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Long exact global sheaf Ext sequence in the first variable
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let be a ringed space whose structure sheaf is commutative, let be a short exact sequence of -modules and let be an -module. Then the injective-resolution global Ext of Sheaf Ext of coherent modules fits into a natural long exact sequence beginning in degree zero with The sequence is natural in the short exact sequence and in ; it is made from one fixed -injective resolution of , and the resulting connecting maps do not depend on that choice. No claim is made here about a long exact sequence in the second variable, about vanishing of for , or about splitting.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: a ringed space with commutative structure sheaf, a short exact sequence of -modules, and an -module .
An object of an abelian category is injective when for every monomorphism and every morphism there is a morphism with . (Injective object)
A short exact sequence of cochain complexes in an abelian category yields a natural long exact sequence in cohomology, with connecting maps . (The long exact sequence in cohomology)
For supplied injective-resolution data the complex has th term and differential , and its cohomology is . (Ext via an injective resolution of the second variable)
For an -module and a supplied injective resolution one sets ; the coaugmentation identifies , and comparison maps and homotopies make all of this independent of the supplied resolution. (Sheaf Ext of coherent modules)
Any two coaugmentation-preserving maps between injective resolutions extending the same object morphism are cochain-homotopic. (Injective comparison maps are unique up to cochain homotopy)
The declared Axiom of Choice implies the Dependent Choice hypothesis of the published injective-comparison existence and uniqueness theorems. (The Axiom of Choice, AC implies DC implies countable choice, Injective comparison maps exist)
Proof
Using AC and the in-run theorem lem-ringed-space-module-sheaves-enough-injectives of the cohomology-of-quasi-coherent-sheaves pair, which supplies an -injective resolution for every -module, fix one such resolution ; by [F3] applied in the abelian category of -modules the complex has th term and differential , and by [F4] its th cohomology is .
For every the module is injective, so by [F1] every morphism defined on a subobject of extends to ; applying this to the subobject gives exactness of : surjectivity of the last map is the extension property applied to , injectivity of the first is immediate from the epimorphism , and exactness in the middle follows because a morphism killing factors through the quotient .
The three complexes , and are concentrated in degrees , their differentials are post-composition with the differential of , so the degreewise exact sequence of step 1.2 commutes with those differentials; hence is a short exact sequence of cochain complexes.
By [F2] the sequence of step 2.1 has a natural long exact sequence , and substituting the identification of [F4] turns its terms into , and .
Since the complexes are concentrated in degrees , the terms in the long exact sequence of step 3.1 vanish, so the sequence begins ; by the degree-zero clause of [F4] the first three terms are , and , which is the displayed beginning of the statement.
Naturality in and resolution independence hold as follows: a morphism with injective resolutions , admits a coaugmentation-preserving comparison map extending by [F6], and post-composition with it is a cochain map inducing maps on cohomology that intertwine the connecting maps of [F2]; two choices of comparison map are cochain-homotopic by [F5], whose Dependent Choice hypothesis is licensed by [F6], so the induced maps on cohomology agree and the sequence depends on and not on the resolution.
Naturality in the short exact sequence holds because a morphism of short exact sequences of -modules induces a morphism of the degreewise exact sequences of complexes built in step 2.1, and [F2] provides the induced morphism of long exact sequences; the connecting maps are then those supplied by [F2] composed with the identifications of [F4]. The statement claims the long exact sequence and its naturality, and no splitting or vanishing beyond degree zero, so nothing further is asserted.
Depends on
- Sheaf Ext of coherent modules
- Ext via an injective resolution of the second variable
- Injective object
- The long exact sequence in cohomology
- Injective comparison maps exist
- Injective comparison maps are unique up to cochain homotopy
- Enough injective sheaves of modules
- The Axiom of Choice
- AC implies DC implies countable choice
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Sources
- The Stacks Project, Duality for Schemes (standard reference, not scraped)
- Ravi Vakil, Foundations of Algebraic Geometry, Classes 53-54 (standard reference, not scraped)