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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 be a quasi-compact and quasi-separated scheme (Quasi-compact and quasi-separated schemes), let be a quasi-coherent -module (Quasi-coherent module on a scheme), let be an invertible sheaf (Invertible sheaves) and let with . Denote by the graded module on which multiplication by raises degree by one, and let be its localisation at , with degree-zero part consisting of the fractions with .
Then:
- Every section extends after multiplying by a power of : there are and whose image under the canonical map , induced by restriction and the identification with through , is .
- Equivalently, the canonical map is an isomorphism of abelian groups.
The empty cases are included: if or both sides of (2) are zero.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A quasi-compact quasi-separated scheme , a quasi-coherent sheaf , an invertible sheaf , an integer , a section , and the Axiom of Choice.
The Axiom of Choice states that every family of nonempty sets has a choice function. (The Axiom of Choice)
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)
An invertible -module is locally free of rank exactly one; hence there is a finite affine open cover such that for every . (Invertible sheaves)
For an affine scheme the functors and are quasi-inverse equivalences between -modules and quasi-coherent sheaves, so a quasi-coherent on satisfies with . (Affine quasi-coherent sheaves are modules)
For an -module and one has naturally, and restrictions are further localisations. (Sections of the associated sheaf on basic opens)
In a localisation, if and only if for some . (Equality, vanishing, and the kernel of the localisation map)
For an affine open and a section of an invertible sheaf, is affine. (A line-bundle section cuts an affine open inside an affine scheme)
Proof
A trivialising affine cover. If , both and the degree-zero part of the localisation of the zero graded module are zero, so the assertion holds. Henceforth assume . By [F2] choose a finite affine open cover with ; fix trivialising sections . Write with . Since is a nowhere-vanishing trivialising section, the image of at a point is times the nonzero image of , so a distinguished affine open of , and the cover .
The two sides on one chart. Put ; by [F3] , so by [F4] , while the trivialisation identifies with . Under these identifications the restriction of a fraction with is , where is the image of through .
Local extensions. Let . For every the restriction is of the form with and by [F4]; set and , so . Define a section whose restriction to satisfies under the identification of with through : indeed .
Injectivity, affine chartwise. Suppose maps to zero in . By step 2.1, for every the class is zero, so by [F5] there is with . With the section restricts to on every , hence is zero; and in the localisation. Hence the map of (2) is injective.
Injectivity consequence for a quasi-compact open. The same argument applies to any quasi-compact open subscheme with its induced invertible sheaf and section : if restricts to zero on , then in for some . Choose a finite affine open cover of the quasi-compact space on which 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 after multiplication by the local representative of . The maximum of these finitely many exponents works on all charts, hence on .
Overlap correction. Let . By [F1] the intersection is quasi-compact, and by step 4.1 applied to to the section , which restricts to zero on by step 2.2, there is with There are finitely many pairs , so one exponent works for all of them. Thus the sections agree on all pairwise intersections.
Gluing. Since the cover and the sections agree on overlaps, they glue to a unique global section whose restriction to satisfies by step 2.2. Hence is the image of the fraction , which proves surjectivity of the map in (2).
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 or then 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
Depends on
- A line-bundle section cuts an affine open inside an affine scheme
- Affine quasi-coherent sheaves are modules
- Quasi-compact and quasi-separated schemes
- The Axiom of Choice
- Invertible sheaves
- Quasi-coherent module on a scheme
- Sections of the associated sheaf on basic opens
- Equality, vanishing, and the kernel of the localisation map
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Sources
- The Stacks Project, Properties of Schemes, Lemma 28.18.2 (Tag 01PW) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Ravi Vakil, The Rising Sea, August 2022 draft, Section 17.6 (standard reference, not scraped)