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A coherent closed-point skyscraper

Example

Assume the Axiom of Choice, inherited from the associated-sheaf construction and the coherence theorem (The Axiom of Choice). Let A be a Noetherian commutative ring (Noetherian commutative rings and modules) and let m⊆A be a maximal ideal; write k=A/m for the residue field and put X=Spec⁡A,M=A/m,F=M~, the associated sheaf of the cyclic module M (Module sheaf on an affine scheme, The associated module sheaf exists). Let i:{m}↪X be the inclusion of the one-point subspace and i∗(A/m) the skyscraper sheaf at the closed point m with value A/m (A skyscraper sheaf of abelian groups at a point). Then:

  1. F is a coherent OX-module (Quasi-coherent module on a scheme): A is Noetherian, so X is locally Noetherian, and M is cyclic, hence of finite type; by the equivalence of coherence with finite type over a locally Noetherian base (Coherent sheaves on a locally Noetherian scheme), F is coherent.
  2. Its stalks are Fp≅{A/m,p=m,0,p≠m, and the stalk at the closed point is the residue field κ(m)=Am/mAm≅A/m (The stalk of an associated sheaf is the localisation, The residue field at a point of an affine scheme).
  3. The fibre at the closed point is F(m)≅A/m (Fibre of a module sheaf at a point).
  4. Consequently F≅i∗(A/m): the sheaf is the skyscraper at the closed point, and since its one-point fibre at m is A/m by (3), it is the direct image F≅i∗(F(m)) of that fibre along the inclusion of the closed point (Closed points of an affine scheme).

Thus a single closed point can support a coherent module sheaf whose only nonzero sections live on the open neighbourhoods of that point, and on the affine base the corresponding module is the residue field.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice; a Noetherian commutative ring A; a maximal ideal m⊆A; the field k=A/m; the scheme X=Spec⁡A with its distinguished opens D(f); the cyclic module M=A/m with the class of 1 as a generator; the associated sheaf F=M~; the inclusion i:{m}↪X.

[F1]

The associated sheaf (Module sheaf on an affine scheme, The associated module sheaf exists, Sections of the associated sheaf on basic opens, The stalk of an associated sheaf is the localisation, Quasi-coherent module on a scheme, Modules on a ringed space): F=M~ is a sheaf of OX-modules with Γ(D(f),F)=F(D(f))≅Mf for every f∈A, with restriction the canonical localisation; its stalks are Fp≅Mp; it is quasi-coherent; and Γ(X,F)≅M.

[F2]

Localisation and residue fields (Localisation commutes with quotient modules and arbitrary direct sums, Localisation at a prime ideal: Rp=(R∖p)−1R, Localisation of a module at a multiplicative subset, Principal localisation Rf={1,f,f2,…}−1R, The localisation relation is an equivalence relation and fraction arithmetic is well defined, Rp/pRp≅Frac⁡(R/p) is the residue field at p): for a prime p one has (A/m)p≅Ap/mAp; every a∉p is a unit of Ap, so mAp=Ap whenever m⊈p; the residue field is Am/mAm≅Frac⁡(A/m)=Frac⁡(k)=k; and for the principal localisation, kf is k when the image of f in k is a unit and is the zero ring when f↦0 in k.

[F3]

Maximal ideals and primes (Prime ideals and maximal ideals in a commutative ring, The prime spectrum and vanishing sets, Principal distinguished subsets of the prime spectrum, The underlying space of an affine spectrum): a maximal ideal is prime; if p is prime and m⊆p then p=m by maximality, so every prime p≠m satisfies m⊈p; the points of X are the primes of A and D(f)={p:f∉p}.

[F4]

Noetherian base and coherence (Noetherian commutative rings and modules, Locally Noetherian and Noetherian schemes, Finite type and finitely presented module sheaves, Coherent sheaves on a locally Noetherian scheme): a scheme with an affine open cover by spectra of Noetherian rings is locally Noetherian; M=A/m is generated by the class of 1, hence of finite type; and on a locally Noetherian scheme a quasi-coherent module is coherent if and only if it is of finite type.

[F5]

Fibres (Fibre of a module sheaf at a point, The residue field at a point of an affine scheme): the fibre of an OX-module G at p is G(p)=Gp/mpGp, a vector space over κ(p); a morphism of sheaves induces a κ(p)-linear map on fibres.

[F6]

Skyscraper sheaves (A skyscraper sheaf of abelian groups at a point): for a point x of a topological space and an abelian group A′, the skyscraper sheaf ix,∗A′ has (ix,∗A′)(V)=A′ for opens V∋x and 0 otherwise, the restriction between two opens containing x being the identity.

[F7]

Closed points (Closed points of an affine scheme): the closed points of Spec⁡A are exactly the maximal ideals; in particular {m} is closed in X.

[F8]

The Axiom of Choice is inherited from the associated-sheaf existence theorem and from the coherence theorem over the locally Noetherian base X; no further choice is made below (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof technique: direct; compute the localisations of the cyclic module A/m at all primes, and identify the resulting sheaf with the skyscraper at the closed point.

Proof

1.1F1F3F4

Setup: since A is Noetherian and X=Spec⁡A, the scheme X is locally Noetherian by [F4]; the maximal ideal m is prime by [F3], so the residue field k=A/m is a field and M=A/m is generated by the class of 1, hence is of finite type; therefore F=M~ is quasi-coherent by [F1] and coherent by [F4].

1.2F1F2

Stalk at the closed point: by [F1] and [F2] one has Fm≅Mm≅Am/mAm=κ(m)≅Frac⁡(A/m)=k=A/m.

1.3F1F2F3

Stalks away from the closed point: let p≠m be a prime; by [F3] m⊈p, so [F2] gives mAp=Ap and hence Fp≅Ap/mAp=0.

1.4F1F2

Values of F on distinguished opens: for f∈A one has F(D(f))≅(A/m)f by [F1]. If f∈m then the image of f in the field k is zero, so (A/m)f=0 by [F2]; if f∉m then the image of f in k is a nonzero element of a field, hence a unit, and (A/m)f≅k by [F2]. Thus F(D(f))≅k exactly when m∈D(f), and is 0 otherwise.

2.1F5step 1.2

Fibre at the closed point: F(m)≅Fm/mmFm by [F5], and by step 1.2 the stalk is the field k=A/m on which the maximal ideal mm=mAm acts by zero, so the fibre is F(m)≅A/m, a one-dimensional vector space over κ(m).

2.2F1F2F3F6step 1.4

Values of F on arbitrary opens: let U⊆X be open; the distinguished opens inside U form an open cover of U, and by [F1] the restriction F(D(g))→F(D(h)) for D(h)⊆D(g)⊆U is the canonical localisation map Mg→Mh, which under the identifications of step 1.4 is the identity of k whenever g,h∉m, and is the map k→0 or 0→0 otherwise. If m∈U, choose D(f0)⊆U with f0∉m, which exists because the distinguished opens form a basis of the topology; for c∈k the elements c∈F(D(g)) for g∉m and 0∈F(D(g)) for g∈m form a compatible family, since D(g)∩D(h)=D(gh) and gh∉m holds exactly when both g,h∉m (m is prime by [F3]), so they glue to a unique φ(c)∈F(U); the map φ is injective because φ(c)∣D(f0)=c, and it is surjective because for s∈F(U) with c=s∣D(f0) and any distinguished D(g)⊆U the two sections s∣D(g) and φ(c)∣D(g) of F(D(g)) agree after restriction to D(f0g)⊆D(g): if g∉m then both equal c in F(D(f0g))≅k by the identity computed above, and if g∈m then f0g∈m as well and both are 0; in the case g∉m the restriction F(D(g))→F(D(f0g)) is the identity of k and hence injective, and in the case g∈m the group F(D(g)) is 0 by step 1.4, so in both cases s∣D(g)=φ(c)∣D(g); since a section of the sheaf F over U is determined by its restrictions to the cover by distinguished opens, s=φ(c) and F(U)≅k. If m∉U, then g∈m for every distinguished D(g)⊆U (else m∈D(g)⊆U), so the restriction of any s∈F(U) to each member of the covering family is zero by step 1.4 and s=0 by separatedness; hence F(U)=0. For opens U′⊆U both containing m the restriction F(U)→F(U′) carries φU(c) to φU′(c) because the gluing is given by the same formula over the distinguished opens inside U′, so under these isomorphisms it is the identity of k; consequently F≅i∗(A/m), compatibly with all restrictions.

3.1F7step 1.1step 2.1step 2.2

Conclusion: by step 1.1 the sheaf F=(A/m)∼ is coherent, by steps 1.2 and 1.3 its stalk is A/m at m and zero at every other point, by step 2.1 its fibre at the closed point m is A/m, and by step 2.2 it is the skyscraper sheaf i∗(A/m)=i∗(F(m)), the direct image of its one-point fibre under the inclusion of the closed point of [F7]; the example is verified.

4.1F8∎

Choice accounting: the ring A, the maximal ideal m, the module M=A/m and the point m are given data, and no chart, section or isomorphism is selected by an infinite simultaneous choice; the skyscraper identification is canonical on every open by the components exhibited in step 2.2, and the only Axiom of Choice is the inherited one recorded in [F8].

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