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Pullback of a module along a morphism of ringed spaces

Definition

Let

(f,f♯):(X,OX)⟶(Y,OY)

be a morphism of ringed spaces, and let G be an OY-module. The pullback of G along f is the OX-module f∗G:=OX⊗f−1OYf−1G.

Here the ring map

f−1OY⟶OX

is the morphism corresponding to f♯ under the inverse/direct-image adjunction Inverse image is left adjoint to direct image on sheaves. The inverse-image construction is taken with its algebraic structure: applying the neighbourhood-colimit construction to the restriction-compatible ring operations of OY, and then sheafifying, makes f−1OY a sheaf of rings. The same construction makes f−1G an f−1OY-module (Presheaves and sheaves of groups, rings, and modules).

Consequently OX is an f−1OY-algebra, the displayed sheaf tensor product is well typed, and it carries the asserted OX-module structure.

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