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Top differential lattices map into point-blowup canonical modules

Statement

Assume AC and DC. Let A be a regular local surface of characteristic p, and let A0⊂A have coherent differential module ΩA/A0 free of finite rank r. Choose ωA=∧rΩA/A0. Every finite sequence of regular point blowups X→Spec⁡A has a generic-compatible map (∧rΩX/A0)∗∗→ωX.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A regular local surface A of characteristic p, a subring A0⊆A with ΩA/A0 coherent and free of finite rank r, the chosen top form ωA=∧rΩA/A0, and a finite sequence of regular point blowups X→Spec⁡A.

[F1]

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)

[F2]

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)

[F3]

def-kahler-differentials-algebra. Let A→φB be a homomorphism of commutative rings and let Der⁡A(B,−) be the derivation functor of def-derivation-algebra. (Universal Kähler differential module)

[F4]

def-sheaf-relative-differentials. Let f ⁣:X→S be a morphism of schemes (def-morphism-of-schemes), so that f is in particular a morphism of ringed spaces and comes with a map of sheaves of rings f♯ ⁣:f−1OS→OX (def-inverse-image-presheaf-and-sheaf); the pair (X,f) is an S-scheme (def-scheme-over-base). (Sheaf of relative Kähler differentials)

[F5]

thm-conormal-exact-sequence-algebra. Let A→P be a homomorphism of commutative rings, let I⊆P be an ideal and let B=P/I, with quotient map π ⁣:P→B. (Conormal exact sequence for an algebra quotient)

[F6]

lem-regular-surface-reflexive-modules-and-codimension-one-lattices. Assume AC and DC. On a regular Noetherian surface a coherent reflexive module is locally free. For a finite module M over a normal Noetherian domain, a generic vector belonging to M∗∗ at every height-one localization belongs to M∗∗. For a coherent generic-rank-r module on a regular surface, (∧rM)∗∗ is the determinant line of M∗∗. (Reflexive surface modules and codimension-one lattice extension)

[F7]

lem-regular-surface-point-blowup-canonical-transform. Assume AC and DC. For the point blowup b:X′→X of a regular Noetherian surface in the fixed regular-base dualizing setting, with exceptional divisor E, there is a canonical generic-compatible identification ωX′=b∗ωX⊗OX′(E). (Canonical modules transform by the exceptional divisor at a regular point blowup)

Proof

1.1F6given

Induct on the number of blowups. For X=Spec⁡A put F=ΩX/A0 modulo torsion and V=F∗∗; the reflexive-module supplier makes V a vector bundle of rank r on the regular surface, and DX=(∧rΩX/A0)∗∗=det⁡V is its determinant line, so the base case of the required map is the chosen equality ωA=DA.

2.1F3F4F5givenstep 1.1

Let b ⁣:X′→X be one more point blowup. On a standard chart T[t]/(ut−v) of the blowup, the conormal presentation of the relative differentials presents ΩX′/X with generator dt and relation u dt=0 (and v dt=t u dt); hence ΩX′/X is the exceptional differential line, equal to OE dt locally, and its stalk at the generic point η of E has length one over the exceptional discrete valuation ring.

3.1F4step 2.1

At η the torsion-free quotient F′=ΩX′/A0/ ⁣torsion⁡ is free of rank r, and the image J of b∗F in F′ has full rank with quotient of length at most one, because that quotient is a quotient of ΩX′/X of length one; under the generic identification J is also the image lattice of b∗F inside the free lattice b∗V, with index d=length⁡(b∗V/J)≥0.

4.1F6step 3.1

Taking determinants of the lattices J⊆F′ and J⊆b∗V over the valuation ring at η gives det⁡F′=det⁡(b∗V) multiplied by a scalar of valuation d−length⁡(F′/J)≥−1; hence the top differential line DX′=det⁡F′ is contained in b∗DX(E) along E and equals b∗DX away from E, where b is an isomorphism.

5.1F7step 4.1

The codimension-one reflexive-extension criterion promotes this generic containment to a global generic-compatible inclusion DX′→b∗DX(E); composing it with the inductively constructed map b∗DX(E)→b∗ωX(E) and the point-blowup canonical transform b∗ωX(E)=ωX′ yields the required generic-compatible map DX′→ωX′, completing the induction.

6.1F1F2step 5.1∎

The Axiom of Choice and the Axiom of Dependent Choice are inherited from the cited suppliers; the lattice bound accommodates torsion in ΩX and does not assume a terse either/or determinant formula.

Remarks

  • The only place where the characteristic enters is that the top-differential line and its determinant are computed by the lattice ΩX/A0, not by a field trace.
  • The bound d−length⁡(F′/J)≥−1 is exactly the statement that one blowup can lose at most one differential lattice step.

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