On the geometry of lattices and finiteness of Picard groups

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2021-0064arXiv1908.00129MaRDI QIDQ6322995FDOQ6322995

Authors: Florian Eisele 

Publication date: 31 July 2019

Abstract: Let $(K,mathcalO,k)$ be a $p$-modular system with $k$ algebraically closed and $mathcalO$ unramified, and let $Lambda$ be an $mathcalO$-order in a separable $K$-algebra. We call a $Lambda$-lattice $L$ rigid if ${mExt}_{Lambda}^1(L,L)=0$, in analogy with the definition of rigid modules over a finite-dimensional algebra. By partitioning the $Lambda$-lattices of a given dimension into "varieties of lattices", we show that there are only finitely many rigid $Lambda$-lattices $L$ of any given dimension. As a consequence we show that if the first Hochschild cohomology of $Lambda$ vanishes, then the Picard group and the outer automorphism group of $Lambda$ are finite. In particular the Picard groups of blocks of finite groups defined over $mathcalO$ are always finite.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Divisors, linear systems, invertible sheaves (14C20) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Associative rings and algebras arising under various constructions (16Sxx)

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