Definition Algebraic Group over a Base
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Algebraic Group over a Base

Let \(S\) be a scheme. An algebraic group over \(S\) is an affine group scheme \(G\) over \(S\) whose structure morphism \(G \to S\) is locally of finite type.

Following the modern convention (Milne, Algebraic Groups; SGA 3), we do not require \(G\) to be smooth over \(S\). Smoothness is a separate hypothesis added where the theory needs it (for example, to identify the identity component or to make a Lie-algebra argument work). Important non-smooth examples include \(\mu_n\) and \(\alpha_p\) over a field of characteristic \(p\).

In the project's Lean development this is the typeclass aggregator \(\texttt{IsAlgebraicGroup}\,G\,S\), which extends \(\texttt{IsAffineGroupScheme}\,G\,S\) and \(\texttt{LocallyOfFiniteType}\,(G \downarrow S)\). When the base \(S\) is the spectrum of a field, the term linear algebraic group is also used (Milne / Borel / Humphreys / Springer).

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