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On the Geometry of $p$-Typical Covers in Characteristic $p$

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Kiran S. Kedlaya*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. e-mail: kedlaya@math.mit.edu
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Abstract

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For $p$ a prime, a $p$-typical cover of a connected scheme on which $p\,=\,0$ is a finite étale cover whose monodromy group (i.e.,the Galois group of its normal closure) is a $p$-group. The geometry of such covers exhibits some unexpectedly pleasant behaviors; building on work of Katz, we demonstrate some of these. These include a criterion for when a morphism induces an isomorphism of the $p$-typical quotients of the étale fundamental groups, and a decomposition theorem for $p$-typical covers of polynomial rings over an algebraically closed field.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2008

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