Grothendieck existence theorem

In mathematics, the Grothendieck existence theorem, introduced by Grothendieck (1961, section 5), gives conditions that enable one to lift infinitesimal deformations of a scheme to a deformation, and to lift schemes over infinitesimal neighborhoods over a subscheme of a scheme S to schemes over S.

The theorem can be viewed as an instance of formal GAGA.

References

• Grothendieck, Alexandre; Dieudonné, Jean (1961). "Eléments de géométrie algébrique: III. Étude cohomologique des faisceaux cohérents, Première partie". Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS. 11: 5–167. doi:10.1007/bf02684274. MR 0217085.
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