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Affine charts recover the algebraic module of differentials

Statement

Let A→B be a homomorphism of commutative rings, let f ⁣:X=Spec⁡B→S=Spec⁡A be the induced morphism of affine schemes, and let Ω~ be the sheaf attached to the B-module ΩB/A (The sheaf attached to a module on an affine scheme). Then there is a unique isomorphism of OX-modules Ω~⟶ΩX/S,ε(db)⟼dX/S(b), and it is natural in the ring map A→B, in particular compatible with restriction to a further affine open. Consequently, for every g∈B, Γ(X,ΩX/S)≅ΩB/A,ΩX/S(D(g))≅ΩBg/A, compatibly with dX/S and with the localization maps ΩB/A→ΩBg/A; for g=1 the two displays agree. No finiteness, flatness or separatedness hypothesis is imposed on A→B.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A ring map A→B, the induced morphism X=Spec⁡B→S=Spec⁡A and an OX-module F.

[F1]

The sheaf attached to a module on an affine scheme: the sheaf M~ attached to a B-module M satisfies Hom⁡OX(M~,F)≅Hom⁡B(M,F(X)) naturally in M and F, the bijection being φ↦φX∘ε.

[F2]

Universal property of relative differential sheaves: Hom⁡OX(ΩX/S,F)≅Der⁡S(OX,F) via α↦α∘dX/S, naturally in F, for every OX-module F.

[F3]

Derivations are maps out of Ω: for a ring map R→T and a T-module N, Hom⁡T(ΩT/R,N)≅Der⁡R(T,N) via precomposition with the universal derivation.

[F4]

Kähler differentials commute with localization: for a multiplicative subset U⊆B the canonical map U−1ΩB/A→ΩU−1B/A is an isomorphism of U−1B-modules; for U={1,g,g2,… } this reads ΩB/A⊗BBg≅ΩBg/A, compatible with the universal derivations.

[F5]

Global functions on Spec A recover A: the canonical map B→Γ(X,OX) is an isomorphism, so OX(X)=B and global sections of any OX-module are a B-module.

[F6]

Sections and restrictions on distinguished opens of an affine scheme: Γ(D(g),OX)=Bg, and for D(h)⊆D(g) the restriction is the canonical localization map Bg→Bh.

[F7]

Sheaf of relative Kähler differentials: an S-derivation OX→F kills the image of f♯ ⁣:f−1OS→OX; in particular it kills the image of A→(f−1OS)(X)→OX(X)=B under the structure map.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Restriction of derivations. Let D ⁣:OX→F be an S-derivation. Its global component DX ⁣:B→F(X) is additive and satisfies Leibniz, and it kills the image of A, because A maps into OX(X)=B through (f−1OS)(X) and D kills that image by [F7]. So D↦DX is a map Der⁡S(OX,F)→Der⁡A(B,F(X)).

F5F7
1.2

Localizing a derivation of global sections. Conversely let D0 ⁣:B→F(X) be an A-derivation. For every g the composite B→D0F(X)→F(D(g)) is an A-derivation, so by [F3] it corresponds to a B-linear map ΩB/A→F(D(g)), which by [F4] is the same as a Bg-linear map εg ⁣:ΩBg/A→F(D(g)); put Dg:=εg∘dBg/A ⁣:Bg→F(D(g)). These maps are compatible with restriction to a smaller basic open, since both restrictions are induced by the same A-derivation composite B→F(D(gh)) and [F4] is compatible with the universal derivations.

F3F4
2.1

Gluing. For an open W⊆X and a∈OX(W), the elements Dg(a∣D(g)), indexed by basic opens D(g)⊆W, are compatible on intersections D(gh) by step 1.2, so they glue to a unique element DW(a)∈F(W). The resulting DW are additive and satisfy Leibniz because this can be checked on a basic-open cover. They kill f−1OS locally: a germ in the image of f−1OS at x∈D(g) comes from a section of OS on an open neighbourhood of f(x); after shrinking to an affine neighbourhood of f(x) and then to a basic open around x, that section is a fraction of elements of A. The derivation Dg kills A, and the Leibniz rule applied to an inverse shows it kills such fractions. Vanishing at every stalk implies the sheaf composite f−1OS→F is zero.

F4step 1.2
3.1

The two constructions are inverse. If D is an S-derivation with global component D0=DX, then for each g the map εg of step 1.2 is the composite ΩB/A→ΩBg/A→F(D(g)) induced by D0 and restriction, so Dg agrees with D on Bg; by the sheaf property, the derivation produced in step 2.1 equals D. Conversely the derivation produced from D0 has global component D0, since its component on D(g) restricts from D0. Hence restriction of global sections is a bijection Der⁡S(OX,F)≅Der⁡A(B,F(X)), natural in F.

step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1
4.1

The comparison isomorphism. By [F1] with M=ΩB/A and [F3], Hom⁡OX(Ω~,F)≅Hom⁡B(ΩB/A,F(X))≅Der⁡A(B,F(X)), and by step 3.1 and [F2] the last group is Hom⁡OX(ΩX/S,F). All identifications are natural in F, so the Yoneda lemma produces a unique isomorphism Ω~→ΩX/S; tracking the universal elements (the identity of Ω~ corresponds to the derivation b↦ε(db) and the identity of ΩX/S to dX/S) shows that the isomorphism sends ε(db) to dX/S(b). Naturality in the ring map A→B follows from the functoriality of [F1] in M and of [F3].

F1F2F3step 3.1
5.1

Sections over affine and basic opens. The sheaf attached to ΩB/A is computed from its values on the distinguished-open basis: the assignment D(g)↦ΩB/A⊗BBg=ΩBg/A with the localization maps as restrictions is a sheaf on the basis (the localization exactness makes fractions glue; see Localisation of a module at a multiplicative subset and [F4]) and extends to the sheaf Ω~ with those values and restrictions, exactly as Sections and restrictions on distinguished opens of an affine scheme records for OX itself. Hence Γ(X,Ω~)=ΩB/A and ΩX/S(D(g))≅ΩBg/A under step 4.1, compatible with dX/S by the characterization of that isomorphism and with the localization maps because those are the restriction maps of Ω~.

F4F6step 4.1∎

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