Intermediate extensions of perverse constructible $\mathbb{F}_p$-sheaves commute with smooth pullbacks

Abstract

We prove that intermediate extensions of perverse constructible $\mathbb{F}_p$-sheaves commute with smooth pullbacks for schemes admitting a closed embedding into a smooth scheme over a field of characteristic $p$ (embeddable schemes for short). Along the way we also prove that the equivalence of categories of Cartier crystals with unit $R[F]$-modules commutes with $f^!$ for a smooth morphism $f: X \to Y$ of embeddable schemes.