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An associated sheaf restricts to an associated sheaf on an affine open

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice, inherited from the existence theorem for the associated sheaf. Let A be a commutative ring with 1, let M be an A-module and put X=Spec⁡A. Let W=Spec⁡C be an affine open subscheme of X with inclusion i:W↪X, and let φ:A→C be the corresponding ring map, so that i=Spec⁡φ (Affine schemes are contravariantly equivalent to commutative rings).

Then there is a canonical isomorphism of OW-modules (M~)∣W  ≅  (C⊗AM)~, natural in the A-module M. The open W need not be a distinguished open D(f) of X, and no quasi-coherence of (M~)∣W is assumed.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice; a commutative ring A; an A-module M; X=Spec⁡A; an affine open subscheme i:W=Spec⁡C↪X with corresponding ring map φ:A→C.

[F1]

The distinguished opens D(f)={p:f∉p} form a basis of X: every open set is a union of such, D(f)∩D(g)=D(fg), and D(g)⊆D(f) holds exactly when g∈(f) (The underlying space of an affine spectrum).

[F2]

The open subscheme W carries the restricted structure sheaf OW=OX∣W, so OW(V)=OX(V) for every open V⊆W (Affine open subschemes).

[F3]

The inclusion of affine spectra i:W→X is Spec⁡φ for φ:A→C=Γ(W,OW); on points i(q)=φ−1(q), and for f∈A the map of sheaves is the localisation Af→Cφ(f) on D(f) (Affine schemes are contravariantly equivalent to commutative rings, The map of affine spectra induced by a ring homomorphism). Hence DSpec⁡C(φ(f))=D(f)∩W for every f∈A.

[F4]

For a ring R and h∈R one has Γ(D(h),OSpec⁡R)=Rh, and the restriction along D(h′)⊆D(h) is the canonical localisation Rh→Rh′ (Sections and restrictions on distinguished opens of an affine scheme).

[F5]

For any ring R and R-module N, the associated sheaf N~ on Spec⁡R satisfies Γ(D(h),N~)=Nh naturally in h and in N: restrictions are the canonical localisations and an R-linear map u:N→N′ induces the components uh:Nh→Nh′ (The associated module sheaf exists, Sections of the associated sheaf on basic opens).

[F6]

For a sheaf of modules F on a space Z, sections over an open U are determined by their restrictions to a cover of U, and compatible families over any open cover glue uniquely (A sheaf on a topological space).

[F7]

Axiom of Choice: every family of nonempty sets has a choice function (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof technique: direct; compare the two sheaves on the basis of distinguished opens of X contained in W, using the identification of the structure sheaves, and glue the resulting isomorphisms.

Proof

technique · direct; compare the two sheaves on the basis of distinguished opens of $X$ contained in $W$ and glue the resulting isomorphisms
1.1F1given

The family B={D(f):f∈A, D(f)⊆W} is a basis for the topology of W: indeed, let U⊆W be open and w∈U; then U is open in X, so by [F1] there is f∈A with w∈D(f)⊆U, and then D(f)⊆U⊆W, so D(f)∈B and w∈D(f)⊆U as required.

1.2F2F3F4F5

For D(f)∈B the two sheaves have canonically identified sections: by [F3], DSpec⁡C(φ(f))=D(f)∩W=D(f), and by [F2] applied to this common open set the rings Γ(D(f),OX)=Af and Γ(DSpec⁡C(φ(f)),OW)=Cφ(f) are the same ring under restriction, so the inverse αf:Cφ(f)→Af of that restriction is an isomorphism of A-algebras, because [F4] identifies the two rings with the sections of the unique structure sheaf on this open set and both receive A by the canonical map, which on the C side is φ followed by localisation; hence αf induces an isomorphism of A-modules βf:Γ(DSpec⁡C(φ(f)),(C⊗AM)~)=(C⊗AM)φ(f)=Cφ(f)⊗AM→Af⊗AM=Mf=Γ(D(f),M~), using [F5] on both sides.

1.3F6

General basis-gluing step: let F,G be sheaves of modules on a space Z and let BZ be a basis of Z, and suppose given for each B∈BZ an isomorphism of modules βB:F(B)→G(B) with βB′(s∣B′)=βB(s)∣B′ for all s∈F(B), B′∈BZ, B′⊆B; then there is a unique isomorphism of sheaves β:F→G restricting to βB on each B∈BZ: indeed, for open U⊆Z and s∈F(U) the sections βB(s∣B)∈G(B), B∈BZ, B⊆U, are compatible, since for B,B′∈BZ contained in U and any basis element B′′⊆B∩B′ one has βB(s∣B)∣B′′=βB′′(s∣B′′)=βB′(s∣B′)∣B′′ by the hypothesis and these B′′ cover B∩B′, so [F6] gives equality on B∩B′, and by [F6] they glue to a unique βU(s)∈G(U); the maps βU are compatible with restrictions, because for U′⊆U the sections βU(s)∣U′ and βU′(s∣U′) agree after restriction to every basis element B⊆U′, hence on U′ by [F6]; applying the same construction to the inverses βB−1 produces maps γU:G(U)→F(U), and both γU∘βU and βU∘γU are the identities because they agree on every basis element of U and hence on U by [F6], while uniqueness follows since a morphism is determined by its components on a basis cover by [F6].

2.1F4F5step 1.2

The identifications βf of step 1.2 are compatible with restrictions along D(g)⊆D(f) with D(f),D(g)∈B: by [F4] and [F5] the restriction of M~ is Mf→Mg and that of (C⊗AM)~ is (C⊗AM)φ(f)→(C⊗AM)φ(g), both induced by the restriction maps of structure sheaves, and under the ring identifications αf,αg of step 1.2 these two maps correspond because both structure-sheaf restrictions Γ(D(f),OX)=Af→Ag=Γ(D(g),OX) and Cφ(f)→Cφ(g) are the restriction of the same sheaf OX=OW along D(g)⊆D(f), so tensoring over A with M gives compatibility; the assignment is natural in M because a map u:M→N induces components uf and (C⊗u)φ(f) compatible with the α's by [F5].

3.1F5F6F7step 1.2step 2.1step 1.3∎

Applying step 1.3 with Z=W, the basis B of step 1.1 and the isomorphisms βf of steps 1.2 and 2.1 yields a canonical isomorphism of OW-modules (C⊗AM)~→(M~)∣W restricting to βf on D(f)∈B, whose inverse is the isomorphism (M~)∣W≅(C⊗AM)~ of the Statement; it is natural in M by the naturality recorded in steps 1.2 and 2.1, and the Axiom of Choice ([F7]) enters only through [F5], which supplies the two associated sheaves, while the comparison chooses nothing because the basis B is determined by A and W and the identifications βf are canonical.

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