Questions tagged [torsors]
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Torsor of finite presentation and surjectivity of map of $\overline{k}$-valued points
I have a question about the content of remark 2.6.6. (i) (p 18) from M. Brion's notes on structure of algebraic groups.
Let $G$ be a group scheme over certain fixed base field $k$ (as all other ...
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Galois action on étale path torsors
TLDR: How is the Galois action on étale path torsors defined?
Let $X$ be a smooth proper scheme, over a field $k$, and let $x,y\in X(k)$ be a pair of points. Let $\pi_1^{\text{ét}}(\overline{X},\...
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Equivalence between twists of a curve and torsors of its automorphism group
Let $X$ be a curve defined over a number field $K$, and let $G_K$ be the absolute Galois group of $K$. Let $\text{Aut}(X)$ be the group of $\overline{K}$-defined automorphisms of $X$, and consider the ...
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Can we encode a torsor as a binary function on the isomorphism classes of objects?
Let $G$ be a group object in a topos $\mathcal{T}$. Then we have the notion of a $G$-torsor in $\mathcal{T}$, and the set of isomorphism classes of such objects is denoted $H^1(\mathcal{T};G)$. For ...
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Construction of a line bundle from a class $[\alpha] \in H^1(X, \mathcal{O}_X^{\times})$ as $\mathcal{O}_X^{\times}$-Torsor
Let $X$ be a complex compact manifold, and write $\mathcal{O}_X$ for the sheaf of holomorphic functions on $X$. Let $\mathcal{O}_X^{\times}$ be the subsheaf consisting of holomorphic functions. These ...
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Pushforward of structure sheaf along a torsor for a finite group
Let $\pi : P \to X$ be a torsor for a discrete, finite group $G$ of size $\#G = N$ on a scheme $X$. I want to compare $\pi_* \mathcal O_P$ with $\mathcal{O}_X$. Locally but not globally, $\pi_* \...
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Torsors for nonabelian groups and maps to contracted products
$\newcommand\op{\mathrm{op}}$My question concerns torsors for a sheaf of groups $G$ that is not commutative, and left/right are messing me up. A left $G$-torsor is equivalent to a right $G^{\op}$-...
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Taking quotient of a variety by the additive group
1. Let $X$ be a smooth irreducible $\Bbb C$-variety,
on which the algebraic $\Bbb C$-group $G={\bf G}_{a,{\Bbb C}}$
(the additive group) acts freely on the right:
$$ X\times _{\Bbb C} G\to X,\quad (x,...
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lie algebra bundle and underlying vector bundle
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over a field $k$. Let $E$ be a $G$-bundle, then we can form the adjoint bundle $ad(E)$ which is a Lie algebra bundle over $k$.
As a vector bundle it is trivial, ...
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When is a twisted form coming from a torsor trivial?
Consider a sheaf of groups $G$, equipped with a left torsor $P$ and another left action $G$ on some $X$. Form the contracted product $P \times^G X := (P \times X)/\sim$ where $\sim$ is the ...
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Pushforward of functions on a frame bundle
Apologies in advance for the long setup and question.
Let $L \to X$ be a line bundle. We may take its frame bundle $p \colon Fr(L) \to X$, a $\mathbb{G}_m$-torsor. We have
$$ p_*\mathcal{O}_{Fr(L)} =...
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Killing a Brauer class by a flat projective morphism
Let $X$ be a Noetherian scheme and $\beta \in H^2(X, \mathbb{G}_m)$ that is the image of some $\alpha \in H^1(X, \mathrm{PGL}_{n + 1})$ for some $n \ge 0$, so $\beta$ is a class in the Brauer group of ...
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Extra line bundles from torsors
Another math.stackexchange question (here: $\mathbb{G}_m$-torsors and line bundles) goes over a way to construct a line bundle $L$ from a $\mathbb{G}_m$-torsor $T \to B$, by using a decomposition $\...
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Does an abelian-scheme-torsor with split generic fiber necessarily split?
Let $k$ be a field. Let $S$ be a smooth $k$-variety, let $G/S$ be an abelian scheme. Let $T/S$ be a $G$-torsor. Suppose the generic fiber of $T/S$ admits a section, does $T$ necessarily admits an $S$-...
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Automorphism group of a torsor
Given a site $C$ and an object $U$, let $G$ be a sheaf of groups on this site and let $F$ be $G$-torsor, see the Stacks Project for the general definition.
By restriction on the over category $C/U$ (...
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