The Stacks project

Definition 58.6.1. Let $X$ be a connected scheme. Let $\overline{x}$ be a geometric point of $X$. The fundamental group of $X$ with base point $\overline{x}$ is the group

\[ \pi _1(X, \overline{x}) = \text{Aut}(F_{\overline{x}}) \]

of automorphisms of the fibre functor $F_{\overline{x}} : \textit{FÉt}_ X \to \textit{Sets}$ endowed with its canonical profinite topology from Lemma 58.3.1.

Comments (0)

There are also:

  • 4 comment(s) on Section 58.6: Fundamental groups

Post a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked.

In your comment you can use Markdown and LaTeX style mathematics (enclose it like $\pi$). A preview option is available if you wish to see how it works out (just click on the eye in the toolbar).

Unfortunately JavaScript is disabled in your browser, so the comment preview function will not work.

All contributions are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.




In order to prevent bots from posting comments, we would like you to prove that you are human. You can do this by filling in the name of the current tag in the following input field. As a reminder, this is tag 0BNC. Beware of the difference between the letter 'O' and the digit '0'.



View Definition 58.6.1 as pdf