Positivity of Intersection Multiplicity Over a Two-Dimensional Base

Abstract

We show that Serre's Intersection Multiplicity Conjecture holds for a formal power series ring A over a complete, two-dimensional regular local ring R. From this, we deduce the corresponding result for the local rings of any scheme X which is a smooth extension of a regular, two-dimensional base Y. We also investigate the connection between intersection multiplicity and transversality in the unramified setting via a local analysis on the blowup.