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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 C be a smooth proper geometrically integral curve over a field k. Then:

  1. the local ring of C 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 C is locally factorial;
  2. every Weil divisor on C is Cartier, and the Cartier-to-Weil cycle map is a well-defined isomorphism CaDiv⁡(C)→Div⁡(C) onto the divisor group of the curve, compatible with principal divisors;
  3. the canonical map CaDiv⁡(C)/Prin⁡C(C)→Pic⁡(C) is an isomorphism, so Pic⁡(C) is isomorphic to the divisor class group Cl⁡(C)=Div⁡(C)/Prin⁡(C), and every invertible sheaf on C is isomorphic to OC(D) for a divisor D that is well defined modulo linear equivalence.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A field k, a smooth proper geometrically integral curve C over k with function field k(C), 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 N-indexed chain) inherited from the Cartier-to-Weil cycle suppliers of [F4].

[F1]

A curve over k 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 η is the function field k(C), a field; C is integral, and Noetherian because a finite-type algebra over the field k 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)

[F2]

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)

[F3]

A scheme X is locally factorial when the local ring OX,x is a unique factorisation domain for every point x∈X. (Locally factorial scheme)

[F4]

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)

[F5]

Cartier divisors on a scheme form a group CaDiv⁡(X) with principal Cartier divisors Prin⁡C(X) as a subgroup; on the smooth proper curve C the divisor group Div⁡(C) of [F1] is the free abelian group on the closed points, its element div⁡W(f) of a nonzero rational function generates the subgroup Prin⁡(C), and the quotient Div⁡(C)/Prin⁡(C)=Cl⁡(C) is the divisor class group. (Cartier divisor, Divisors on a smooth proper curve)

[F6]

Pic⁡(X) is the abelian group of isomorphism classes of invertible OX-modules under tensor product with identity [OX]; on an integral scheme the sheaf of meromorphic sections of an invertible sheaf L is the constant sheaf with value the one-dimensional K(X)-vector space Lη, so nonzero rational sections exist. (Picard group of a scheme, Rational section line bundle)

Proof

technique · direct; show that all local rings of the curve are UFDs, so that the locally-factorial Cartier-Weil dictionary applies, and then transport the divisor class group to the Picard group with the rational-section theorem
1.1F1F2

The local rings. Let p be a closed point of C; by [F1] the local ring OC,p is a discrete valuation ring, and by [F2] it is a principal ideal domain, hence a unique factorisation domain. Let η be the generic point of the integral scheme C; by [F1] its local ring is the function field k(C), a field, hence again a unique factorisation domain by [F2]. These are all the points of the one-dimensional space C, so every local ring of C is a unique factorisation domain.

1.2F4F5F6

Divisors for invertible sheaves. Let L be an invertible sheaf on C. By [F6] the stalk of L at the generic point is a one-dimensional k(C)-vector space, so L admits a nonzero rational section s; by the current interface thm-line-bundle-rational-section-cartier-divisor of [F4] there is a Cartier divisor div⁡C(s) with OC(div⁡C(s))≅L, so every invertible sheaf is of the form OC(D) for a divisor D. If OC(D)≅OC(D′), then D−D′ lies in the kernel of D↦[OC(D)], which is Prin⁡C(C) by the current interface thm-cartier-divisors-mod-principal-to-picard of [F4], i.e. D−D′ 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 D is well defined modulo linear equivalence, the second half of clause 3.

2.1F1F3step 1.1

Local factoriality. By step 1.1 every local ring of C is a unique factorisation domain, so the defining condition of [F3] holds and C is locally factorial; the curve is also Noetherian and integral by [F1], which are the structural hypotheses of the current suppliers below.

3.1F4F5step 2.1

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 C 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 cyc⁡ ⁣:CaDiv⁡(C)→Div⁡(C) and its compatibility cyc⁡(div⁡C(f))=div⁡W(f) with principal divisors, so cyc⁡ identifies CaDiv⁡(C) with Div⁡(C) and carries linear equivalence to linear equivalence; this is clause 2 of the Statement.

4.1F4F5step 3.1

The Picard group. By the current interface thm-cartier-divisors-mod-principal-to-picard of [F4] the assignment D↦[OC(D)] induces an isomorphism CaDiv⁡(C)/Prin⁡C(C)→Pic⁡(C), the curve C being integral by [F1]; by step 3.1 the cycle map identifies the source with Div⁡(C)/Prin⁡(C)=Cl⁡(C), using that Prin⁡C(C) maps onto Prin⁡(C) by the compatibility of the cycle map with principal divisors and [F5]. Composing these isomorphisms gives Pic⁡(C)≅Cl⁡(C), the first half of clause 3.

5.1F2F4step 1.1step 2.1step 3.1step 4.1step 1.2∎

Conclusion. The local rings of C 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 C 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 OC(D) with D 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.

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