Abstract
We consider several conjectures on the independence of ` of the étale cohomology of (singular, open) varieties over F¯p. The main result is that independence of ` of the Betti numbers hic(X,Q`) for arbitrary varieties is equivalent to independence of ` of homological equivalence ∼hom,` for cycles on smooth projective varieties. We give several other equivalent statements. As a surprising consequence, we prove that independence of ` of Betti numbers for smooth quasi-projective varieties implies the same result for arbitrary separated finite type k-schemes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 16 |
| Journal | Epijournal de Geometrie Algebrique |
| Volume | 4 |
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| State | Published - Nov 30 2020 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Geometry and Topology
Keywords
- Algebraic geometry
- Arithmetic geometry
- Independence of `
- Mathematics
- Motives
- Positive characteristic
- étale cohomology