Saidi's Oort conjecture revisited on lifting cyclic extensions in towers

Let kk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic pp. Consider a local GG-extension

k[[z]]/k[[t]]k[[z]]/k[[t]]

with GG cyclic. Let

R[[S]]/R[[T]]R[[S]]/R[[T]]

be a characteristic-zero lift of a subextension

k[[s]]/k[[t]].k[[s]]/k[[t]].

A lift of k[[z]]/k[[t]]k[[z]]/k[[t]] is a characteristic-zero extension of complete local power series rings reducing to the given extension.

Oort conjecture revisited. Local cyclic extensions are liftable in towers: given the local GG-extension k[[z]]/k[[t]]k[[z]]/k[[t]] and a characteristic-zero lift R[[S]]/R[[T]]R[[S]]/R[[T]] of a subextension k[[s]]/k[[t]]k[[s]]/k[[t]], there is a characteristic-zero lift of k[[z]]/k[[t]]k[[z]]/k[[t]] containing R[[S]]/R[[T]]R[[S]]/R[[T]] as a subextension.

This conjecture asks for compatibility of characteristic-zero lifts with prescribed lifted subextensions, strengthening the ordinary lifting assertion for cyclic local extensions. The source attributes the formulation to Saidi and does not state a resolution.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Andrew Obus, “Lifting of curves with automorphisms”, arXiv:1703.01191 (2017).

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