Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
2000-06-29
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
37 pages, LaTex. In this revision, we have significantly simplified the proof of Theorem 4.1
Scientific paper
Local models are schemes defined in linear algebra terms that describe the 'etale local structure of integral models for Shimura varieties and other moduli spaces. We point out that the flatness conjecture of Rapoport-Zink on local models fails in the presence of ramification and that in that case one has to modify their definition. We study in detail certain modifications of the local models for G=R_{E/F}GL(n), with E/F a totally ramified extension, and for a maximal parahoric level subgroup. The special fibers of these models are subschemes of the affine Grassmannian. We show that the new local models are smoothly equivalent to "rank varieties" of matrices, are flat, normal, with rational singularities and that their special fibers contain the expected Schubert strata. A corollary is that Schubert varieties in the affine Grassmannian are smoothly equivalent to nilpotent orbit closures and are normal with rational singularities, even in positive characteristics. We give some applications to the calculation of sheaves of nearby cycles and describe a relation with geometric convolution. Finally, in the general EL case, we replace the flatness conjecture of Rapoport-Zink with a conjecture about the modified local models.
Pappas George
Rapoport Michael
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