The Hodge-to-de Rham spectral sequence can be arbitrarily non-degenerate in positive characteristic
There is a long tradition of constructing smooth projective varieties in positive characteristic with non-degenerate Hodge-to-de Rham spectral sequences. In this paper, we show that for any $n\geq 1$ and any spot $(i, j)$ on the $E_n$-page, except for the cases where the differential is forced to be zero for trivial reasons, there exists a smooth projective variety whose Hodge-to-de Rham spectral sequence has a non-zero differential with source $E_n^{i, j}$. Our construction is inspired by constructions of nilmanifolds in complex geometry and can be regarded as a positive characteristic analogue.
Authors
- Kehao Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9740-1040)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.35243
- Primary Topic
- Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
- Type
- preprint