The basic geometry of Witt vectors, I: The affine case

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2011

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Borger, James

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Mathematical Sciences Publishers

Abstract

We give a concrete description of the category of étale algebras over the ring of Witt vectors of a given finite length with entries in an arbitrary ring. We do this not only for the classical p-typical and big Witt vector functors but also for certain a

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Keywords: Frobenius lift; Lambda-ring; Plethory; Witt space; Witt vector

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Algebra & Number Theory

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Journal article

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Open Access

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