Monday, 17 May 2010

ag.algebraic geometry - Coarse moduli spaces over Z and F_p

I would like to know to what extent it is possible to compare fibers over mathbbFp of coarse moduli spaces over mathbbZ, and coarse moduli spaces over mathbbFp. I ask a more precise question below.



Let mathcalMmathbbZg be the moduli stack of smooth genus g curves over mathbbZ. Let MmathbbZg be its coarse moduli space, and (MmathbbZg)p the fiber of this coarse moduli space over mathbbFp.
Let mathcalMmathbbFpg be the moduli stack of smooth genus g curves over mathbbFp and MmathbbFpg its coarse moduli space.



The universal property gives a map phi:MmathbbFpgrightarrow(MmathbbZg)p. My question is : is phi an isomorphism ?



In fact, since phi is a bijection between geometric points, and MmathbbFpg is normal, the question can be reformulated as : is (MmathbbZg)p normal ? This shows that when g is fixed, the answer is "yes" except for a finite number of primes p.

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