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Given an algebraic stack with quasiaffine diagonal, we show that each G_m-gerbe comes from a central separable algebra. In other words, Taylor's bigger Brauer group equals the etale cohomology in degree two with coefficients in G_m. This gives new results also for schemes. We use the method of twisted sheaves explored by de Jong and Lieblich., Comment: 12 pages

One of the main obstacles for proving Riemann–Roch for algebraic stacks is the lack of cohomology and homology theories that are closer to the K-theory and G-theory of algebraic stacks than the traditional cohomology and homology theories for algebraic stacks. In this paper we study in detail a family of cohomology and homology theories which we call Bredon-style theories that are of this type and in the spirit of the classical Bredon cohomology and homology theories defined for the actions of compact topological groups on topological spaces. We establish Riemann–Roch theorems in this setting: it is shown elsewhere that such Riemann–Roch theorems provide a powerful tool for deriving formulae involving virtual fundamental classes associated to dg-stacks, for example, moduli stacks of stable curves provided with a virtual structure sheaf associated to a perfect obstruction theory. We conclude the present paper with a brief application of this nature.

If M is a symplectic manifold then the space of smooth loops C(S^1,M) inherits of a quasi-symplectic form. We will focus in this thesis on an algebraic analogue of that result.In their article, Kapranov and Vasserot introduced and studied the formal loop space of a scheme X. It is an algebraic version of the space of smooth loops in a differentiable manifold.We generalize their construction to higher dimensional loops. To any scheme X -- not necessarily smooth -- we associate L^d(X), the space of loops of dimension d. We prove it has a structure of (derived) Tate scheme -- ie its tangent is a Tate module: it is infinite dimensional but behaves nicely enough regarding duality.We also define the bubble space B^d(X), a variation of the loop space.We prove that B^d(X) is endowed with a natural symplectic form as soon as X has one.To prove our results, we develop a theory of Tate objects in a stable infinity category C. We also prove that the non-connective K-theory of Tate(C) is the suspension of that of C, giving an infinity categorical version of a result of Saito.The last chapter is aimed at a different problem: we prove there the existence of a Lie structure on the tangent of a derived Artin stack X. Moreover, any quasi-coherent module E on X is endowed with an action of this tangent Lie algebra through the Atiyah class of E. This in particular applies to not necessarily smooth schemes X.; L'espace des lacets lisses C(S^1,M) associé à une variété symplectique M se voit doté d'une structure (quasi-)symplectique induite par celle de M.Nous traiterons dans cette thèse d'un analogue algébrique de cet énoncé.Dans leur article, Kapranov et Vasserot ont introduit l'espace des lacets formels associé à un schéma. Il s'agit d'un analogue algébrique à l'espace des lacets lisses.Nous generalisons ici leur construction à des lacets de dimension supérieure. Nous associons à tout schéma X -- pas forcément lisse -- l'espace L^d(X) de ses lacets formels de dimension d.Nous démontrerons que ce dernier admet une structure de schéma (dérivé) de Tate : son espace tangent est de Tate, c'est-à-dire de dimension infinie mais suffisamment structuré pour se soumettre à la dualité.Nous définirons également l'espace B^d(X) des bulles de X, une variante de l'espace des lacets, et nous montrerons que le cas échéant, il hérite de la structure symplectique de X. Notons que ces résultats sont toujours valides dans des cas plus généraux : X peut être un champs d'Artin dérivé.Pour démontrer nos résultats, nous définirons ce que sont les objets de Tate dans une infinie-catégorie C stable et complète par idempotence.Nous prouverons au passage que le spectre de K-théorie non-connective de Tate(C) est équivalent à la suspension de celui de C, donnant une version infini-catégorique d'un résultat de Saito.Dans le dernier chapitre, nous traiterons d'un problème différent. Nous démontrerons l'existence d'une structure d'algèbre de Lie sur le tangent décalé de n'importe quel champ d'Artin dérivé X. Qui plus est, ce tangent agit sur tout quasi-cohérent E, l'action étant donnée par la classe d'Atiyah de E.Ces résultats sont par exemple valides dans le cas d'un schéma X sans hypothèse de lissité.

We prove that every separated Artin stack of finite type over a noetherian base scheme admits a proper covering by a quasi-projective scheme. An application of this result is a version of the Grothendieck existence theorem for Artin stacks.

Consider a smooth variety $X$ and a smooth divisor $D\subset X$. Kim and Sato (arXiv:0806.3819) define a natural compactification of $(X\setminus D)^n$, denoted $X_D^{[n]}$, which is a moduli space of stable configurations of $n$ points lying on expansions of $(X,D)$ in the sense of Jun Li (arXiv:math/0009097, arXiv:math/0110113). The purpose of this note is to generalize Kim and Sato's construction to the case where $X$ is an algebraic stack; and to construct an analogous projective moduli space $W_\pi^{[n]}$ for a degeneration $\pi:W \to B$. We construct $X^n_D$ and $W_\pi^{[n]}$ and prove their properness using a universal construction introduced in our paper arXiv:1110.2976 with Cadman and Wise. We then use these spaces for a concrete application, as explained in the next paragraph. In arXiv:1103.5132, a degeneration formula for Gromov--Witten invariants of schemes and stacks is developed, generalizing the approach of Jun Li. This in particular requires proving properness of Li's stack of pre-deformable stable maps in the case where the target $(X,D)$ or $W\to B$ is a Deligne--Mumford stack. One could simply adapt Li's proof, or follow the age-old tradition of imposing such endeavor as an exercise on "the interested reader". Instead, we prefer to provide a different proof here, which uses the properness of $X_D^{[n]}$ and $W_\pi^{[n]}$. Similar ideas are used by Kim, Kresch and Oh (arXiv:1105.6143) to prove the properness of their space of ramified maps. This note is identical to the text available on our web pages since March 2013. It is posted now as it has become an essential ingredient in others' work., Comment: 16 pages

This thesis consists of three articles treating topics in the theory of algebraic stacks. The first two papers deal with motivic invariants. In the first, we show that the class of the classifying stack BPGLn is the inverse of the class of PGLn in the Grothendieck ring of stacks for n ≤ 3. This shows that the multiplicativity relation holds for the universal torsors, although it is known not to hold for torsors ingeneral for the groups PGL2 and PGL3. In the second paper, we introduce an exponential function which can be viewed as a generalisation of Kapranov's motivic zeta function. We use this to derive a binomial theorem for a power operation defined on the Grothendieck ring of varieties. As an application, we give an explicit expression for the motivic class of a universal quasi-split torus, which generalises a result by Rökaeus. The last paper treats destackification. We give an algorithm for removing stackiness from smooth, tame stacks with abelian stabilisers by repeatedly applying stacky blow-ups. As applications, we indicate how the result can be used for destackifying general Deligne–Mumford stacks in characteristic zero, and to obtain a weak factorisation theorem for such stacks. At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 1: Manuscript. Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript.

We establish Tannaka duality for noetherian algebraic stacks with affine stabilizer groups. Our main application is the existence of Hom-stacks in great generality., Comment: 41 pages; various improvements; quasi-separatedness of Hom-stack (Appendix B); more counter-examples (Section 10); former Appendix B is now in arXiv:1606.08517; some corrections and improvements

Let $X$ be a quasi-compact algebraic stack with quasi-finite and separated diagonal. We classify the thick $\otimes$-ideals of $\mathsf{D}_{\mathrm{qc}}(X)^c$. If $X$ is tame, then we also compute the Balmer spectrum of the $\otimes$-triangulated category of perfect complexes on $X$. In addition, if $X$ admits a coarse space $X_{\mathrm{cs}}$, then we prove that the Balmer spectra of $X$ and $X_{\mathrm{cs}}$ are naturally isomorphic.

Using notions of homogeneity we give new proofs of M. Artin's algebraicity criteria for functors and groupoids. Our methods give a more general result, unifying Artin's two theorems and clarifying their differences., 34 pages

We prove some finiteness theorems for the Picard functor of an algebraic stack, in the spirit of SGA 6, exp. XII and XIII. In particular, we give a stacky version of Raynaud's relative representability theorem, we give sufficient conditions for the existence of the torsion component of the Picard functor, and for the finite generation of the Neron-Severi groups or of the Picard group itself. We give some examples and applications. In an appendix, we prove the semicontinuity theorem for a (non necessarily tame) algebraic stack., 29 pages. Final version, including the remarks of the referee. To appear in Adv. Math

We give an introduction to Joyce's construction of the motivic Hall algebra of coherent sheaves on a variety M. When M is a Calabi-Yau threefold we define a semi-classical integration map from a Poisson subalgebra of this Hall algebra to the ring of functions on a symplectic torus. This material will be used in arxiv:1002.4374 to prove some basic properties of Donaldson-Thomas curve-counting invariants on Calabi-Yau threefolds., Comment: 35 pages

62 pages, in French; International audience; In this article we study the Picard functor and the Picard stack of an algebraic stack. We give a new and direct proof of the representability of the Picard stack. We prove that it is quasi-separated, and that the connected component of the identity is proper when the fibers of X are geometrically normal. We study some examples of Picard functors of classical stacks. In an appendix, we review the lisse-étale cohomology of abelian sheaves on an algebraic stack.

The Picard functor of a scheme has been studied extensively in the 60's. However, the work of Giraud, Deligne, Mumford and Artin gave birth in the 70's to the notion of an algebraic stack, which generalizes that of a scheme. We study in this thesis the Picard functor of an algebraic stack and generalize in this context some results that are well-known for the case of schemes. In particular we study the following points: deformation theory of invertible sheaves, representability of the Picard functor, construction and properness of the connected component of the identity, separation properties. We illustrate the thesis with some examples. We were also led to review the lisse-etale cohomology of an algebraic stack and proved a lot of technical details about it, put together in an appendix., Le foncteur de Picard d'un schéma a fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie dans les années soixante. La décennie suivante a vu naître avec les travaux de Giraud puis Deligne, Mumford, et enfin Artin la notion de champ algébrique, qui généralise celle de schéma. Nous nous intéressons dans cette thèse au foncteur de Picard d'un champ algébrique et démontrons à son sujet un certain nombre de résultats bien connus dans le cadre des schémas. Nous étudions entre autres la représentabilité du foncteur de Picard, ses propriétés de séparation, de finitude relative, et les déformations de faisceaux inversibles. Nous construisons également la composante neutre du foncteur de Picard et étudions sa propreté. Quelques exemples viennent étayer le propos. Ces travaux nous ont amené à résoudre un certain nombre de problèmes techniques relatifs à la cohomologie des faisceaux abéliens sur le site lisse-étale d'un champ algébrique. Ces questions ont été rassemblées en annexe en fin de volume.

We introduce and study a class of algebraic stacks with finite inertia in positive and mixed characteristic, which we call tame algebraic stacks. They include tame Deligne-Mumford stacks, and are arguably better behaved than general Deligne-Mumford stacks. We also give a complete characterization of finite flat linearly reductive schemes over an arbitrary base. Our main result is that tame algebraic stacks are \'etale locally quotient by actions of linearly reductive finite group schemes. In a subsequent paper we will show that tame algebraic stacks admit a good theory of stable maps., Comment: 31 pages, 3 sections and 1 appendix

We use twisted stable maps to compute the number of rational degree d plane curves having prescribed contacts to a smooth plane cubic., Comment: 27 pages, v2: typos corrected and references added

In this paper we develop a theory of Grothendieck's six operations for adic constructible sheaves on Artin stacks continuing the study of the finite coefficients case in math.AG/0512097.

The first chapter shows by toric methods ($G-$graphs) that for any positive integer $n$, the quotient of the affine $n-$dimensional space by the cyclic group $G_n$ of order $2^n-1$ has the $G_n-$Hilbert scheme as smooth crepant resolution. The second chapter contains results on algebraic stacks (construction of a smooth algebraic stack associated to a log-pair). The third chapter shows the equivalence of the bounded derived category of $G_n-$equivariant coherent sheaves on the affine space with that of coherent sheaves on the resolution $G_n-$Hilb. Chpater 4 gives a geometric equivalent of Broué's conjecture via the McKay correspondence. The Annexe contains results on trihedral groups, including a magma programme., Le premier chapitre montre par des méthodes toriques ($G-$graphes) que pour tout entier positif $n$, le quotient de l'espace affine à $n$ dimensions par le groupe cyclique $G_n$ d'ordre $2^n-1$ admet le $G_n$-schema de Hilbert comme résolution lisse crepante. Le deuxième chapitre contient des résultats sur les champs algébriques (construction du champ algébrique lisse associé à une log-paire). Le troisième chapitre montre l'équivalence entre la catégorie dérivée bornée des faisceaux cohérents $G_n-$équivariants sur l'espace affine et celle des faisceaux cohérents sur la résolution $G_n-$Hilb. Chapitre 4 donne une réalisation géométrique de la conjecture de Broué via la correspondance de McKay. L'annexe contient des résultats sur les groupes trihédraux, y compris un programme magma.

We suggest a construction of virtual fundamental classes of certain types of moduli spaces., Comment: LaTeX, Postscript file available at http://www.math.ubc.ca/people/faculty/behrend/inc.ps

We construct the algebraic stack of formal groups and use it to provide a new perspective onto a recent result of M. Hovey and N. Strickland on comodule categories for Landweber exact algebras. This leads to a geometric understanding of their results as well as to a generalisation.

We study the Chow ring of the moduli stack $\mathfrak{M}_{g,n}$ of prestable curves and define the notion of tautological classes on this stack. We extend formulas for intersection products and functoriality of tautological classes under natural morphisms from the case of the tautological ring of the moduli space $\bar{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ of stable curves. This paper provides foundations for the second part of the paper. In the appendix (joint with J. Skowera), we develop the theory of a proper, but not necessary projective, pushforward of algebraic cycles. The proper pushforward is necessary for the construction of the tautological rings of $\mathfrak{M}_{g,n}$ and is important in its own right. We also develop operational Chow groups for algebraic stacks., Comment: This paper is the first part of the previous version which has been split off due to length. v2. An appendix (joint with Jonathan Skowera) about proper pushforwards for Chow groups of Artin stacks has been added. v3. Major revision on the appendix after referee's report. Results are unchanged. Comments are still very welcome!