nLab local formal group scheme

Definition

A kk-formal group G=SpfAG=Spf A is called local (or connected) if the following two equivalent conditions hold:

  1. AA is local

  2. G(k)={0}G(k)=\{0\} for any field KK.

A morphism from a connected group to an étale group is zero.

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