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The global residue theorem on a smooth proper curve over a perfect field

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice as inherited from the residue and coherent-cohomology suppliers. Let C be a smooth proper geometrically integral curve over a perfect field k and let ω be a rational differential on C, i.e. an element of Ωk(C)/k1. Then res⁡p(ω) is nonzero at only finitely many closed points p of C, and the sum of the residues vanishes: ∑p∈Cres⁡p(ω)=0. The residue may be computed by the coefficient-trace formula of the local residue definition (the agreement between the abstract residue and the coefficient-trace residue is the content of the cited corollary); the statement is characteristic-free, and no separability hypothesis beyond perfectness of k is used.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: a perfect field k, a smooth proper geometrically integral curve C over k with function field K=k(C), and a rational differential ω∈ΩK/k1.

[F1]

Every closed point p of C has local ring a discrete valuation ring OC,p with fraction field K, uniformizer t and residue field κ(p); since k is perfect, κ(p)/k is finite separable, so the local residue res⁡p ⁣:ΩK/k1→k is defined at every closed point by res⁡p(a dt)=Tr⁡κ(p)/k(a−1) for the Laurent expansion a=∑nantn, independently of the choice of uniformizer (Residue of a rational differential at a separable closed point, Curves over a field, The function field of an irreducible classical affine variety, Local rings at closed points of smooth curves are discrete valuation rings).

[F2]

The k-vector space ΩK/k1 is spanned by the elements f dg with f,g∈K (Universal Kähler differential module). For any k-subspace A of a K-module V with fA<A for all f∈K (in the sense of Commensurable subspaces and the ideals E_0, E_1, E_2 of E) there is a unique k-linear abstract residue res⁡A ⁣:ΩK/k1→k given on f dg by the trace of a commutator of lifts of f and g (Existence and uniqueness of the abstract residue map res_V: Omega^1_{K/k} -> k). In this formula an admissible lift satisfies h1V<A (in particular, image contained in A places it in E1), and a discrepancy whose restriction to A has finite-dimensional image lies in E2; the resulting commutator is finite potent.

[F3]

Additivity (Tate's (R5)): if A and B are k-subspaces of V with fA<A and fB<B for all f∈K, then f(A+B)<A+B and f(A∩B)<A∩B for all f∈K, and res⁡A+B+res⁡A∩B=res⁡A+res⁡B (Additivity of the abstract residue over intersecting subspaces).

[F4]

Basic properties of the abstract residue: it depends only on the commensurability class of the lattice, is zero whenever V/A is finite-dimensional, is zero when A is a K-submodule of V, and satisfies the continuity property (Tate's (R2)) that fA+fgA+fg2A⊆A implies res⁡A(f dg)=0. In particular this holds when fA⊆A and gA⊆A, equivalently when fA+gA+fgA⊆A (Basic properties of the abstract residue: restriction, commensurability, vanishing, logarithmic residues).

[F5]

The adelic pair: VX is the restricted product of the completions Kp and AX=∏pAp; the diagonal copy of K lies in VX and is a K-submodule; fAX<AX for every f∈K; for all f,g∈K there is a finite set S of closed points outside which f, g, g−1 are integral, and on the tail T=X∖S one has fAT+fgAT+fg−1AT⊆AT; moreover K∩AX=H0(C,OC) and VX/(K+AX) is finite-dimensional. The proof of this supplier also shows that every h∈K has only finitely many poles and, at a pole p of order m=−ord⁡p(h)>0, (hAp+Ap)/Ap has dimension m[κ(p):k]; the local quotient is zero at all other points. These are the local bounds used below (The adele quotient V_X/(K + A_X) computes H^1 of the structure sheaf).

[F6]

H0(C,OC)=k for the smooth proper geometrically integral curve C (Functions on a proper curve); the abstract residue of the one-point pair (Kp,Ap) equals the coefficient-trace residue res⁡p of [F1], and in particular it annihilates every differential regular at p (The abstract residue computes the coefficient-trace residue at every closed point, Residue of a rational differential at a separable closed point).

[F7]

The Axiom of Choice is The Axiom of Choice.

[F8]

(Finite-potent trace property (T2).) If θ is a finite-potent endomorphism of a k-vector space V and W⊆V is θ-stable, then Tr⁡V(θ)=Tr⁡W(θ∣W)+Tr⁡V/W(θˉ), where θˉ is the induced endomorphism of V/W (The trace of a finite potent endomorphism exists and is unique).

[F9]

At each closed point p, the stalk of the sheaf of differentials is the free module ΩC/k,p1=OC,p dt for a uniformizer t; the universal derivation sends g∈OC,p to this module, so if f,g∈OC,p then f dg is regular at p. Its coefficient in the completed basis dt has no negative powers, and the coefficient-trace residue therefore vanishes (A uniformizer differential generates the module of differentials, Universal Kähler differential module, Residue of a rational differential at a separable closed point).

Proof

Proof technique: direct; reduce to ω=f dg, apply additivity to the adelic lattice and the diagonal copy of K, and split the adelic residue into its finitely many local factors with a vanishing tail.

1.1F1F2F5given

Reduce to generators and dispose of g=0. If g=0, then dg=0, so f dg=0 and every local residue and the abstract residue are zero by their k-linearity [F1, F2]. Now take g≠0. By [F1] the local residues are defined at every closed point; by [F2] the adelic residue on (VX,AX) is k-linear and defined because [F5] gives K⊆VX and hAX<AX for every h∈K. The elements f dg span ΩK/k1 over k by [F2], so it suffices to prove finite support and sum zero for arbitrary f,g∈K with g≠0.

1.2F3F4F5F6

The adelic residue vanishes. By [F3] applied to the two lattices AX and the diagonal copy of K (both stable by [F5]) we have res⁡AX+res⁡K=res⁡K+AX+res⁡K∩AX. Each term on the right vanishes: res⁡K+AX=0 because VX/(K+AX) is finite-dimensional by [F5] and the residue vanishes on lattices of finite codimension by [F4]; res⁡K∩AX=0 because K∩AX=H0(C,OC)=k by [F5] and [F6], so K∩AX is finite-dimensional over k and commensurable with the zero subspace, whose residue is zero by [F4] since zero is a K-submodule; and res⁡K=0 because K is a K-submodule of VX, again by [F4]. Hence res⁡AX(f dg)=0.

1.3F1F5step 1.1given

Establish stability of the tail and the finite block decomposition. Choose a finite set S outside which f, g and g−1 are integral, as in [F5], and put T=C∖S, VT={(xp)p∈T:xp∈Ap for all but finitely many p}, and AT=∏p∈TAp. This is a K-module pair: for fixed h∈K, its finite pole set and the finite exceptional set for an element of VT show that their product is integral outside a finite set. More precisely, let Ph={p∈T:ord⁡p(h)<0}, which is finite by the finite-pole calculation in [F5]; if h=0 this set is empty. For p∈Ph, put mp=−ord⁡p(h). The local calculation in [F5] gives dim⁡k((hAp+Ap)/Ap)=mp[κ(p):k]<∞, and this quotient is zero for p∉Ph. The coordinate map embeds (hAT+AT)/AT into the finite direct sum ⨁p∈Ph(hAp+Ap)/Ap: its kernel is zero because a class whose every coordinate is zero is represented by an element of AT. Thus hAT<AT for every h∈K. The same local calculation proves hAp<Ap for each p∈S, so every block pair is stable. By the definitions of the restricted product and product lattices, there are finite direct-sum decompositions VX=(⨁p∈SKp)⊕VT,AX=(⨁p∈SAp)⊕AT, and the diagonal K-action preserves every block.

2.1F2F5F6F7F8step 1.3chooseconstruct

Split the abstract residue by admissible block lifts and trace additivity. Index the finitely many blocks in step 1.3 by i. By [F7] choose a k-linear projection πi:Vi→Ai for each block. For h=f,g, define hi=πi∘mh, where mh is multiplication by h on that block. The image of hi lies in Ai, so hi∈E1(Ai). Since hAi<Ai, choose a finite-dimensional Wh,i with hAi⊆Ai+Wh,i. Because πi is the identity on Ai, (hi−mh)(Ai)⊆(πi−id)(Wh,i), a finite-dimensional space; hence hi≡mh(modE2(Ai)). The block sums f~=⨁ifi and g~=⨁igi are therefore admissible lifts for the pair (VX,AX): their images lie in AX, and their discrepancies on AX have finite-dimensional image since there are only finitely many blocks. Their commutator is block diagonal, Θ=[f~,g~]=⨁iθi, with θi=[fi,gi] finite potent by [F2]. For each block choose a positive exponent Ni with θiNi(Vi) finite-dimensional and let N=max⁡iNi. Then ΘN(VX)=⨁iθiN(Vi) is finite-dimensional, so Θ is finite potent. Each block is Θ-invariant; applying (T2) from [F8] successively to the partial sums of these finitely many blocks gives Tr⁡VX(Θ)=∑p∈STr⁡Kp(θp)+Tr⁡VT(θT)=∑p∈Sres⁡Ap(f dg)+res⁡AT(f dg). The second equality is the defining commutator formula [F2] on each stable block. By [F6], each point term is the local coefficient-trace residue, so this proves the claimed finite-block decomposition.

2.2F1F9step 1.3

Only finitely many local residues are nonzero. If p∉S, then f,g∈OC,p by construction. By [F9], f dg is regular at p, so its coefficient in the completed basis dt has no negative powers; the coefficient-trace formula [F1] gives res⁡p(f dg)=0. Thus the support of the local residues is contained in the finite set S.

3.1F4F5step 1.2step 2.1

The tail vanishes and the finite sum is zero. At every p∈T, both f and g are integral by the choice of S, so pointwise multiplication gives fAT⊆AT and gAT⊆AT. It follows also that fgAT⊆AT and fg2AT⊆AT, hence the full condition fAT+fgAT+fg2AT⊆AT in [F4] holds (and its stable-f,g special case applies). Therefore res⁡AT(f dg)=0. Combining this with steps 1.2 and 2.1 gives ∑p∈Sres⁡p(f dg)=res⁡AX(f dg)=0.

4.1F1F2step 1.1step 3.1step 2.2∎

Conclude. By step 2.2 the sum over all closed points is the finite sum over S, which vanishes by step 3.1. This proves finite support and sum zero for every f dg with g≠0, while step 1.1 handled g=0. Since these generators span ΩK/k1 and every local residue and the adelic residue are k-linear [F1, F2], the two claims hold for every ω∈ΩK/k1.

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