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Positive canonical twists on projective Cohen–Macaulay curves

Statement

Assume AC and DC. Let E be a projective pure CM curve over a field κ, with H0(E,OE)=κ and canonical module ωE. If L is globally generated and nontrivial, H1(E,ωE⊗L)=0. If L is very ample with deg⁡κL≥2, then ωE⊗L is globally generated. These statements allow nonreduced E.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A projective pure Cohen--Macaulay curve E over a field κ with H0(E,OE)=κ and canonical module ωE, a globally generated nontrivial invertible sheaf L on E, and in the generation part a very ample L with deg⁡κL≥2.

[F1]

cor-cohen-macaulay-modules-have-no-embedded-associated-primes. Under the hypotheses of lem-associated-primes-of-cohen-macaulay-module-have-full-dimension, every associated prime of M is minimal in Supp⁡R(M). Thus M has no embedded associated primes. (Cohen--Macaulay modules have no embedded associated primes)

[F2]

cor-flat-local-depth-additivity. Assume the Axiom of Choice. For a flat local homomorphism (R,m)→(S,n) of Noetherian local rings, depth⁡(S)=depth⁡(R)+depth⁡(S/mS). (Depth is additive for a flat local homomorphism)

[F3]

def-axiom-of-choice. The Axiom of Choice (AC) is the following statement. > Every family of nonempty sets has a choice function > (def-choice-function). Written out: for every set F all of whose members are nonempty, there exists a function g with domain F satisfying g(S)∈S for all S∈F. (The Axiom of Choice)

[F4]

def-degree-invertible-sheaf-proper-dimension-one. Assume the Axiom of Choice, inherited from the Euler-characteristic supplier below (The Axiom of Choice). Let k be a field (def-field) and let C be a proper k-scheme (def-proper-morphism) whose underlying topological space is Noetherian of dimension at most one (def-dimension-noetherian-topological-space, def-locally-noetherian-and-noetherian-scheme). (Degree of an invertible sheaf on a proper one-dimensional scheme)

[F5]

def-dependent-choice. Let X be a set and let R⊆X×X be a binary relation on X. Call R entire on X when for every x∈X there is y∈X with xRy. The Axiom of Dependent Choice, written DC, is the following statement. (The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an N-indexed chain)

[F6]

lem-finite-closed-immersion-derived-coinduction-adjunction. Assume AC. For a finite homomorphism A→B of Noetherian rings and G∈D+(A), the complex f!G=RHom⁡A(B,G) has its natural B-action and is right adjoint to restriction of scalars. (Derived adjunction for finite rings and closed immersions)

[F7]

lem-projective-pure-cm-dualizing-complex-concentration. Assume AC. If X is projective over a field, Cohen–Macaulay and pure of dimension d, its normalized dualizing complex has the canonical concentration DX≅ωX[d],ωX=H−d(DX). For i:X↪PkN, i∗ωX=ExtPN−d(i∗OX,ωP). The sheaf ωX is coherent, has support X, and is CM. (Concentration of the projective dualizing complex on a pure CM scheme)

[F8]

lem-surface-flat-base-change-coherent-cohomology-by-cech. Assume AC and DC. For a quasi-compact separated scheme X over a ring A, a quasi-coherent sheaf F and a flat A-algebra C, the canonical maps Hq(X,F)⊗AC→Hq(XC,FC) are isomorphisms for every q. No flatness of F over A is required. (Flat base change for quasi-coherent surface cohomology by Čech)

[F9]

thm-cohomology-projective-space-twisting-sheaves. Assume the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice). Let A be a commutative ring with 1 (def-commutative-ring), let n≥0, let d∈Z and let X=PAn≅Proj⁡A[x0,…,xn] be relative projective space (def-relative-projective-space-standard-charts, def-polynomial-ring-on-a-family-of-indeterminates), with twisting sheaf (Cohomology of O(d) on projective space)

[F10]

thm-nakayama-lemma. Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let R be a commutative ring, let I⊴R satisfy I⊆J(R), and let M be a finitely generated left R-module. If IM=M, then M=0. (Assuming the Axiom of Choice, Nakayama's lemma)

[F11]

thm-serre-duality-for-coherent-sheaves-on-projective-cm-scheme. Assume AC. Let k be a field and let X be a projective, pure d-dimensional Cohen–Macaulay k-scheme. Let DX=ωX[d] be its normalized dualizing complex, and let tX:Hd(X,ωX)→k be its trace. (Serre duality for coherent sheaves on a projective Cohen–Macaulay scheme)

Proof

1.1F4F7F11given

Serre duality and canonical-module homothety identify H1(E,ωE⊗L)∨ with Hom⁡(ωE⊗L,ωE)=H0(E,L−1), so the vanishing statement is equivalent to the vanishing of H0(E,L−1) for globally generated nontrivial L.

2.1F7step 1.1

If 0≠t∈H0(E,L−1) and ℓ1,…,ℓm generate L, then some product tℓj∈H0(E,OE)=κ is nonzero, since otherwise t would annihilate all local generators and hence vanish; the nonzero scalar product exhibits t as a trivialization of L−1, whence L≅OE, contradicting nontriviality.

3.1F2F7F8step 2.1

For the generation statement, pass to an algebraic closure κ‾: flat Cech base change preserves H0(O)=κ, the degree and global generation, the finite free ambient resolutions identify the base change of ωE with the canonical module of Eκ‾, and pure Cohen--Macaulayness survives because flat-local depth additivity applies with zero-dimensional Cohen--Macaulay fibres and unchanged dimension.

4.1F8step 3.1given

Fix a closed point e of Eκ‾. Since L is very ample over the infinite algebraically closed field, there is a hyperplane section s∈H0(L) vanishing at e and nonzero at every generic point of E: the hyperplanes through e containing a fixed positive-dimensional component form a proper linear subspace of the parameter space, and finitely many such subspaces do not cover it.

5.1F1F4F6step 4.1

Cohen--Macaulayness excludes embedded associated points, so the section s is regular; let D=Z(s) with 0→OE→L→OD→0. Cartier coinduction from this two-term resolution gives ωD=(ωE⊗L)∣D with finite-module duality at each Artinian stalk, and h0(ωD)=h0(OD)=deg⁡κL≥2 by the multiplication-by-s sequence and the Euler-characteristic description of the degree.

6.1F11step 5.1

Put F=ωE⊗L. The sequence 0→ωE→F→ωD→0 has quotient of dimension at least two, while h1(ωE)=h0(OE)∨=1; let F′⊆F be the subsheaf generated by the global sections of F together with the image of ωE. A global section of F has nonzero image in ωD, since the boundary map has one-dimensional target.

7.1F1F10F11step 6.1

If H1(F′)≠0, then H1(ωE)→H1(F′) is an isomorphism, and Serre duality represents H1(−)∨ by morphisms to ωE; the resulting map F′→ωE composed with ωE→F′ is the identity by homothety and its nonzero action on H1. Then F′ splits as ωE plus a nonzero finite-support quotient, which would be a nonzero finite-support subsheaf of the Cohen--Macaulay sheaf F, impossible. Hence H1(F′)=0.

8.1F10F11step 7.1

If F/F′≠0, the long exact sequence would surject H0(F) onto the nonzero finite-support global sections of the quotient; this map is zero because every global section of F lies in F′ by construction. Hence F=F′.

9.1F8F10step 8.1

The image of ωE in F is sF, so the stalk at e of the quotient of F by the subsheaf generated by global sections is s times itself with s∈me; Nakayama at the Artinian stalk makes that quotient zero at e. Since e was an arbitrary closed point, F=ωE⊗L is globally generated over κ‾, and generation descends along the faithfully flat field extension.

10.1F3F5step 9.1F9∎

The Axiom of Choice and the Axiom of Dependent Choice are inherited from the duality and base-change suppliers; the argument nowhere assumes that E is reduced or geometrically integral.

Remarks

  • The two statements are proved together: vanishing is the Hom-form of Serre duality, and generation is reduced to a Nakayama computation at an arbitrary point after splitting off ωE.
  • The base change to the algebraic closure is used only to find hyperplane sections avoiding finitely many generic points; both conclusions descend.

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