{ "id": "1405.1888", "version": "v2", "published": "2014-05-08T11:40:01.000Z", "updated": "2015-12-03T20:51:06.000Z", "title": "One positive and two negative results for derived categories of algebraic stacks", "authors": [ "Jack Hall", "Amnon Neeman", "David Rydh" ], "comment": "main results strengthened in the noetherian situation; rewrite of Introduction; additional details on well-generation", "categories": [ "math.AG" ], "abstract": "Let $X$ be a quasi-compact and quasi-separated scheme. There are two fundamental and pervasive facts about the unbounded derived category of $X$: (1) $\\mathsf{D}_{\\mathrm{qc}}(X)$ is compactly generated by perfect complexes and (2) if $X$ is noetherian or has affine diagonal, then the functor $\\Psi_X \\colon \\mathsf{D}(\\mathsf{QCoh}(X)) \\to \\mathsf{D}_{\\mathrm{qc}}(X)$ is an equivalence. Our main results are that for algebraic stacks in positive characteristic, the assertions (1) and (2) are typically false.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2014-05-08T11:40:01.000Z", "abstract": "Let $X$ be a quasi-compact algebraic stack with affine diagonal and let $\\Psi_X \\colon \\mathsf{D}(\\mathsf{QCoh}(X)) \\to \\mathsf{D}_{\\mathrm{qc}}(X)$ be the natural functor. We prove that $\\Psi_X$ is an equivalence of categories if $\\mathsf{D}_{\\mathrm{qc}}(X)$ is compactly generated. We also define a large class of algebraic stacks, the poorly stabilized stacks, and prove that if $X$ is poorly stabilized with affine diagonal, then $\\Psi_X$ is not an equivalence. For poorly stabilized stacks $X$, the derived category $\\mathsf{D}_{\\mathrm{qc}}(X)$ is not compactly generated. None of these subtleties arise for schemes or algebraic spaces.", "comment": null, "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v2", "updated": "2015-12-03T20:51:06.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "14F05", "13D09", "14A20", "18G10" ], "keywords": [ "derived category", "negative results", "poorly stabilized stacks", "affine diagonal", "quasi-compact algebraic stack" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1405.1888H" } } }