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Extend a quasi-coherent section after multiplying by a power

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice as inherited from the affine quasi-coherence equivalence and the associated-sheaf construction (The Axiom of Choice). Let X be a quasi-compact and quasi-separated scheme (Quasi-compact and quasi-separated schemes), let F be a quasi-coherent OX-module (Quasi-coherent module on a scheme), let L be an invertible sheaf (Invertible sheaves) and let s∈Γ(X,Ld) with d>0. Denote by Γ∗(X,F,L)=⨁r≥0Γ(X,F⊗OXLdr) the graded module on which multiplication by s raises degree by one, and let Γ∗(X,F,L)(s) be its localisation at s, with degree-zero part (Γ∗(X,F,L)(s))0 consisting of the fractions a/sr with a∈Γ(X,F⊗Ldr).

Then:

  1. Every section t∈Γ(Xs,F∣Xs) extends after multiplying by a power of s: there are r≥0 and a∈Γ(X,F⊗Ldr) whose image under the canonical map Γ(X,F⊗Ldr)→Γ(Xs,F), induced by restriction and the identification Ldr∣Xs with OXs through s−r, is t.
  2. Equivalently, the canonical map (Γ∗(X,F,L)(s))0⟶Γ(Xs,F),a/sr⟼a⊗s−r∣Xs, is an isomorphism of abelian groups.

The empty cases are included: if X=∅ or Xs=∅ both sides of (2) are zero.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A quasi-compact quasi-separated scheme X, a quasi-coherent sheaf F, an invertible sheaf L, an integer d>0, a section s∈Γ(X,Ld), and the Axiom of Choice.

[A1]

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

[F1]

X is quasi-compact, and quasi-separated means that the intersection of every two affine open subschemes is quasi-compact. (Quasi-compact and quasi-separated schemes)

[F2]

An invertible OX-module is locally free of rank exactly one; hence there is a finite affine open cover X=U1∪⋯∪Um such that L∣Uj≅OUj for every j. (Invertible sheaves)

[F3]

For an affine scheme Spec⁡A the functors M↦M~ and F↦Γ(Spec⁡A,F) are quasi-inverse equivalences between A-modules and quasi-coherent sheaves, so a quasi-coherent F on Uj=Spec⁡Aj satisfies F∣Uj≅Mj~ with Mj=Γ(Uj,F). (Affine quasi-coherent sheaves are modules)

[F4]

For an A-module M and f∈A one has Γ(D(f),M~)=Mf naturally, and restrictions are further localisations. (Sections of the associated sheaf on basic opens)

[F5]

In a localisation, x/sn=0 if and only if sex=0 for some e≥0. (Equality, vanishing, and the kernel of the localisation map)

[F6]

For an affine open U⊆X and a section of an invertible sheaf, U∩Xs is affine. (A line-bundle section cuts an affine open inside an affine scheme)

Proof

technique · direct: reduce to a finite affine trivialising cover, compare the two sides on each affine piece using the localisation description of sections, prove injectivity by clearing denominators, and glue the corrected local extensions using quasi-separatedness
1.1F2F6algebra

A trivialising affine cover. If X=∅, both Γ(Xs,F) and the degree-zero part of the localisation of the zero graded module are zero, so the assertion holds. Henceforth assume X≠∅. By [F2] choose a finite affine open cover X=U1∪⋯∪Um with L∣Uj≅OUj; fix trivialising sections qj∈Γ(Uj,L). Write s∣Uj=fjqjd with fj∈Γ(Uj,OX). Since qj is a nowhere-vanishing trivialising section, the image of s at a point x∈Uj is fj(x) times the nonzero image of qjd, so Xs∩Uj=D(fj)⊆Uj=Spec⁡Aj, a distinguished affine open of Uj, and the Xs∩Uj cover Xs.

2.1F3F4step 1.1

The two sides on one chart. Put Mj=Γ(Uj,F); by [F3] F∣Uj≅Mj~, so by [F4] Γ(Xs∩Uj,F)=(Mj)fj, while the trivialisation qj identifies Γ(Uj,F⊗Ldr) with Mj. Under these identifications the restriction of a fraction a/sr with a∈Γ(X,F⊗Ldr) is aj/fjr, where aj∈Mj is the image of a through qj−dr.

2.2F4step 1.1algebra

Local extensions. Let t∈Γ(Xs,F). For every j the restriction t∣D(fj)∈(Mj)fj is of the form tj/fjej with tj∈Mj and ej≥0 by [F4]; set e=max⁡jej and tj′=fje−ejtj∈Mj, so t∣D(fj)=tj′/fje. Define τj=tj′⊗qjde∈Γ(Uj,F⊗Lde), a section whose restriction to D(fj)=Xs∩Uj satisfies τj⊗s−e=t under the identification of Lde∣Xs∩Uj with O through s−e: indeed se∣Uj=fjeqjde.

3.1F5step 2.1

Injectivity, affine chartwise. Suppose a/sr maps to zero in Γ(Xs,F). By step 2.1, for every j the class aj/fjr∈(Mj)fj is zero, so by [F5] there is ej≥0 with fjejaj=0. With e=max⁡jej the section a⊗se∈Γ(X,F⊗Ld(r+e)) restricts to fjeaj⋅qjd(r+e)=0 on every Uj, hence is zero; and a/sr=(a⊗se)/sr+e in the localisation. Hence the map of (2) is injective.

4.1F1F2F5step 3.1

Injectivity consequence for a quasi-compact open. The same argument applies to any quasi-compact open subscheme W⊆X with its induced invertible sheaf L∣W and section s∣W: if u∈Γ(W,F⊗Ln) restricts to zero on W∩Xs, then u⊗se=0 in Γ(W,F⊗Ln+de) for some e≥0. Choose a finite affine open cover of the quasi-compact space W on which L∣W is trivial; such a cover exists by the same local-triviality and quasi-compactness argument as in step 1.1. On each affine chart the localisation criterion [F5] gives an exponent annihilating the local representative of u after multiplication by the local representative of s. The maximum of these finitely many exponents works on all charts, hence on W.

5.1F1step 4.1step 2.2

Overlap correction. Let j,j′. By [F1] the intersection Uj∩Uj′ is quasi-compact, and by step 4.1 applied to W=Uj∩Uj′ to the section τj∣W−τj′∣W∈Γ(W,F⊗Lde), which restricts to zero on W∩Xs by step 2.2, there is e′≥0 with (τj−τj′)⊗se′=0on Uj∩Uj′. There are finitely many pairs (j,j′), so one exponent e′ works for all of them. Thus the sections τj⊗se′∈Γ(Uj,F⊗Ld(e+e′)) agree on all pairwise intersections.

6.1step 2.2step 5.1

Gluing. Since the Uj cover X and the sections τj⊗se′ agree on overlaps, they glue to a unique global section σ∈Γ(X,F⊗Ld(e+e′)), whose restriction to Xs∩Uj=D(fj) satisfies σ⊗s−(e+e′)=t by step 2.2. Hence t is the image of the fraction σ/se+e′∈(Γ∗(X,F,L)(s))0, which proves surjectivity of the map in (2).

7.1

Conclusion. Step 3.1 gives injectivity and step 6.1 surjectivity of the canonical map of (2), and part (1) is exactly its surjectivity read on representatives. If X=∅ or Xs=∅ then Γ(Xs,F)=0 and the localisation has no nonzero degree-zero part by step 3.1, so both sides vanish. The Axiom of Choice [A1] is inherited only through the affine quasi-coherence equivalence [F3]; only finitely many local representatives and covers are selected in the argument. [A1, F3, step 3.1, step 6.1] \qed

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