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Fibres of abelian schemes and unit-preserving morphisms
Statement
Assume AC and DC. Let be a scheme, let and be abelian schemes of relative dimensions (Abelian schemes over a base), and let . Then:
(a) the fibre is an abelian variety of dimension over ;
(b) the multiplication of is commutative and the inversion is the morphism ;
(c) every -morphism with is a homomorphism of -group schemes;
(d) consequently, on a connected base, any two abelian-scheme group structures on the same smooth proper -scheme with the same unit section coincide.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: AC and DC, abelian schemes , and a point .
An abelian scheme has smooth proper connected geometric fibres of constant dimension (Abelian schemes over a base); the fibre over is the base change to (Scheme-theoretic fibre, Field-valued points and local-ring points).
Every abelian variety over a field is commutative, and a pointed morphism from a smooth geometrically integral group variety to an abelian variety is a homomorphism (A proper geometrically connected group variety is commutative, Pointed morphisms from smooth geometrically integral groups to abelian varieties are homomorphisms, Abelian varieties over a field).
A morphism of abelian schemes over which is constant on every geometric fibre factors through the base (Fibrewise constant morphisms from an abelian scheme factor through the base).
Proof
The fibre is smooth, proper and geometrically connected of dimension over by [F1], hence an abelian variety of dimension ; this is (a).
For commutativity, let be the commutator morphism , using the group law; it sends the unit sections to the unit. For each geometric point of the base, the fibre of over is , and by the field-level commutativity [F2] the commutator is constant, equal to the identity, on each geometric fibre of the second projection; by [F3] applied to the base change (second projection), factors through the base, and evaluating at the first unit section gives , hence as morphisms. This proves the first claim of (b), including nilpotents.
For the inverse: and agree on the closed subscheme by the group axioms, so the inverse is as defined; this is the second claim of (b).
For (c), let satisfy and consider the defect morphism on , using the group law of . On each geometric fibre of the first projection, the field-level pointed-morphism theorem [F2] makes constant, equal to ; by [F3] it factors through the base and evaluation at gives , so is additive; compatibility with the unit is assumed, so is a homomorphism of -group schemes. For (d), two group structures on the same -scheme with the same unit section have an identity morphism which preserves the unit, hence is a homomorphism by (c), and being an isomorphism of underlying schemes it identifies the two structures.
Depends on
- Abelian schemes over a base
- Abelian varieties over a field
- A proper geometrically connected group variety is commutative
- Pointed morphisms from smooth geometrically integral groups to abelian varieties are homomorphisms
- Scheme-theoretic fibre
- Field-valued points and local-ring points
- The Axiom of Choice
- The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an $\mathbb{N}$-indexed chain
- Fibrewise constant morphisms from an abelian scheme factor through the base
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Sources
- J. S. Milne, Abelian Varieties, v2.00 (2008), Chapter I sections 3, 5, 8 (fibres and pointed morphisms) (standard reference, not scraped)