Mod p classification of Shimura F ‐crystals

Let k be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic p. We first classify the D ‐truncations mod p of Shimura F ‐crystals over k and then we study stratifications defined by inner isomorphism classes of these D ‐truncations. This generalizes previous works of Kraft, Ekedahl, Oort, Moonen, and Wedhorn. As a main tool we introduce and study Bruhat F ‐decompositions; they generalize the combined form of Steinberg theorem and of classical Bruhat decompositions for reductive groups over k (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)