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The full Riemann-Roch theorem on the projective line, in every degree
Example
Assume the Axiom of Choice; it supplies Dependent Choice through AC implies DC implies countable choice. Let be a field, let with point at infinity , and let be a divisor on of degree .
Every divisor on is linearly equivalent to , and with mapping to under . Hence and because is the degree- part of for and vanishes for .
The canonical divisor satisfies and with , so and
Subtracting, so the full Riemann-Roch identity holds on the projective line for every integer degree, including the negative range. The special divisors are exactly those of degree , with index of speciality , while the divisors of degree are nonspecial with .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: the Axiom of Choice and its consequence Dependent Choice; a field , the projective line with point at infinity , and a divisor of degree .
Every divisor on is linearly equivalent to , and the associated invertible sheaf of is ; the divisor and invertible-sheaf dictionaries agree on . (Divisors on the projective line are classified by degree, Cartier and Weil divisors agree on a smooth curve, Invertible sheaf of cartier divisor)
, the class of corresponding to ; hence for of degree , and is the dimension of the Riemann-Roch space of . (The Picard group of the projective line, The Riemann-Roch dimension l(D))
On , is the degree- part of , of dimension for , and is for ; the twisting sheaves are the ones attached to the standard charts. (Cohomology of O(d) on projective space, Twisting sheaf on Proj)
For a smooth proper geometrically integral curve of genus , the canonical divisor has degree ; on the genus is , so , and with because every degree- divisor is linearly equivalent to . (The canonical divisor has degree 2g - 2, Canonical bundle and canonical divisors, Degree divisor proper curve, [F1])
The full Riemann-Roch theorem states for a divisor on a smooth proper geometrically integral curve of genus over an arbitrary field, and the index of speciality is , with nonspecial when . (The full Riemann-Roch theorem for divisors on a smooth proper curve, The index of speciality i(D), Special and nonspecial divisors)
The Axiom of Choice: every family of nonempty sets has a choice function. (The Axiom of Choice)
In ZF, the Axiom of Choice implies Dependent Choice; this supplies the Dependent Choice premise of the Cartier-to-Weil divisor dictionary used in [F1] and [F4]. (AC implies DC implies countable choice, The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an -indexed chain)
Verification
Proof technique: reduce an arbitrary divisor to the model and read off both dimensions from the twisting-sheaf cohomology.
By [F1] and [F2], , so and .
By [F3] applied to and , for and for , while [F4] gives and hence equals when (that is ) and when ; the case is the boundary , where the section space vanishes.
Taking the three ranges separately: for the difference is ; for it is ; for it is . In every case because by [F4], which is exactly the Riemann-Roch identity of [F5].
The index of speciality of [F5] is , which is precisely for and for ; hence the special divisors of are exactly the divisors of degree at most , and all divisors of degree at least are nonspecial.
The Axiom of Choice is used through the divisor dictionary and the full Riemann-Roch supplier; [F7] supplies the Dependent Choice premise required by the Cartier-to-Weil part of that dictionary.
Depends on
- The Axiom of Choice
- The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an $\mathbb{N}$-indexed chain
- The canonical divisor has degree 2g - 2
- The Picard group of the projective line
- Canonical bundle and canonical divisors
- Degree divisor proper curve
- The index of speciality i(D)
- Invertible sheaf of cartier divisor
- The Riemann-Roch dimension l(D)
- Special and nonspecial divisors
- Twisting sheaf on Proj
- Divisors on the projective line are classified by degree
- Cartier and Weil divisors agree on a smooth curve
- AC implies DC implies countable choice
- Cohomology of O(d) on projective space
- The full Riemann-Roch theorem for divisors on a smooth proper curve
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Sources
- William Fulton, Algebraic Curves (Internet Archive copy) (standard reference, not scraped)
- The Stacks Project, Algebraic Curves (tag 0BRV) (standard reference, not scraped)