How statement and proof provenance work
The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.
- Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
- AI-adapted: a semantically identical restatement of literature-sourced material, modulo indexing, notation, and boundary cases adopted by the library.
- AI-generated: a genuinely novel statement formulated by AI, with no source for the claim itself.
These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.
Cartier and Weil divisors agree on a smooth curve
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice together with the Dependent Choice inherited from the Cartier-to-Weil cycle suppliers. Let be a smooth proper geometrically integral curve over a field . Then:
- the local ring of at every closed point is a discrete valuation ring, hence a principal ideal domain, hence a unique factorisation domain, while the local ring at the generic point is a field; consequently is locally factorial;
- every Weil divisor on is Cartier, and the Cartier-to-Weil cycle map is a well-defined isomorphism onto the divisor group of the curve, compatible with principal divisors;
- the canonical map is an isomorphism, so is isomorphic to the divisor class group , and every invertible sheaf on is isomorphic to for a divisor that is well defined modulo linear equivalence.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A field , a smooth proper geometrically integral curve over with function field , the Axiom of Choice, and the Dependent Choice (The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an -indexed chain) inherited from the Cartier-to-Weil cycle suppliers of [F4].
A curve over is geometrically integral, separated, of finite type and of chain dimension one; the local ring of a smooth curve at a closed point is a discrete valuation ring, while the local ring at the generic point is the function field , a field; is integral, and Noetherian because a finite-type algebra over the field is Noetherian. (Curves over a field, Local rings at closed points of smooth curves are discrete valuation rings, Function field of an integral finite-type scheme, Integral schemes)
Every discrete valuation ring is a principal ideal domain, and assuming the Axiom of Choice every principal ideal domain is a unique factorisation domain; a field is a unique factorisation domain, since it has no nonzero nonunit and so has no irreducible factorisation to perform. (Every DVR is a PID, Every principal ideal domain is a unique factorisation domain, Unique factorisation domain)
A scheme is locally factorial when the local ring is a unique factorisation domain for every point . (Locally factorial scheme)
The current Cartier interfaces define the sheaf and linear-equivalence conventions, identify principal Cartier divisors as the kernel of the Picard map, define the Cartier-to-Weil cycle and its principal-divisor compatibility, and give the Cartier-Weil and Picard-class isomorphisms on locally factorial Noetherian integral schemes. The rational-section theorem identifies a line bundle with the sheaf of its section divisor. These are the current interfaces used in steps 1.2, 3.1 and 4.1; AC supplies DC where the cycle sources require it. (Invertible sheaf of cartier divisor, Linear equivalence cartier divisors, On an integral scheme, Cartier divisors modulo principal divisors compute the Picard group, Cartier divisors on a normal Noetherian scheme give Weil divisors, Under AC, Cartier and Weil divisors agree on a locally factorial Noetherian integral scheme, Rational sections of line bundles are Cartier divisors)
Cartier divisors on a scheme form a group with principal Cartier divisors as a subgroup; on the smooth proper curve the divisor group of [F1] is the free abelian group on the closed points, its element of a nonzero rational function generates the subgroup , and the quotient is the divisor class group. (Cartier divisor, Divisors on a smooth proper curve)
is the abelian group of isomorphism classes of invertible -modules under tensor product with identity ; on an integral scheme the sheaf of meromorphic sections of an invertible sheaf is the constant sheaf with value the one-dimensional -vector space , so nonzero rational sections exist. (Picard group of a scheme, Rational section line bundle)
Proof
The local rings. Let be a closed point of ; by [F1] the local ring is a discrete valuation ring, and by [F2] it is a principal ideal domain, hence a unique factorisation domain. Let be the generic point of the integral scheme ; by [F1] its local ring is the function field , a field, hence again a unique factorisation domain by [F2]. These are all the points of the one-dimensional space , so every local ring of is a unique factorisation domain.
Divisors for invertible sheaves. Let be an invertible sheaf on . By [F6] the stalk of at the generic point is a one-dimensional -vector space, so admits a nonzero rational section ; by the current interface thm-line-bundle-rational-section-cartier-divisor of [F4] there is a Cartier divisor with , so every invertible sheaf is of the form for a divisor . If , then lies in the kernel of , which is by the current interface thm-cartier-divisors-mod-principal-to-picard of [F4], i.e. is a principal Cartier divisor; by [F4] and [F5] this is linear equivalence, and by the definition def-linear-equivalence-cartier-divisors of [F4] the divisor is well defined modulo linear equivalence, the second half of clause 3.
Local factoriality. By step 1.1 every local ring of is a unique factorisation domain, so the defining condition of [F3] holds and is locally factorial; the curve is also Noetherian and integral by [F1], which are the structural hypotheses of the current suppliers below.
Cartier and Weil divisors agree. By the current interface thm-cartier-weil-isomorphism-locally-factorial of [F4], every Weil divisor on the locally factorial Noetherian integral scheme is locally Cartier, hence Cartier (the Cartier condition is local), and the cycle map is an isomorphism onto the Weil divisor group. The current interface thm-cartier-to-weil-divisor-normal-scheme of [F4] supplies the well-definedness of the cycle map and its compatibility with principal divisors, so identifies with and carries linear equivalence to linear equivalence; this is clause 2 of the Statement.
The Picard group. By the current interface thm-cartier-divisors-mod-principal-to-picard of [F4] the assignment induces an isomorphism , the curve being integral by [F1]; by step 3.1 the cycle map identifies the source with , using that maps onto by the compatibility of the cycle map with principal divisors and [F5]. Composing these isomorphisms gives , the first half of clause 3.
Conclusion. The local rings of at closed points are discrete valuation rings, hence principal ideal domains and unique factorisation domains, and the local ring at the generic point is a field, so is locally factorial by steps 1.1 and 2.1, which is clause 1. On the locally factorial Noetherian integral curve the current cycle and class-group interfaces of [F4] identify Cartier with Weil divisors and the Picard group with the divisor class group, by steps 3.1 and 4.1, which is clauses 2 and 3, and every invertible sheaf is with well defined modulo linear equivalence by step 1.2. The Axiom of Choice is used through [F2], and the Dependent Choice assumed in the Statement is used exactly through the two cycle suppliers of [F4]; no other choice principle is invoked.
Depends on
- Every DVR is a PID
- Curves over a field
- The Axiom of Choice
- Cartier divisor
- The axiom of dependent choice: a relation in which every element is related to something admits an $\mathbb{N}$-indexed chain
- Divisors on a smooth proper curve
- Integral schemes
- Invertible sheaf of cartier divisor
- Linear equivalence cartier divisors
- Locally factorial scheme
- Picard group of a scheme
- Rational section line bundle
- Unique factorisation domain
- Function field of an integral finite-type scheme
- On an integral scheme, Cartier divisors modulo principal divisors compute the Picard group
- Cartier divisors on a normal Noetherian scheme give Weil divisors
- Under AC, Cartier and Weil divisors agree on a locally factorial Noetherian integral scheme
- Rational sections of line bundles are Cartier divisors
- Local rings at closed points of smooth curves are discrete valuation rings
- Every principal ideal domain is a unique factorisation domain
Used by
- A degree-zero line bundle with a nonzero section is trivial Corollary
- A genus-one curve with a rational point embeds as a plane cubic Corollary
- H¹ of a line bundle vanishes above degree 2g - 2 Corollary
- Nontrivial degree-zero line bundles have no sections Corollary
- Rational functions with poles bounded at one point Corollary
- Riemann-Roch in exact form for divisors of degree above 2g - 2 Corollary
- The genus of a smooth plane curve in terms of its degree Corollary
- The Riemann inequality Corollary
- A nontrivial degree-zero line bundle has no nonzero section Counterexample
- Degree 2g does not force very ampleness Counterexample
- Degree 2g-1 does not force base-point-freeness Counterexample
- Base points and base-point-free linear systems Definition
- Canonical bundle and canonical divisors Definition
- Complete linear system Definition
- The index of speciality i(D) Definition
- The Riemann-Roch dimension l(D) Definition
- The space L(D) Definition
- A degree-n line bundle on a genus-one curve has an n-dimensional space of sections for n > 0 Example
- A principal divisor of degree zero on the projective line Example
- Divisors and complete linear systems on the projective line Example
- Riemann-Hurwitz for a tame double cover with 2r branch points Example
- The full Riemann-Roch theorem on the projective line, in every degree Example
- The jump l(D+p) - l(D) ranges from zero to the residue degree Example
- Divisors of rational differentials form one linear equivalence class Lemma
- Divisors on the projective line are classified by degree Lemma
- Effective divisors linearly equivalent to D are sections modulo scalars Lemma
- Every divisor is a finite signed sum of points Lemma
- Fibres, pullbacks and degrees of divisors under a finite morphism of curves Lemma
- Finite-dimensionality of the Riemann-Roch space Lemma
- Monotonicity of L(D) in the divisor Lemma
- Projective-line curve and divisor basics Lemma
- The exact sequence for adding one point to a divisor Lemma
- A base-point-free linear system defines a morphism to projective space Theorem
- Line bundles of degree at least 2g are base-point-free Theorem
- Line bundles of degree at least 2g+1 are very ample Theorem
- Negative-degree line bundles have no nonzero sections Theorem
- Riemann-Roch as l minus i Theorem
- Riemann-Roch for curves: the Euler-characteristic form Theorem
- Riemann-Roch in Euler-characteristic form: the degree shift Theorem
- The full Riemann-Roch theorem for divisors on a smooth proper curve Theorem
…and 2 more results.
Dependency tree · two levels
124 results within two dependency steps of this one, each drawn at its shortest distance from it. An arrow runs from a result to what uses it, so the chart reads left to right and ends at this result, which carries a heavier outline. Every node is a link to that result. Click elsewhere on the chart to enlarge it.
Sources
- The Stacks Project, Divisors, §§31.14-31.30 (standard reference, not scraped)
- The Stacks Project, Algebraic Curves (tag 0BRV) (standard reference, not scraped)
- William Fulton, Algebraic Curves (Internet Archive copy), Chs. 6-8 (standard reference, not scraped)