Notions of Stein spaces in non-archimedean geometry

Let $k$ be a non-archimedean complete valued field and $X$ be a $k$-analytic space in the sense of Berkovich. In this note, we prove the equivalence between three properties: 1) for every complete valued extension $k'$ of $k$, every coherent sheaf on $X \times_{k} k'$ is acyclic; 2) $X$ is Stein in the sense of complex geometry (holomorphically separated, holomorphically convex) and higher cohomology groups of the structure sheaf vanish (this latter hypothesis is crucial if, for instance, $X$ is compact); 3) $X$ admits a suitable exhaustion by compact analytic domains considered by Liu in his counter-example to the cohomological criterion for affinoidicity. When $X$ has no boundary the characterization is simpler: in~2) the vanishing of higher cohomology groups of the structure sheaf is no longer needed, so that we recover the usual notion of Stein space in complex geometry; in 3) the domains considered by Liu can be replaced by affinoid domains, which leads us back to Kiehl's definition of Stein space. v2: major revision to handle also the case of spaces with boundaryComment: 31 page

Definable sets of Berkovich curves

In this article, we functorially associate definable sets to $k$-analytic curves, and definable maps to analytic morphisms between them, for a large class of $k$-analytic curves. Given a $k$-analytic curve $X$, our association allows us to have definable versions of several usual notions of Berkovich analytic geometry such as the branch emanating from a point and the residue curve at a point of type 2. We also characterize the definable subsets of the definable counterpart of $X$ and show that they satisfy a bijective relation with the radial subsets of $X$. As an application, we recover (and slightly extend) results of Temkin concerning the radiality of the set of points with a given prescribed multiplicity with respect to a morphism of $k$-analytic curves. In the case of the analytification of an algebraic curve, our construction can also be seen as an explicit version of Hrushovski and Loeser's theorem on iso-definability of curves. However, our approach can also be applied to strictly $k$-affinoid curves and arbitrary morphisms between them, which are currently not in the scope of their setting.Comment: 53 pages, 1 figure. v2: Section 7.2 on weakly stable fields added and other minor changes. Final version. To appear in Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussie

Pushforwards of pp-adic differential equations

Given a differential equation on a smooth $p$-adic analytic curve, one may construct a new one by pushing forward by an \'etale morphism. The main result of the paper provides an explicit formula that relates the radii of convergence of the solutions of the two differential equations using invariants coming from the topological behavior of the morphism. We recover as particular cases the known formulas for Frobenius morphisms and tame morphisms. As an application, we show that the radii of convergence of the pushforward of the trivial differential equation at a point coincide with the upper ramification jumps of the extension of the residue field of the point given by the morphism. We also derive a general formula computing the Laplacian of the height of the Newton polygon of a $p$-adic differential equation.Comment: 30 pages; Final version, accepted in American Journal of Mathematic

On the number of connected components of the ramification locus of a morphism of Berkovich curves

Let $k$ be a complete, nontrivially valued non-archimedean field. Given a finite morphism of quasi-smooth $k$-analytic curves that admit finite triangulations, we provide upper bounds for the number of connected components of the ramification locus in terms of topological invariants of the source curve such as its topological genus, the number of points in the boundary and the number of open ends.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures; Final version, Accepted in Mathematische Annale