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A morphism of sheaves is an isomorphism exactly when it is an isomorphism on every stalk
Statement
Let be a morphism of sheaves of sets on a topological space . Then is an isomorphism if and only if, for every , the induced map on stalks is a bijection.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A morphism of sheaves .
A morphism of presheaves is an isomorphism when it has a two-sided inverse whose components commute with restriction (Morphisms of presheaves).
The stalk construction sends morphisms of presheaves to induced stalk maps, and for every and one has (Morphisms of presheaves, The stalk of a presheaf at a point, Germs of sections).
Two germs at are equal exactly when their representing sections agree on some smaller neighbourhood of (The stalk of a presheaf at a point).
A sheaf is glued from local sections that agree on overlaps (A sheaf on a topological space).
Proof
If is an isomorphism with inverse , then for every the induced maps and are inverse because taking stalks preserves composition and identities by [F2]. Hence each is a bijection.
Assume now that every is a bijection. Fix an open set and a section . For each , choose with . Pick a representative of on some open neighbourhood of . Then , so [F3] lets us shrink and assume .
If satisfy , then for every one has by [F2]. Injectivity of gives . By [F3], for each there exists an open neighbourhood with . The sets cover , so [L2] gives . Thus each is injective.
Let . For any , the two sections and have images under whose germs at both equal . Since is injective, the germs of and at are equal. By [F3], there is a neighbourhood of on which . The sets cover , so [L2] gives Therefore the family is compatible on the cover of .
By [L2], the compatible family of step 2.1 glues to a unique section satisfying . Thus is surjective for every .
Let and . Then Step 1.3 gives injectivity of , so . Hence the maps commute with restriction and define a morphism of sheaves . By steps 3.1 and 1.3, is a two-sided inverse to , so [F1] shows that is an isomorphism. Together with step 1.1 this proves both directions.
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Used by
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- Sheaf total quotient rings Definition
- Weil divisor normal noetherian scheme Definition
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- Acyclic product fibers stabilize bounded constructible pullback Hom Lemma
- Associator, symmetry and unitors of the abelian sheaf tensor product Lemma
- Cartier divisor local equation equivalence Lemma
- Compact-support acyclicity of c-soft sheaves Lemma
- Derived tensor product of abelian sheaves Lemma
- Euler characteristic of a closed point, and invariance under an invertible twist Lemma
- Finite simplicial constructible sheaves have an actual derived incidence model Lemma
- Flat resolutions of abelian sheaves and K-flatness of bounded-above flat complexes Lemma
- Flatness criteria and canonical epimorphisms from flat abelian sheaves Lemma
- Higher direct images localize over an affine base Lemma
- Nonzero maps from an invertible sheaf to a locally free sheaf are injective Lemma
- Projection formula for a closed immersion and an invertible sheaf Lemma
- Pullback of a Cartier divisor computes the pullback of its line bundle Lemma
- Scheme pullback preserves quasi-coherence Lemma
- Stalks, coproducts and right exactness of the abelian sheaf tensor product Lemma
- Tensor product preserves quasi-coherence Lemma
- The constant sheaf is the sheaf of locally constant functions Lemma
- Universal structure-sheaf sections of an abelian scheme Lemma
- Variance of sheaf cohomology Lemma
- A sequence of abelian sheaves is exact exactly when it is exact on every stalk Theorem
- Cohomology and base change for proper flat coherent families Theorem
- Descent of vanishing along a faithfully flat morphism Theorem
- Higher direct images of quasi-coherent modules vanish along affine morphisms Theorem
- Serre vanishing for coherent sheaves and ample twists Theorem
- Sheaves of abelian groups, and likewise sheaves of modules on a ringed space, form abelian categories Theorem
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Sources
- Ravi Vakil, Foundations of Algebraic Geometry, Class 4, Exercise 4.5 (standard reference, not scraped)
- The Stacks Project, Sheaves on Spaces, Section 16 (standard reference, not scraped)