defined a
p-divisible group of height
h (over a scheme
S) to be an inductive system of groups
Gn for
n≥0, such that
Gn is a finite group scheme over
S of order
phn and such that
Gn is (identified with) the group of elements of order divisible by
pn in
Gn+1. More generally, defined a Barsotti–Tate group
G over a scheme
S to be an
fppf sheaf of commutative groups over
S that is
p-divisible,
p-torsion, such that the points
G(1) of order
p of
G are (represented by) a finite locally free scheme. The group
G(1) has rank
ph for some locally constant function
h on
S, called the
rank or
height of the group
G. The subgroup
G(
n) of points of order
pn is a scheme of rank
pnh, and
G is the direct limit of these subgroups. ==Example==