Constant finite group schemes #
For a finite group G and a commutative ring R, this file applies relative spectrum to the
Hopf algebra of functions G → R. The result is the constant affine group scheme associated
to G. A group homomorphism induces a morphism of these group schemes in the same direction,
contravariantly to pullback of coordinate functions.
The structural morphism of a constant finite group scheme is finite and étale. Finiteness comes from the finite free function algebra, while étaleness is the scheme-side form of the finite-product étaleness proved for the coordinate ring.
This is the scheme-side representer required for the identity-component and component-group milestone in Layer 3 of the ReductiveGroups roadmap. Once the component coordinate morphism is available, its relative spectrum has this object as target; identifying that morphism with the fppf quotient remains downstream.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.ConstantGroup.groupScheme: the constant affine group scheme attached toG.TauCeti.ConstantGroup.groupSchemeMap: the group-scheme morphism induced by a group homomorphism.TauCeti.ConstantGroup.groupSchemePointMulEquiv: the canonical comparison between algebra-valued coordinate points and scheme-valued points.TauCeti.ConstantGroup.isFinite_groupScheme: the structural morphism is finite.TauCeti.ConstantGroup.etale_groupScheme: the structural morphism is étale.
References #
- W. C. Waterhouse, Introduction to Affine Group Schemes, Chapter 2.
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), Section 2.a.
The groupScheme and groupSchemeMap constructions follow the scheme-level pattern in
TauCeti.Algebra.AlgebraicGroup.DiagonalizableGroup.Scheme.Basic. The scheme-points
presentation follows TauCeti.Algebra.AlgebraicGroup.DiagonalizableGroup.Scheme.Points and
TauCeti.Algebra.AlgebraicGroup.AdditiveGroup.Scheme, using the generic
TauCeti.Algebra.AlgebraicGroup.CommHopfAlgCat.SchemePoints interface.
Composition of homomorphisms is preserved by the associated constant-group-scheme maps.
Algebra-valued points of the coordinate Hopf algebra are canonically the scheme-valued points of the constant group scheme.
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Under groupSchemePointMulEquiv, an algebra point is represented by its spectrum map.
The scheme-valued point comparison is natural in the finite group: applying the
group-scheme map induced by f is precomposition by pullback of coordinate functions.