## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Normality and Cohen–Macaulayness of local models of Shimura varieties

Xuhua He

#### Abstract

We prove that in the unramified case, local models of Shimura varieties with Iwahori level structure are normal and Cohen–Macaulay.

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 162, Number 13 (2013), 2509-2523.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 8 October 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1381238851

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/00127094-2371864

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3127807

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1327.14121

#### Citation

He, Xuhua. Normality and Cohen–Macaulayness of local models of Shimura varieties. Duke Math. J. 162 (2013), no. 13, 2509--2523. doi:10.1215/00127094-2371864. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1381238851

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