The Picard functor of an algebraic stack

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Abstract: In this article we study the Picard functor and the Picard stack of an algebraic stack. We give a new and direct proof of the representability of the Picard stack. We prove that it is quasi-separated, and that the connected component of the identity is proper when the fibers of the stack are geometrically normal. We study some examples of Picard functors of classical stacks. In an appendix, we review the lisse-etale cohomology of abelian sheaves on an algebraic stack.


The paper under review constructs and investigates the Picard stack of an algebraic stack which is cohomologically flat in dimension zero (i.e. it is flat and even after basechange the global functions are the constants). The main results are the construction of the connected component of the identity and its properness provided the stack is geometrically normal and integral. The latter property is shown fiberwise, not by the usual valuative criterion. Finally, the author computes some examples.











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