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Two coprime projective plane forms meet in total length equal to their degree product

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let k be a field, let R=k[x0,x1,x2] and let F,G∈R be nonzero homogeneous forms of positive degrees d and e that have no common nonconstant factor. Put S=R/(F,G), a standard graded k-algebra with the images of the variables of degree one, and let X=Proj⁡S carry its standard charts D+(xi)=Spec⁡(Ai), Ai=(Sxi)0. Then:

  1. X is nonempty and finite, every chart ring Ai is either zero or of Krull dimension 0, and the total length len⁡k(X)=∑x∈XℓOX,x(OX,x)[κ(x):k] of Total length of a zero-dimensional projective scheme is a finite sum over the finitely many points of X.
  2. len⁡k(X)=de: the projective plane complete intersection has total length equal to the product of the degrees.
  3. In the chart D+(xi) the chart ring is Ai≅k[y0,y1]/(fi,gi), where fi,gi are the dehomogenisations of F and G with respect to xi (the images under xi↦1, xj↦yj for j≠i); consequently, for a point x∈D+(xi) with corresponding prime p0⊆Ai, the local algebra OX,x is the localisation of the quotient k[y0,y1]/(fi,gi) at p0.

The coordinate ring S itself has dimension one and is not Artinian; the statement is about the scheme X=Proj⁡S and its local lengths only, and it holds over an arbitrary field with the residue-degree weights [κ(x):k].

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, a field k, the polynomial ring R=k[x0,x1,x2], nonzero homogeneous forms F,G∈R of positive degrees d,e without common nonconstant factor, the standard graded quotient S=R/(F,G), its standard charts D+(xi)=Spec⁡(Ai) with Ai=(Sxi)0, and X=Proj⁡S.

[L1]

X≠∅, each standard chart D+(xi) is empty or of Krull dimension 0 (Krull dimension of a nonzero ring), and dim⁡S=1, so S is not Artinian (A plane intersection with no common component is nonempty and zero-dimensional). The spectrum of a ring is empty exactly for the zero ring: the zero ring has no prime ideal, while every nonzero commutative ring has a maximal ideal, which is prime (Prime ideals and maximal ideals in a commutative ring, In a nonzero commutative ring, every proper ideal is contained in a maximal ideal, Every maximal ideal of a commutative ring is prime); hence the chartwise zero-dimensionality hypothesis "every Ai is zero or of Krull dimension 0" holds.

[L2]

Assume AC. For such X: X has finitely many points, each local ring OX,x is a finite-dimensional local k-algebra with finite length and finite residue degree, and X is the finite disjoint union of the spectra Spec⁡(OX,x) of its local rings (A zero-dimensional projective scheme has finitely many closed points with finite-dimensional local rings).

[L3]

Assume AC. The total length of the zero-dimensional X is len⁡k(X)=∑x∈XℓOX,x(OX,x)[κ(x):k], a finite sum over the points of X, with len⁡k(∅)=0 (Total length of a zero-dimensional projective scheme).

[L4]

(F,G) is an R-regular sequence, because F,G are homogeneous of positive degree and share no nonconstant factor (Coprime positive-degree plane forms form a regular sequence, Regular Sequence On A Module).

[L5]

For an R-regular pair (F,G) of positive degrees d,e the Hilbert function of S=R/(F,G) is constantly equal to de in every degree n≥d+e−2 (Hilbert series and eventual Hilbert value of a two-form plane complete intersection, The Hilbert function and formal Hilbert series of a graded module with finite-length pieces).

[L6]

Assume AC. For a homogeneous ideal I⊆R whose standard chart rings are zero or of Krull dimension 0, the eventual value of the Hilbert function of R/I equals the total length: dim⁡k(R/I)m=len⁡k(Proj⁡(R/I)) for all sufficiently large m (The eventual Hilbert function of a zero-dimensional projective quotient equals its total length).

[L7]

If x∈D+(xi) corresponds to the prime p0⊆Ai, then OX,x≅(Ai)p0 is a localisation of the chart ring Ai (Prime and local-ring correspondence on standard projective charts).

[L8]

Localisation at a homogeneous element t of degree δ≥1 of a nonnegatively graded ring is graded by (Rt)n={r/tm:r∈Rn+mδ} with degree-preserving localisation map, and for t of degree one and an ideal J=(a1,…,ak) generated by homogeneous elements one has ((R/J)t)0≅(Rt)0/(a1/tdeg⁡a1,…,ak/tdeg⁡ak) (Localisation at a homogeneous element is graded, with graded kernels and dehomogenised degree-zero parts, Nonnegatively graded rings and modules, homogeneous elements, and twists). Moreover, if φ:R→B is a unital ring homomorphism with φ(xi) a unit, then φ extends uniquely to Rxi (Universal property of localisation: maps that invert S factor uniquely through S−1R, Multiplicative subsets and the localisation S−1R as equivalence classes of fractions, Principal localisation Rf={1,f,f2,…}−1R); in the polynomial ring R every element is a finite k-linear combination of monomials xa of total degree ∣a∣ (The polynomial ring over a commutative ring as finitely supported coefficient sequences with convolution, Monomials, coefficients, degree in each variable and total degree in F[x1,…,xn], homogeneous polynomial and homogeneous ideal).

[L9]

Assume AC (declared for consumers). The Axiom of Choice

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For each i let φi:R→k[y0,y1] be the substitution xi↦1, xj↦yj for j≠i, with unique extension Φi:Rxi→k[y0,y1], and let ψi:k[y0,y1]→(Rxi)0, yj↦xj/xi; then Φiψi=id, so ψi is injective with inverse Φi on the degree-zero part, and ψi is surjective because a degree-zero element is r/xim with r∈Rm, a k-linear combination of monomials xa of degree m, and xa/xim=∏j≠i(xj/xi)aj=ψi(ya); hence ψi is an isomorphism.

L8given
1.2

By [L1] X≠∅, the charts are empty or of dimension 0, hence each Ai is zero or of Krull dimension 0, and dim⁡S=1; so the hypothesis of [L6] is met, and by [L2] and [L3] the set X is finite with local rings of finite length and the total length is the displayed finite sum len⁡k(X)=∑x∈XℓOX,x(OX,x)[κ(x):k].

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1.3

By [L4] the pair (F,G) is R-regular and d,e≥1, so by [L5] dim⁡kSn=de for every n≥d+e−2.

L4L5
2.1

The quotient S=R/(F,G) is standard graded with degree-preserving quotient map, so by [L8] applied with t=xi (degree one) and J=(F,G) the chart ring is Ai=(Sxi)0≅(Rxi)0/(F/xid,G/xie); under the isomorphism ψi of step 1.1 the two generators correspond to Φi(F/xid)=F(xi↦1)=fi and Φi(G/xie)=G(xi↦1)=gi, the dehomogenisations; hence Ai≅k[y0,y1]/(fi,gi), which is claim 3 in the charts, and by [L7] the local algebra at x∈D+(xi) is the localisation of this quotient at the corresponding prime.

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2.2

By [L6] applied to the homogeneous ideal I=(F,G)⊆R, whose chart rings are zero or of dimension 0 by step 1.2 and whose quotient is S, there is m0 with dim⁡kSm=len⁡k(X) for every m≥m0.

L6step 1.2
3.1

Taking any m≥max⁡(m0,d+e−2), which exists, step 1.3 gives dim⁡kSm=de and step 2.2 gives dim⁡kSm=len⁡k(X); hence len⁡k(X)=de, which is claim 2.

step 1.3step 2.2
4.1

Claims 1 and 3 hold by steps 1.2 and 2.1, and claim 2 by step 3.1; the Axiom of Choice enters through the nonempty zero-dimensional intersection and prime-existence suppliers of [L1], the finite-support and total-length suppliers of [L2] and [L3], and the eventual-value supplier of [L6], the coordinate ring S is not claimed to be Artinian by the dimension statement of [L1], the Axiom of Choice is the standing assumption [L9] declared for consumers, and no saturation or closedness of k is used.

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