In algebraic geometry, an ind-scheme is a set-valued functor that can be written (represented) as a direct limit (i.e., inductive limit) of closed embedding of schemes.

Examples

• ${\displaystyle \mathbb {C} P^{\infty }=\varinjlim \mathbb {C} P^{N}}$ is an ind-scheme.
• Perhaps the most famous example of an ind-scheme is an infinite grassmannian (which is a quotient of the loop group of an algebraic group G.)

See also

• formal scheme

References

• A. Beilinson, Vladimir Drinfel'd, Quantization of Hitchin’s integrable system and Hecke eigensheaves on Hitchin system, preliminary version
• V.Drinfeld, Infinite-dimensional vector bundles in algebraic geometry, notes of the talk at the `Unity of Mathematics' conference. Expanded version
• http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/ind-scheme