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Affine-local graded algebras glue their Proj charts

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice as inherited from the affine-scheme constructions (The Axiom of Choice). Let S be a scheme and let A=⨁d≥0Ad be a quasi-coherent graded OS-algebra. For an affine open U=Spec⁡R⊆S write A∣U≅B~ for the associated graded R-algebra B=⨁d≥0Γ(U,Ad).

Then for every affine open V⊆U the restriction Proj⁡(B)∣V is canonically isomorphic, over V, to Proj⁡Γ(V,A), where Γ(V,A)=⨁d≥0Γ(V,Ad) is the graded ring of sections; the isomorphisms are compatible with inclusions V′⊆V of affine opens and with the affine charts, and on triple overlaps of affine opens the cocycles are the identity. Consequently the local schemes Proj⁡Γ(U,A) glue over the affine opens U⊆S to a scheme over S, after restriction along each affine open, with all identifications canonical.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A scheme S, a quasi-coherent graded OS-algebra A=⨁d≥0Ad, affine opens V⊆U=Spec⁡R⊆S, and the Axiom of Choice as inherited from the affine constructions.

[A1]

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

[F1]

On an affine scheme U=Spec⁡R, quasi-coherent modules are canonically the associated sheaves of their global sections. Applying this degreewise gives Ad∣U=Bd~, where Bd=Γ(U,Ad). The multiplication on B is the multiplication of sections; its associated multiplication agrees with that of A because on each distinguished open sections are fractions and products multiply their numerators and denominators. (Affine quasi-coherent sheaves are modules)

[F2]

Let W=Spec⁡C be an affine open subscheme of Spec⁡A and M an A-module; then the restriction of M~ to W is canonically (C⊗AM)~, and W need not be a distinguished open. (An associated sheaf restricts to an associated sheaf on an affine open)

[F3]

Fibre products of schemes exist, and the fibre product of two open immersions with common target is their intersection, with the fibre product of Spec⁡R′ and Spec⁡R′′ over Spec⁡R equal to Spec⁡(R′⊗RR′′). (Existence of all scheme fibre products)

[F4]

For homogeneous f∈B+ of positive degree, Proj⁡B has the affine chart D+(f)=Spec⁡B(f) with B(f)=(B[f−1])0, and these charts as f varies form a basis; on D+(fg) the two charts are identified by the canonical comparison of localisations. (Proj carries a scheme structure)

[L1]

Localisation commutes with scalar extension and taking a graded component: for an R-algebra C placed in degree zero and a homogeneous f∈B, the maps (b/fk)⊗c⟼(b⊗c)/fCk give a graded isomorphism Bf⊗RC≅(B⊗RC)fC. Indeed, both algebras represent a compatible map from B and C in which the image of f is invertible; the displayed maps and their inverses are forced by those maps and are inverse on generators. Tensor product distributes over the direct sum of homogeneous components, so its degree-zero restriction is B(f)⊗RC≅(B⊗RC)(fC). The same fraction maps commute with further localisation and scalar extension.

[F6]

Compatible open gluing data for affine schemes produce a scheme uniquely up to unique isomorphism respecting the given charts. (Gluing affine schemes along compatible open isomorphisms)

Proof

technique · direct: compute the associated sheaf of the scalar-extended graded algebra on an affine open, match its projective charts with the restricted projective charts of the original graded algebra, and check the cocycle conditions by locality of the localisation formulas
1.1F1F2algebra

Local graded model on V. Let C=Γ(V,OU), so that V=Spec⁡C and the inclusion is induced by R→C; by [F1] the graded algebra A∣U is B~ for the graded R-algebra B=⨁dΓ(U,Ad), and by [F2] applied degreewise, Γ(V,Ad)=C⊗RBd with compatible products, so that Γ(V,A)=B⊗RC as a graded C-algebra; write BC=B⊗RC with (BC)d=Bd⊗RC.

2.1F1F3F4L1step 1.1

Intersections of charts with V. Let f∈B+ be homogeneous of positive degree, so D+(f)⊆Proj⁡B is an affine open chart [F4], and let fC denote its image in BC. The inverse image of V in D+(f) is the fibre product of the affine morphism D+(f)=Spec⁡B(f)→U=Spec⁡R with the open immersion V=Spec⁡C↪U. By [F3] it is affine with ring B(f)⊗RC, which by [L1] is (BC)(fC); hence D+(f)∩π−1(V)=Spec⁡((BC)(fC)) is exactly a standard chart of Proj⁡BC=Proj⁡Γ(V,A).

3.1F4F6step 2.1algebra

Chartwise isomorphism. The opens D+(fC) for homogeneous f∈B+ cover Proj⁡BC: if a homogeneous prime contained all f⊗1, it would contain every positive-degree element ∑jbj⊗cj, contradicting its membership in Proj. The assignment D+(f)∩V↦Spec⁡(BC)(fC) is the identity on rings, so for all f it identifies the charts of Proj⁡(B)∣V with the charts of Proj⁡Γ(V,A); the two transition systems are induced by the same canonical localisation maps B(f)→B(fg) and B(g)→B(fg) base changed along R→C, hence agree, and by [F6] the chart identifications glue to an isomorphism Proj⁡(B)∣V→Proj⁡Γ(V,A) over V, canonical because each chart identification is.

4.1L1step 3.1algebra

Compatibility with inclusions of affine opens. If V′⊆V are affine open in U with rings C→C′, then the isomorphism of step 3.1 for V′ is the restriction of the one for V: on a chart, both are the base change of the identity map of B(f) along R→C→C′, and base change of localisations is compatible with composition by [L1].

5.1F6step 3.1step 4.1cases: triple overlap

Gluing over S and triple overlaps. Let U,U′,U′′ be affine opens of S and let W⊆U∩U′ be an affine open; both restrictions Proj⁡Γ(U,A)∣W and Proj⁡Γ(U′,A)∣W are identified with Proj⁡Γ(W,A) by step 3.1 (applied with V=W), and the resulting isomorphism over W composes to the identity on triple overlaps W⊆U∩U′∩U′′ by step 4.1, because all identifications are the canonical localisation isomorphisms for the graded rings of sections. Since the affine opens W cover each intersection U∩U′, the local isomorphisms glue; refining the local schemes to their standard affine charts and applying [F6], the local schemes Proj⁡Γ(U,A) therefore glue over the affine opens of S, and the identifications are canonical throughout.

6.1A1F1F2step 3.1step 5.1∎

Conclusion. Step 3.1 gives the canonical isomorphism Proj⁡(B)∣V≅Proj⁡Γ(V,A) for every affine open V⊆U, step 4.1 its compatibility with inclusions, and step 5.1 the triple-overlap cocycle and the gluing conclusion. The Axiom of Choice [A1] is inherited only through the affine quasi-coherence equivalence [F1] and the associated-sheaf restriction [F2]; no additional choice is made.

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