a continuous Y-derivation.
By Corollary 2.10FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙ is a complex of locally free OX(p)-Modules of finite rank and, in particular, Hi(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)∈Ac(X(p)), for all i. Applying [AJP1, Theorem 3.5] it results that there exists an unique homomorphism of OX(p)-Modules
[TABLE]
such that the following diagram is commutative:
[TABLE]
Therefore, applying again [Bo2, loc. cit.] there exists an unique morphism of graded OX(p)-Algebras
[TABLE]
that in degrees [math] and 1 is defined by γ0 and γ1, respectively.
Theorem 3.4**.**
With hypothesis as in 3.3, the morphism γ depicted in (3.3.1) is an isomorphism and it is called the Cartier isomorphism.
Proof.
We will do it in three steps:
(1) If f:X→Y is a smooth morphism in Sch with Y of characteristic p, γ is the Cartier isomorphism in Sch ([K, (7.2)]).
(2) Let us prove the result for the canonical projection πY:AYn→Y. Considering the diagram (2.3.1) for the morphisms πY and π:AFpn→Spec(Fp) and, keeping in mind 2.6.(i) we have the following commutative diagram in NFS:
[TABLE]
The squares □1,□2 and ◊1 are cartesian, therefore the square ◊2 is also cartesian. Since ◊3 is a cartesian square it results that ◊4 is also cartesian.
Applying (1), we have the Cartier isomorphism asociated to the scheme morphism π:
[TABLE]
Proposition [AJP1, Proposition 3.7] implies that Ω(AYn)(p)/Y1≅g′∗Ω(AFpn)(p)/Fp1 and, from the fact that g′ is a flat morphism (by base-change) and from the isomorphism (3.4.1) we deduce the isomorphism
[TABLE]
By 2.6.(iii) we have that F is a finite morphism and then Proposition 2.8 applies. Therefore g′∗FAFpn/Fp∗ΩAFpn/Fp∙≅FAYn/Y∗g∗ΩAFpn/Fp∙ and we obtain the Cartier isomorphism asociated to πY
[TABLE]
(3) In the general case, since it is a local question by [AJP2, Proposition 5.9]
we may suppose that f factors in π∘g:X→AYn→Y,
where g is étale and π is the canonical projection. Considering the diagram (2.3.1) for the morphisms g, π and f we have a commutative diagram of locally noetherian formal schemes (2.9.1) where ◊1,□1,◊2 and ◊3 are cartesian squares. Notice that we use that g is étale.
By (2), associated to the morphism πY:AYn→Y, we have the Cartier isomorphism :
[TABLE]
Since g is étale and ◊3 is a cartesian square, by base-change ([AJP1, Proposition 2.9]) we have that g′ is étale and from [AJP1, Corollary 4.10] we deduce that g′∗Ω(AYn)(p)/Yi≅ΩX(p)/Yi for all i∈Z. Since g′ is flat and, applying g′∗ to the isomorphism (3.4.2) we have the following isomorphism
[TABLE]
On the other hand, g is étale and, from [AJP1, loc. cit.] we deduce that g∗ΩAYn/Yi≅ΩX/Yi for all i∈Z. Last, applying Proposition 2.8 it results that for all i
[TABLE]
therefore Hi(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)≅Hi(g′∗FAYn/Y∗ΩAYn/Y∙) as wanted.
∎
4. Decomposition Theorem up to p
4.1**.**
Recall that a complex E∈D(X) is decomposable if it is isomorphic to a complex in D(X) with zero differential. A decomposition of E is an isomorphism
[TABLE]
that induces the identity between the homologies.
4.2**.**
(cf. [P1, 3.1])
Let W be a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p, i:W↪Z a closed immersion given by a square zero ideal I⊂OZ and g:Y→W a flat (smooth) morphism. If there exists a flat (smooth) morphism g~:Y→Z in NFS such that the diagram
[TABLE]
is cartesian we will say that Y, or that the morphism Y↪Y, or that g~ is a
flat (smooth) lifting of Y over Z.
Whenever W=Spec(Fp) and Z=Spec(Z/p2Z) we will say that Y is flat (smooth) lifting of Y over Z/p2Z.
The following is one of the main results of this paper. It extends to formal schemes the classical Decomposition Theorem in [DI, Corollaire 3.7.(a)] (see also [I, Théorème 5.1]).
Theorem 4.3** (Decomposition Theorem).**
Let Y be a locally noetherian formal scheme of characteristic p and Y a flat lifting of Y over Z/p2Z. Let f:X→Y be a smooth morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes. Any smooth lifting X(p) of X(p) over Y provides a decomposition of the complex τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) in D(X(p)), where FX/Y:X→X(p) denotes the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y.
Remark*.*
Mimicking the proof of [DI, Théorème 3.5] we can show a converse to the theorem, specifically, a decomposition of τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) provides a smooth lifting X(p) of X(p) over Y. We leave the details to the interested reader
We defer the proof of Theorem 4.3 to the next section. In the next few paragraphs we will present some consequences. We will start establishing some notations.
4.4**.**
Let k be a perfect field of characteristic p and put Y=Spec(k). Then there exists a flat lifting of Y over Z/p2Z given (up to isomorphism) by Y=Spec(W2(k)) where W2(k) is the ring of Witt vectors of length 2 over k.
On the other hand, the absolute Frobenius endomorphism of Fk=FY:Y→Y is an automorphism. So, given f:X→Y a smooth morphism in NFS from the corresponding diagram (2.3.1) we deduce that (Fk)X:X(p)→X is an isomorphism. Then X(p) admits a smooth lifting over Y if, and only if, X also does.
Corollary 4.5**.**
Given k a perfect field of characteristic p, let f:X→Y=Spec(k) be a smooth morphism in NFS. If there exists a smooth lifting of X over Y=Spec(W2(k)), then τ<p(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) is decomposable in D(X(p)).
Remark*.*
This corollary generalizes [DI, Théorème 2.1] to the context of formal schemes.
Corollary 4.6**.**
Given a perfect field k of characteristic p, let f:Z→Y=Spec(k) be a morphism of finite type in Sch and suppose that Z is embeddable in a smooth Y-scheme X. If there exists a smooth lifting of X:=X/Z over Y=Spec(W2(k)), then τ<p(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) is decomposable in D(X(p)).
Corollary 4.7**.**
Given a perfect field k of characteristic p, let Z be a projective k-scheme embeddable in P:=Pkn and let P:=P/Z. Then τ<p(FP/k∗ΩP/k∙) is decomposable in D(P(p)).
Proof.
Since PW2(k)n=P×kSpec(W2(k)), Z is also a closed subscheme of PW2(k)n. If κ:PW2(k)n→PW2(k)n is the completion morphism of PW2(k)n along Z, then by [AJP2, Proposition 3.10] it is immediate that the composition
[TABLE]
is a smooth lifting of P over Spec(W2(k)).
∎
5. Proof of the Decomposition Theorem
The proof of Theorem 4.3 will be decomposed into several intermediate steps. We will mostly follow the strategy of the proof of the Decomposition Theorem for usual schemes in [I, §5].
5.1**.**
Recall that a decomposition of τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) is equivalent to give a morphism in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
that induces the identity through the functor Hi for all i<p. By Theorem 3.4 it is sufficient to give a morphism in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
that coincides in homology with the Cartier isomorphism.
We will associate a morphism as (5.1.1) to each smooth lifting X(p) of X(p) over Y.
The proof proceeds in two stages:
(i)
First we show (in Proposition 5.7) that if there exists a
global lifting of Frobenius, i.e. a Y-morphism
[TABLE]
that lifts FX/Y (see 5.3), then the complex τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) is decomposable in D(X(p)) by constructing a lifting of the Cartier operator, see 5.5.
2. (ii)
Liftings of Frobenius only exist locally, this is discussed in 5.9. With this, we see (in Proposition 5.11) that τ≤1(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) is decomposable in D(X(p)) by pasting these local liftings.
Finally, we extend this decomposition to the whole τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) using the multiplicative structure of the De Rham complex (Proposition 5.13).
We start by fixing some notations and definitions.
5.2**.**
Two canonical isomorphisms.
Let i:X↪X be a smooth lifting over Y.
From the short exact sequence of (Z/p2Z)-modules
[TABLE]
we deduce that the sequence of OX-modules
[TABLE]
is exact and therefore i is a closed embedding given by the ideal p⋅OX⊂OX.
The isomorphism p⋅:Fp→p⋅Z/p2Z of (Z/p2Z)-modules induces the isomorphism of OX-Modules
[TABLE]
locally determined by a+p⋅OX⇝p⋅a.
Since ΩX/Y1 is a locally free OX-Module (see [LNS, Proposition 2.6.1]) applying the functor −⊗OXΩX/Y1 to the sequence (5.2.1) and to the isomorphism (5.2.2) we obtain the short exact sequence of OX-Modules
[TABLE]
and the isomorphism of OX-Modules
[TABLE]
Observe that the isomorphism p1 is locally defined by 1⊗d(s)⇝p⋅d(s).
5.3**.**
Liftings of Frobenius.
From now on we will assume the set-up and hypotheses of Theorem 4.3.
Given FX/Y:X→X(p) the relative Frobenius morphism of X over Y let us suppose that there exist i:X↪X and i′:X(p)↪X(p) smooth liftings over Y. We say that a Y-morphism F:X→X(p)is a lifting333According to the terminology established in [P1, §2] we would say that F is a lifting of XFX/YX(p)↪i′X(p) over Y. of FX/Y if the following diagram is commutative
[TABLE]
Observe that, since X≅X×YY and X(p)≅X(p)×YY we have that the square (5.3.1) is cartesian.
Lemma 5.4**.**
The image of the canonical morphism
[TABLE]
is contained in p⋅(F∗ΩX/Y1).
Proof.
Indeed, the morphism of OX(p)-Modules
[TABLE]
corresponds through the projection formula [EGA I, 0, (5.4.8)] to
[TABLE]
and this map is zero by 3.1. We conclude since i∗′OX(p)=OX(p)/p⋅OX(p).
∎
5.5**.**
A Cartier operator.
Under the hypotheses and notations of 5.3, applying i′∗ to the canonical morphism ΩX(p)/Y1→F∗ΩX/Y1 we have that there exists an unique morphism of OX(p)-Modules
[TABLE]
such that the following diagram is commutative
[TABLE]
where the left vertical isomorphism is given by base-change (see [AJP1, Proposition 3.7]), and the right vertical morphism corresponds to the isomorphism
[TABLE]
through the adjoint pair i′∗⊣i∗′. Let us call φF1 the Cartier operator.
Let us give a local description of the morphism φF1. For that,
assume that we are in NFSaf and set Y=Spf(B), Y=Spf(B), X=Spf(A), X=Spf(A), X(p)=Spf(A(p)) and X(p)=Spf(A(p)) with A=A/pA and A(p)=A(p)/pA(p). Now, given a=a1+p⋅A with a1∈A and a2∈A(p) such that a⊗1=a2+p⋅A(p), since F(a⊗1)=ap (see 2.4) from the conmutativity of diagram (5.3.1) we deduce that
[TABLE]
with c1∈A.
From this we deduce that φF1 is locally given by
[TABLE]
where c=c1+p⋅A.
Lemma 5.6**.**
In the setting of 5.3, the Cartier operator φF1 defined in (5.5.1) induces in homology the Cartier isomorphism in degree 1.
Proof.
From the local description of φF1 just given, we deduce that Im(φF1)⊂Z1FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙ and that the composition of morphisms
[TABLE]
is γ1, the Cartier isomorphism (3.3.1) in degree 1.
∎
Proposition 5.7**.**
Suppose that there exists a Y-morphism F that lifts FX/Y.
Then there exist a morphism in the category of complexes of objects in A(X(p))
[TABLE]
that induces the Cartier isomorphism (3.3.1) in Hi, for all i<p, such that φF0=FX/Y♯ and the morphism φF1 is the one defined in 5.5.
Proof.
By Lema 5.6 and Theorem 3.4, it suffices to take φFi the composition of the morphisms
[TABLE]
for all 1<i<p.
∎
Corollary 5.8**.**
If there exists a Y-morphism F that lifts FX/Y then there is a decomposition of τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) in D(X(p)).
Proof.
By 5.1 it is an immediate consequence of the proposition.
∎
5.9**.**
Having dealt with the case in which there is a global lifting of Frobenius, we treat now the general case of Theorem 4.3. We start by showing that the complex τ≤1(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) is decomposable in D(X(p)). For that, given an arbitrary affine open covering {Uα} of X, by [P1, Corollary 4.3] for each α there exists a smooth lifting Uα of Uα over Y. Furthermore, [AJP1, Corollary 2.5] implies that there exists a lifting Fα:Uα→X(p) of FX/Y∣Uα:Uα→X(p)↪X(p) over Y. We are going to “glue” in D(X(p)) the morphisms φFα asociated to each lifting Fα (cf. Proposition 5.7) and we will check that does not depend of the chosen covering of X. This construction is not trivial due to the lack of the local nature of the derived category.
We need the following lemma in which we compare the morphisms φF asociated to different liftings F of FX/Y.
Lemma 5.10**.**
Suppose given F1:X1→X(p) and F2:X2→X(p) a pair of Y-morphisms that lift FX/Y, then there exists an homomorphism of OX(p)-Modules ϕ(F1,F2):ΩX(p)/Y1→FX/Y∗OX such that:
[TABLE]
Moreover given F3:X3→X(p) another Y-morphism that lifts F, the cocycle condition holds, namely
[TABLE]
Proof.
First, we are going to define ϕ(F1,F2) whenever there is a Y-isomorphism u~:X1→X2 that induces the identity on X (cf. [P1, 3.4]). The morphisms F1 and F2∘u~ are two liftings over Y of the composed map
[TABLE]
and by [P1, 2.2.(1)] there exists an unique homomorphism of OX(p)-Modules Ψ:ΩX(p)/Y1→F1∗(p⋅OX) such that the diagram
[TABLE]
is commutative. Applying i′∗ to the above diagram we have that there exists a homomorphism of OX(p)-Modules ϕ(u~,F1,F2):ΩX(p)/Y1→FX/Y∗OX such that the following diagram commutes:
[TABLE]
where τ1:=i′∗(F1♯−(F2∘u~)♯) and τ2:=i′∗F1∗((p0)−1).
Let us show that ϕ(u~,F1,F2) does not depend on u~. Indeed, given v~:X1→X2 another Y-isomorphism that induces the identity on X, [P1, 2.2.(1)] implies that there exists an unique homomorphism of OX2-Modules
[TABLE]
such that v~♯−u~♯=ψ∘d being i2:X↪X2 the inclusion. Equivalently by adjunction and, with an abuse of notation, there exists an unique homomorphism ψ:ΩX/Y1→OX of OX-Modules such that v~♯−u~♯=ψ∘d. On the other hand, since F2∘u~ and F2∘v~ are two liftings of i′∘FX/Y over Y by [P1, 2.2.(1)] there exists an unique morphism η:FX/Y∗ΩX(p)/Y1→OX of OX-Modules such that (F2∘v~)♯−(F2∘u~)♯=η∘d′. By unicity η factors as
[TABLE]
By 3.1 the canonical morphism FX/Y∗ΩX(p)/Y1→ΩX/Y1 is zero and we conclude that η=0 and, therefore, F2∘u~=F2∘v~.
In general, given an affine open covering {Uα} of X, for all α, [P1, 3.3] implies that there exists a Y-isomorphism u~α:X1∣Uα→X2∣Uα that induces the identity on Uα. Then it suffices to define for each α
[TABLE]
To check the equalities (5.10.1) and (5.10.2) we may restrict to the affine case. In this case X1 and X2 are isomorphic (see [P1, 3.3]) and to simplify we set X:=X1=X2. With notations as in 5.5, we have that Fi(a(p))=a~p+p⋅ci with ci∈A for i=1,2, from where we deduce that
[TABLE]
Last, if we suppose there exists yet another Y-morphism F3:X3→X(p) that lifts F and that v~:X2→X3 is a Y-isomorphism that induces the identity in X, the equality (5.10.2) holds by adding the relations corresponding to the couples (F1,F2) and (F2,F3).
∎
Proposition 5.11**.**
There exists a morphism in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
that induces the Cartier isomorphism (3.3.1) in H1.
Proof.
Let us fix an affine open covering {Uα} of X. By 5.9 there exists a smooth lifting Uα of Uα over Y and a lifting Fα:Uα→X(p) of FX/Y∣Uα:Uα→X(p)↪X(p) over Y, that is, such that the following diagram is commutative:
[TABLE]
By Lemma 5.6 for each α there exists a homomorphism of complexes of OX(p)∣Uα-Modules
[TABLE]
that induces the Cartier isomorphism in H1.
By Lema 5.10 we have that, for each pair of indexes α,β such that Uαβ:=Uα∩Uβ=∅ there exists a homomorphism of OX(p)∣Uαβ-Modules
[TABLE]
such that:
[TABLE]
and such that, for all α,β,δ with Uαβδ:=Uα∩Uβ∩Uδ=∅:
[TABLE]
Data (5.11.1) and (5.11.2) allow to define a morphism of complexes
[TABLE]
of OX(p)-Modules in degree 1, equivalently
[TABLE]
that is locally given by:
[TABLE]
We define φ1 as the composition of the morphisms in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
where FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙ϵCˇ({Uα},FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) is the Čech resolution.
The morphism φ1 does not depend of the election of {(Uα,Fα)}. Indeed, if {Uβ′} is a refinement of {Uα} it is easy to see that φ(Uα,Fα)1=φ(Uα′,Fα∣Uα′)1. Then if {Vβ} is another covering of X and for all β, Gβ is a lifting of FX/Y∣Vβ, is a simple exercise to check that φ(Uα,Fα)1=φ(Uα,Fα)⊔(Vβ,Gβ)1=φ(Vβ,Gβ)1.
Last, let us see that φ1 induces the Cartier isomorphism in H1. Since it is a local question, we may suppose that there exists a Y-morphism F:X→X(p) that lifts to FX/Y. Then φ1 is defined by the morphism φF1 given in 5.5.
∎
Corollary 5.12**.**
There is a decomposition of τ≤1(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) in D(X(p)).
Proof.
Indeed, the maps φ0=FX/Y♯ and φ1 provide such isomorphism.
∎
Proposition 5.13**.**
There is a decomposition of τ<p(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙) in D(X(p)) extending the previous one.
Proof.
For all 1≤i<p we’re going to find a morphism in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
that induces the Cartier isomorphism through the functor Hi .
For that, given φ1 the morphism defined in Proposition 5.11, for all i≥1
we consider the morphism in D(X(p)),
[TABLE]
defined, as usual, by (φ1)⊗Li:=φ1⊗L⋯⊗Lφ1.
By [LNS, Proposition 2.6.1] we have that ΩX(p)/Y1 is a locally free OX(p)-Module of finite rank, then (ΩX(p)/Y1[−1])⊗Li≅(ΩX(p)/Y1)⊗i[−i] in D(X(p)). On the other hand, Corollary 2.10 implies that FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙ is a complex of locally free OX(p)-Modules of finite rank, from which it follows that, in D(X(p)),
(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)⊗Li≅(FX/Y∗ΩX/Y∙)⊗i.
Take 1≤i<p. The antisymmetrization morphism
[TABLE]
is a section of the product map
[TABLE]
and, then we define φi as the composition of morphisms in D(X(p)):
[TABLE]
From Proposition 5.11 and Theorem 3.4 we conclude that Hi(φi)=γi, where γi is the Cartier isomorphism in degree i, for all 0≤i<p and with this we end the proof of Theorem 4.3.
∎
6. Decomposition at p
6.1**.**
Some reminders on duality on formal schemes.
Let us recall the definition of some functors involved in the Torsion Duality for formal schemes [AJL, §6]. Given X∈NFS and J any Ideal of definition of X, the functor ΓX′:A(X)→A(X) is defined by
[TABLE]
It is a left exact functor. The OX-Modules invariant by ΓX′ are called torsion OX-Modules and we denote by Dqct(X)⊂D(X) the full subcategory of complexes such that the homologies are torsion quasi-coherent sheaves. Dqc(X):=RΓX′−1(Dqct(X)) [AJL, Definition 5.2.9]
The functor RΓX′ has a right adjoint, the completion functor denoted by ΛX:D(X)→D(X). It is given by ΛX:=RHom(RΓX′OX,−).
See [AJL, 5.2.10.(3)]. The essential image of Dqct(X) through ΛX is denoted D(X). Note that Dc+(X)⊂D(X) [AJL, Proposition 6.2.1].
Let f:X→Y be a separated map in NFS.
The functor Rf∗:Dqct(X)→Dqct(Y)→D(Y) has a right adjoint, namely ft×:D(Y)→Dqct(X) [AJL, Theorem 6.1].
Put f#:=ΛXft×:D(Y)→Dqc(X).
The theory of torsion duality associates to f an adjunction
[TABLE]
with G∈Dqc(X) and F∈D(Y) induced by natural transformation (the counit of the adjunction)
Duality for coherent coefficients in the adic case.
Assume that f is a proper morphism, therefore adic. The above duality is described on the categories Dc+(X) and Dc+(Y) as follows (see [AJL, Theorem 8.4]).
The functor Rf∗RΓX′ takes values in Dqct(Y) but we may force it to take image on D(Y) by applying the completion functor ΛY. The functor ΛYRf∗RΓX′ has the right adjoint f#. Since f is adic, using the fact that
[TABLE]
we see that ΛYRf∗RΓX′ agrees with Rf∗ on Dc+(X) because the functor ΛX∣Dc+(X) is the identity.
Moreover, by [AJL, Proposition 3.5.1, Proposition 8.3.2] Rf∗(Dc+(X))⊂Dc+(Y) and f#(Dc+(Y))⊂Dc+(X).
Therefore the duality for proper morphism establish that the functor f#:Dc+(Y)→Dc+(X) is right-adjoint to Rf∗:Dc+(X)→Dc+(Y). We denote the counit of the adjunction as
[TABLE]
This map is usually referred to as the trace map. If we need to specify the map f we will denote it by τf#=τ#.
6.3**.**
Frobenius and a perfect pairing of differential Modules.
Let X denote a smooth pseudo proper formal scheme over a characteristic p perfect field k. Let dim(X)=n. As before, put X(p)=X×FkSpec(k).
Recall from 1.7 the graded complex of coherent OX-Modules ΩX/k∙. As we have already recalled (1.9), the sheaves ΩX/ki are locally free for all i and thus we have perfect pairings
[TABLE]
where 0≤i≤n. This pairing induces the isomorphism in Dc+(X):
[TABLE]
Let us denote f:X→Spec(k) and f(p):X(p)→Spec(k) the structural morphisms, and FX/k:X→X(p) the relative Frobenius. Notice that FX/k is a finite map. Recall that f(p)∘FX/k=f.
We have the following string of isomorphisms in Dc+(X(p)):
[TABLE]
Where the first isomorphism comes from applying the functor FX/k∗ to (6.3.1). The equality corresponds to the notation ωX/k:=ΩX/kn; also, we set ωX(p)/k:=ΩX(p)/kn. By [S, Theorem 5.1.2] these sheaves are dualizing in D(X) and D(X(p)), in other words, they are identified with f#(k) and f(p)#(k), respectively. The second isomorphism is induced by the map
[TABLE]
([AJL, Corollary 6.1.4.(b)]). The third isomorphism is [AJL, Theorem 8.4] applied to FX/k which is finite (Proposition 2.9), therefore proper.
Taking homology, we obtain the perfect pairing in A(X(p))
[TABLE]
Notice that the pairing is induced by the trace map τ#(ωX(p)/k).
6.4**.**
The graded piece of the Cartier isomorphism is an isomorphism of locally free sheaves
[TABLE]
There is a natural map ν:FX/k∗ΩX/kn→Hn(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) that composed with the inverse of γn yields a canonical morphism
[TABLE]
In other words, C=(γn)−1∘ν.
Proposition 6.5**.**
The map C in (6.4.1) agrees with τ#(ωX(p)/k) for the Frobenius map FX/k .
Proof.
This comes down to a local computation. Let x∈X and xˉ∈X(p) the corresponding point by the bijection of underlying spaces. Denote by τF# the map τFX/k#(ωX(p)/k). We have the following commutative diagram
[TABLE]
with Hxn denoting local cohomology at x and similarly Hxˉn. The square commutes by functoriality and the triangle defines the map resx. By pseudo-functoriality the horizontal composition is τf(p)#(k) .
As a consequence, the lower composition is resxˉ. Using the computation in [L, (7.3.6)] it follows that Hxn(τF#)=Hxn(γn). It holds also in our setting because local cohomology only depends on the completion of the corresponding stalks of the structure sheaves. Notice that in loc. cit.Hxn(γn) is denoted Cx−1. The claim follows now by the local description of γn.
∎
Remark*.*
For another take on the relationship between the duality trace and the Cartier map C, see
[M, §1]. For an explicit computation of the trace in the case of usual schemes and the absolute Frobenius, see [BlS, Theorem 3.2.1].
Theorem 6.6** (Decomposition at p).**
Let X be a smooth pseudo proper locally noetherian formal scheme over a perfect field k of characteristic p such that dim(X)≤p and that admits a smooth lifting over W2(k). Then, the complex FX/k∗ΩX/k∙ is decomposable in D(X(p)).
Proof.
We have to show that there is an isomorphism in D(X(p))
[TABLE]
We may assume X connected. If dim(X)<p then the statement follows from Corollary 4.5.
Let us assume from now on that dim(X)=p, in other words, n=p. By Corollary 4.5, the complex τ<p(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) is decomposed in D(X(p)). We have a distinguished triangle
[TABLE]
As τ<p(FX/k∗ΩX/Y∙) is decomposed, we only need to check that the morphism
[TABLE]
is zero. Denote by ei the components of e. They satisfy the following
[TABLE]
with Hi:=Hi(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙). Applying τ≥1 to the triangle (6.6.1) we obtain
[TABLE]
By Proposition 6.5 the pairing (6.3.2) induces an isomorphism
[TABLE]
Using this, we see that τ≥1(FX/k∗ΩX/k∙) is decomposed. Then ei=0 for all i=0. Finally, e0∈Hp+1(X(p),Hom(Hp,Hi))=0 because dimtop(X(p))=dimtop(X)≤dim(X)=p.
∎
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