Pure Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 6, 2017, no. 1, 39-45 HIKARI Ltd, www.m-hikari.com https://doi.org/10.12988/pms.2017.711 Schemes of Dimension 2: Obstructions in Non Abelian Cohomology Bénaouda Djamai UFR de Mathématiques Université de Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies F-59665 Villeneuve d Ascq Cedex, France Copyright c 2017 Bénaouda Djamai. This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Let f : X Y be a proper and a flat morphism with fibers of dimension 1 and X regular of dimension 2. Suppose that the geometric fibers of f are connected, and the generic fiber is smooth. In this paper we consider a reductive group G on X and use results of Artin-Tate to find the obstruction for a G-gerb on X to come from an f G-gerb on Y. Mathematics Subject Classification: 14F20 Keywords: Non Abelian Cohomology, Gerbs, Obstruction 1 Introduction Let X be regular scheme of dimension 2 and Y a smooth irreducible curve defined over a perfect field k or the spectrum of the ring of integers of a number field. Suppose that the generic fiber is smooth and that the geometric fibers are connected We will consider etale topology on X and Y and suppose f (O X ) O Y. This is a condition of normalization, because if it is not met, we can consider Spec (f (O X )) instead of Y.
40 Bénaouda Djamai This condition implies, in particular, f (G m,x ) G m,y. Let A be an abelian X-group. From the Leray spectral sequence associated to f, H p (Y, R q f (A)) H p+q (X, A), we obtain the following exact sequence in lower dimensions: 0 H 1 (Y, f (A)) H 1 (X, A) H 0 (Y, R 1 f (A)) (1) H 2 (Y, f (A)) H 2 (X, A) tr H 1 (Y, R 1 f (A)) H 3 (Y, f (A)) where H 2 (X, A) tr := Ker {H 2 (X, A) H 0 (Y, R 2 f A)} In case A = G m,x and under our assumptions, we have R 2 f G m,x = 0 by [13, Artin s Theorem(3.2)], and therefore H 2 (X, G m,x ) tr = H 2 (X, G m,x ). So (1) becomes: 0 P ic(y ) P ic(x) P ic(x/y ) (2) Br(Y ) Br(X) H 1 (Y, P ) H 3 (Y, G m,y ) H 3 (X, G m,x ) where P = R 1 f (G mx ) et P ic(x/y ) = H 0 (Y, P ), which finally we write 0 S Br(Y ) Br(X) H 1 (Y, P ) T 0 where S = Coker(P ic(x) P ic(x/y ) and T = Ker {H 3 (Y, G m ) H 3 (X, G m )} (for example, if f admits a section, S = T = 0). We will now study the analogous of this exact sequence when A is not abelian. More precisely, we will consider a reductive group G and reduce its 2-cohomology to a maximal torus T. Let L be a lien locally, for the etale topology, represented by a reductive group G. We know by [3, Prop 3.2 p 75] that L is represented by a quasi-split reductive X-group G L, and therefore, on some extension G L admits a maximal torus T L isomorphic to a product of d copies of the multiplicative group G m. We can suppose then, by taking a finite etale extension, that G = G is a split X-group scheme and that L is represented by G. For the next, we set H 2 (, G) = H 2 (, lien ( G)) and H 2 (X, G) tr the subset of H 2 (X, G) composed by the classes of gerbs G bound by lien( G), such that
Tate-Shafarevich group and non Abelian cohomology 41 there exists a refinement R of Y such that, for every U Ob(R), the fiber of G in f 1 (U) is not empty (cf. [6], Chapitre V,3.1.9.3). Let Z( G) be the center of G and consider next diagram: H 0 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)) H 2 (Y, f Z( G)) H 2 tr (X, Z( G)) H 1 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)) H 0 (Y, R 1 f T ) H 2 (Y, f T ) i (2) H 2 (X, T ) tr H 1 (Y, R 1 f T ) O H 0 (Y, R 1 f G) H 2 (Y, f G) H 2 (X, G) tr? O O (3) where is the Giraud s relation defined in [6], and the question mark is because H 1 (k, R 1 π G X ) does not exist, since R 1 π G X has no more a group structure. By [4, Cor.(3.4) P 74], for every geometric point of y Y, all the classes of the fiber (R 2 etf G) y are trivial. Hence: Proposition 1.1. H 2 (X, G) tr = H 2 (X, G). 2 Main results We can now complete the last line of diagram (3): H 2 (Y, f G) H 2 (X, G) tr = H 2 (X, G) by defining an obstruction set to pull back a class from H 2 (X, G) to H 2 (Y, f G). Consider diagram: H 2 (Y, f Z( G)) u H 2 tr (X, Z( G)) λ H 1 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)) H 2 (X, T ) tr = Br(X) d H 1 (Y, R 1 f T ) = H 1 (Y, P ) d µ H 2 (Y, f G) H 2 (X, G) tr? (4) Let q H 2 (X, G) tr. Because H 2 (X, G) tr is stable under the simply transitive action of H 2 (X, Z( G)) tr ([6]), we have q = α ε where ε = [T ors G] H 2 (X, G) and α H 2 (X, Z( G)) = H 2 (X, Z( G)) tr.
42 Bénaouda Djamai Theorem 2.1. The map H 2 (X, G) Im(λ) H 1 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)) q λ(α) defines the appropriate obstruction, i.e, the sequence is exact. H 2 (Y, G) H 2 (X, G) Im(λ) 0 It should be noted in passing that when Im(λ) = 0, we find proposition(3.1.10), chap.v of [6], and more precisely Corollary(3.1.10.3). In particular: Corollary 2.2. Under assumption of corollary [4, Cor.(3.4) P 74], if the fibers of f : X Y are rational, then every class q H 2 (X, G) comes from a class q H 2 (Y, f G) Proof. For every point y Y, by setting f 1 (y) = F y, we have : (R 1 f Z G) y = lim H 1 (f 1 (U), Z( G)) = H 1 (F y, Z( G)) ( Hom π 1 (F y ), f Z( G) ) U y where U runs( over etale neighborhoods of y. But Hom π 1 (F y ), f Z( G) ) ( = Hom π 1 (P 1 ), f Z( G) ) = 0. Corollary 2.2 extends results of corollaries(3.13) and (3.14 of [4], where the residue field k where supposed algebraically closed or finite. Now let µ : H 1 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)) H 1 (Y, R 1 f ( T )). We can consider also as set of obstruction the image Im(µ λ) H 1 (Y, R 1 f ( T )). Proposition 2.3. The sequence H 2 (Y, G) H 2 (X, G) Im(µ λ) 0 is exact. Obstruction defined by Im(µ λ) is the same as the one defined by Im(λ). However, we will see in theorem(2.5) later that it is more flexible then that defined by Im(λ). Proof. If q = α ε H 2 (X, G) is pulled back to q = β ε H 2 (Y, f G) with ε = [T ors(y, f G)] and β H 2 (Y, f Z( G)), then λ(α) = λ(u(β)) = 0 H 1 (Y, R 1 f Z( G)), hence µ λ(α) = 0. Conversely, suppose that µ λ(α) = 0.
Tate-Shafarevich group and non Abelian cohomology 43 We have a canonical isomorphism of sheaves of sets between R 1 f ( T ) and the sheaf of maximal sub-gerbs of the direct image of the gerb T ors(x, T ) by f [6, Lemme 3.1.5]. Moreover, if [G] H 2 (X, T ) (resp. H 2 (X, T ) tr ) is the class of an X-gerb G, the sheaf Ger(G) of maximal sub-gerbs of the direct image f (G) of G par f is a pseudo-torsor (resp. a torsor) under R 1 f ( T ) [6, Ex. 3.1.9.2]. let G T be the gerb representing the image of α in H 2 (X, T ) tr = H 2 (X, T ). Since (µ λ)(α) = 0, the sheaf Ger(G T ) of maximal sub-gerbs of the direct image f (G T ) admits a section. If G represents the class q, there exists an X-morphism of gerbs: G T G induced by the inclusion: T G The gerb morphism G T G induces in turn an Y -morphism of sheaves Ger(G T ) Ger(G) where Ger(G) is the sheaf of maximal sub-gerbs of f G So every Y -section of Ger(G T ) induces an Y -section of Ger(G), i.e, q can be pulled back to a class in H 2 (Y, G). Under assumptions of [4, Cor.(3.4) P 74]), suppose now that f admits a section. We have then the following exact sequence: 0 Br(Y ) Br(X) H 1 (Y, P ) H 3 (Y, G m ) H 3 (X, G m,x ) which, compared with exact sequence [13, Theorem(3.1)]: 0 Br(Y ) Br(X) X 1 (K, J) 0 provides the isomorphism: X 1 (K, J) H 1 (Y, P ) Here, K is the function filed of Y, J is the jacobian variety of the generic fiber and X 1 is the Tate-Shafarevich group. From diagram (4), we get : Im(µ λ) H 1 (Y, R 1 f ( T ) H 1 (Y, P d ) X 1 (K, J) d Theorem 2.4. In the exact sequence: H 2 (Y, f G) H 2 (X, G) Im(µ λ) 0 the sub-group Im(µ λ) X 1 (K, J) d is a sub-group of obstruction to a class q = α ε H 2 (X, G) to come from a class in H 2 (Y, f G). The map H 2 (X, G) Im(µ λ) can be interpreted as the application which associates to a class G the class of the sheaf of maximal sub-gerbs Ger(G T ) of the direct image of G T by f.
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