2010/08/02 by Davis, Christopher, Langer, Andreas, Zink, Thomas
#Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #FOS: Mathematics
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1008.0305
Let A be a finitely generated algebra over a field K of characteristic p >0. We introduce a subring of the ring of Witt vectors W(A). We call it the ring of overconvergent Witt vectors. We prove that on a scheme X of finite type over K the overconvergent Witt vectors are an étale sheaf. In a forthcoming paper (Annales ENS) we define an overconvergent de Rham-Witt complex on a smooth scheme X over a perfect field K whose hypercohomology is the rigid cohomology of X in the sense of Berthelot.