 $K({\it\pi},1)$-neighborhoods and comparison theorems
$K({\it\pi},1)$-neighborhoods and comparison theoremsPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
A technical ingredient in Faltings’ original approach to  $p$-adic comparison theorems involves the construction of
$p$-adic comparison theorems involves the construction of  $K({\it\pi},1)$-neighborhoods for a smooth scheme
$K({\it\pi},1)$-neighborhoods for a smooth scheme  $X$ over a mixed characteristic discrete valuation ring with a perfect residue field: every point
$X$ over a mixed characteristic discrete valuation ring with a perfect residue field: every point  $x\in X$ has an open neighborhood
$x\in X$ has an open neighborhood  $U$ whose generic fiber is a
$U$ whose generic fiber is a  $K({\it\pi},1)$ scheme (a notion analogous to having a contractible universal cover). We show how to extend this result to the logarithmically smooth case, which might help to simplify some proofs in
$K({\it\pi},1)$ scheme (a notion analogous to having a contractible universal cover). We show how to extend this result to the logarithmically smooth case, which might help to simplify some proofs in  $p$-adic Hodge theory. The main ingredient of the proof is a variant of a trick of Nagata used in his proof of the Noether normalization lemma.
$p$-adic Hodge theory. The main ingredient of the proof is a variant of a trick of Nagata used in his proof of the Noether normalization lemma.
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$(\mathit{SGA}4\frac{1}{2})$, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 569 (Springer, Berlin–New York, 1977); MR 0463174 (57 #3132).CrossRefGoogle Scholar