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Dual of a line bundle is its tensor inverse

Statement

Let X be a scheme and let L be an invertible OX-module (Invertible sheaves), with dual L∨=HomOX(L,OX) (The internal Hom sheaf of two module sheaves). Then the evaluation pairing ev⁡:L∨⊗OXL⟶OX,φ⊗s⟼φ(s), is an isomorphism of OX-modules, so L∨⊗L≅OX canonically; here ⊗ is the tensor product of sheaves of modules (Tensor product of sheaves of modules).

Moreover the dual is described by transition data: if X=⋃iUi and τi:L∣Ui→OUi are trivialisations, and uij∈Γ(Ui∩Uj,OX)× are the units with τi∘τj−1 equal to multiplication by uij, then the induced trivialisations τi∨ of L∨ have transition units uij−1, and τi∨⊗τi is a trivialisation of L∨⊗L whose transition units are uij−1uij=1, compatible with the evaluation isomorphism. No choice principle is used.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A scheme X and an invertible OX-module L, with a cover X=⋃iUi and trivialisations τi:L∣Ui→OUi.

[F1]

L is locally free of rank 1: there is an open cover by sets U with L∣U≅OU; equivalently, on each such open a generator s∈L(U) induces an isomorphism OU→L∣U, a↦a⋅s∣U (Invertible sheaves).

[F2]

L∨=HomOX(L,OX) is finite locally free, and on a chart U with L∣U≅OU one has L∨∣U≅OU (Dual and base change for finite locally free sheaves).

[F3]

Sections of the internal Hom are homomorphisms: Γ(U,L∨)=Hom⁡OU(L∣U,OU), with restrictions given by restriction of morphisms, and restriction of the Hom sheaf to U is HomOU(L∣U,OU) (The internal Hom sheaf of two module sheaves, Modules on a ringed space).

[F4]

The tensor product sheaf F⊗OXG is the sheafification of the presheaf U↦F(U)⊗OX(U)G(U); a natural family of OX(U)-bilinear maps F(U)×G(U)→H(U) therefore induces a morphism of sheaves F⊗OXG→H (Tensor product of sheaves of modules, Sheafification of a presheaf, Sheafification is left adjoint to the inclusion of sheaves into presheaves).

[F5]

Universal property of the module tensor product: a bilinear map M×N→P over a commutative ring R factors uniquely through M⊗RN; in particular R⊗RR→R, a⊗b↦ab, is an isomorphism with inverse c↦c⊗1 (Universal property of the tensor product for balanced maps into abelian groups).

[F6]

A morphism of OX-modules which restricts to an isomorphism on each member of an open cover is an isomorphism, because sections over an open set are determined by their restrictions to a cover and compatible families glue (A sheaf on a topological space).

[F7]

For an OX-module F and open U, evaluation on the unit section gives an isomorphism Hom⁡OU(OU,F)→F(U), ψ↦ψ(1), with inverse x↦(a↦a⋅x); in particular Hom⁡OU(OU,OU)≅OX(U), and an endomorphism of OU is an isomorphism exactly when its value at 1 is a unit (Modules on a ringed space).

Proof technique: direct; define evaluation on the presheaf tensor product, and check it is an isomorphism on a trivialising cover, where it becomes the multiplication map of the structure sheaf.

Proof

1.1F3F4

Evaluation is a morphism: for each open U⊆X the map L∨(U)×L(U)→OX(U), (φ,s)↦φ(s), is well defined by [F3], is OX(U)-bilinear by additivity and OX-linearity of homomorphisms of module sheaves, and is compatible with restrictions; by [F4] it induces a morphism of OX-modules ev⁡:L∨⊗OXL→OX with ev⁡(φ⊗s)=φ(s).

1.2F2F3F7

On a chart U with trivialisation τ:L∣U→OU, the induced trivialisation of the dual is τ∨:L∨∣U→OU, ψ↦ψ(τ−1(1)), which is an isomorphism because ψ↦ψ(τ−1(1)) corresponds under τ to the isomorphism Hom⁡OU(OU,OU)≅OU of [F7]; moreover every automorphism of the trivial bundle OU is multiplication by a unit of OX(U), again by [F7].

2.1F1F5F6step 1.1step 1.2

On such a chart U, transport the evaluation morphism along the trivialisations τ∨⊗τ: the result is the map OU⊗OUOU→OU, a⊗b↦ab, which is an isomorphism by [F5], with inverse c↦c⊗1. By [F1] such trivialising charts cover X, so ev⁡ restricts to an isomorphism on every member of a cover of X, and is therefore an isomorphism by [F6]; this proves the first claim.

2.2step 1.2

Transition units: let τi,τj be two trivialisations as in the Statement, and put uij=(τi∘τj−1)(1)∈Γ(Ui∩Uj,OX); by step 1.2 the automorphism τi∘τj−1 of OUi∩Uj is multiplication by uij, which is a unit because the automorphism is invertible. Computing the transition of the duals, for a∈Γ(Ui∩Uj,OX) and with φi=τi∨−1(1),φj=τj∨−1(1) one has τi∨(aφj)=aφj(τi−1(1))=a (τj∘τi−1)(1)=a uij−1, since τj∘τi−1=(τi∘τj−1)−1 is multiplication by uij−1; so the transition unit of L∨ is uij−1.

3.1step 2.1step 2.2∎

Compatibility with evaluation: under the trivialisation τi∨⊗τi the evaluation pairing becomes multiplication OUi⊗OUi→OUi, a⊗b↦ab, by step 2.1, and under the transitions of step 2.2 both sides transform by uij−1 and uij respectively, so the transition unit of L∨⊗L is uij−1uij=1 and evaluation is the identity trivialisation on overlaps; all constructions are local and canonical, so no choice principle is used.

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