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Surface generic power series formal fibres
Statement
Assume AC. For and , every completed local generic fibre is geometrically regular over .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The ring with fraction field and a prime .
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 all of whose members are nonempty, there exists a function with domain satisfying for all . (The Axiom of Choice)
def-dependent-choice. Let be a set and let be a binary relation on . Call entire on when The Axiom of Dependent Choice, written , is the following statement. (The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an -indexed chain)
lem-surface-derivations-and-regular-hypersurfaces. Assume AC. Derivations of Noetherian rings extend uniquely through localization and adic completion. If is regular Noetherian, a derivation and a unit, then is regular for every . (Surface derivations and regular hypersurfaces)
lem-surface-finite-completion-factors. Assume AC. For a finite map of Noetherian rings and , . The finitely many factors use their maximal-adic completions. Thus formal fibres for finite extensions are factors of residue-field base changes of the original formal fibres. (Surface finite completion factors)
lem-surface-geometric-regularity-field-test-and-generic-spread. Assume AC. For a Noetherian -algebra , call geometrically regular if is regular for every finitely generated field extension . It suffices to test finite purely inseparable . Geometric regularity is stable under finitely generated field extension. (Surface geometric regularity field test and generic spread)
lem-surface-non-pth-power-detected-by-derivation. Assume AC. Let be a domain of characteristic finite type over a complete equicharacteristic Noetherian local ring, and let not be a th power in . There is a derivation with . (Surface non pth power detected by derivation)
thm-completion-preserves-regular-local-rings. Assume the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice). A nonzero Noetherian local ring is regular if and only if its maximal-adic completion is regular. (completion preserves regular local rings)
Proof
The ring is regular, and regularity survives localization and completion, so the completed local ring is regular and its base change to is regular before any purely inseparable extension; in characteristic zero finite field extensions are separable and standard-etale after clearing discriminants, so they preserve regularity.
In characteristic it suffices by the geometric-regularity field test to check finite purely inseparable extensions, and these are filtered by degree- towers ; choosing a finite -subalgebra with after clearing denominators by th powers reduces the check to such a tower.
The finite-completion-factor lemma identifies with the product of the completed localizations over the finitely many primes above ; since and have a unique prime over a purely inseparable extension, the induction reduces to a single monogenic degree- step.
The detecting-derivation lemma produces with ; the derivation extends through localization, completion and localization, and its value on becomes a unit because it is nonzero in the field .
Put . By induction on , is regular. The extended derivation takes a unit value on , so the hypersurface supplier makes regular. Here the finite-completion factorization and unique primes identify the displayed algebra; no regularity of before localizing is asserted. The degree- induction and the finite purely inseparable test prove geometric regularity.
Remarks
- The whole argument is a descent of regularity through degree-p inseparable extensions, using the derivation detector to enter the hypersurface case.
- Only the finite purely inseparable test is needed for geometric regularity, which is why the tower argument suffices.
Depends on
- The Axiom of Choice
- The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an $\mathbb{N}$-indexed chain
- Surface derivations and regular hypersurfaces
- Surface finite completion factors
- Surface geometric regularity field test and generic spread
- Surface non pth power detected by derivation
- completion preserves regular local rings
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Sources
- The Stacks Project: full proof imports for normal-surface resolution, lemma-helper-G-ring (standard reference, not scraped)