Traverso's truncation conjecture for p-divisible groups

Let kk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0p>0, and let HH be a pp-divisible group over kk of codimension cc and dimension dd. Let nn be the smallest positive integer such that HH is uniquely determined up to isomorphism by its truncation H[pn]H[p^n]; equivalently, any pp-divisible group over kk whose truncation of level nn is isomorphic to H[pn]H[p^n] is itself isomorphic to HH.

Traverso's truncation conjecture. One has

nmin{c,d}.n\leq\min\{c,d\}.

This conjecture predicts a sharp bound for the level of a truncation that determines a pp-divisible group. The paper proves the bound for supersingular pp-divisible groups, while the statement in the general case is not resolved here.

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Marc-Hubert Nicole and Adrian Vasiu, “Minimal truncations of supersingular p-divisible groups”, arXiv:math/0606777 (2007).

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