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A perfect affine module sheaf admits a finite projective resolution

PDF p. 1: Introduction: Murthy critical-rank splitting criterion; PDF p. 17: Corollary 6.10 proof: final Murthy splitting application

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice and fix compatible Grothendieck universes containing ω, the commutative unital ring A, the affine scheme X=Spec⁡A and the module data, with larger universes for the supplied derived categories. Universe existence is a separate assumption. Let M be an A-module and let M~ be its associated sheaf. If M~[0] is perfect, then M admits a finite projective resolution: an exact sequence 0→Pd→⋯→P0→M→0 with d≥0 and each Pi finitely generated projective. No noetherianity or regularity of A is required.

Here [0] places a module or sheaf in cochain degree zero. A cochain complex has maps di:Ci→Ci+1 with di+1di=0 and cohomology Hi(C)=ker⁡di/im⁡di−1; bounded means zero outside a finite interval. Perfectness on X means locally equivalent to a bounded complex of finite locally free sheaves, where finite locally free means locally a finite direct sum of copies of the structure sheaf.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The ring, module, perfect associated sheaf, AC and universe assumptions in the Statement.

Goal: Produce the stated finite projective resolution.

[A1]

AC and the compatible universe closure convention are inherited by the affine derived equivalence. Universe existence and inclusion of ω are explicitly assumed. The Axiom of Choice, Grothendieck universe closure convention

[F1]

Degreewise associated sheaf is a fully faithful derived equivalence on affine schemes and identifies the perfect objects with bounded complexes of finite projective modules. Thus the given perfect sheaf has a representative Q~ with Q such a bounded complex, and this actual functor also takes M[0] to M~[0]. Enhanced affine perfect equivalence, Perfect complexes over a ring and its graded version, Module sheaf on an affine scheme

[F2]

Finite projective means finitely generated and having the lifting property through surjective module maps. A direct summand of a finite projective module is finite projective: restrict a lift from the ambient module to prove projectivity, and project a finite generating list to prove finite generation. Projective modules and the lifting property, Generated submodule, cyclic and finitely generated modules, module basis and free module

[F3]

Use the cochain convention in the Statement and the derived category obtained by inverting quasi-isomorphisms. Quasi-isomorphisms induce cohomology isomorphisms; consequently a zigzag of them preserves every cohomology module. Exact module sequences have image equal to kernel at each term. Cochain complex in an abelian category, Derived category of an abelian category, Exact sequences and short exact sequences of modules, Perfect complexes over a ring and its graded version

Proof

1.1A1F1F2F3givenconstruct

By [F1] choose a bounded finite-projective complex Q whose associated sheaf complex represents M~[0]. Full faithfulness reflects this equivalence to Q≃M[0] in the module derived category. By [F3], H0(Q)≅M and Hi(Q)=0 for i≠0. If the greatest nonzero degree N is positive, vanishing of HN(Q) says dN−1:QN−1→QN is onto. Lift the identity of QN through this surjection by [F2], obtaining a section s. The kernel K is a direct summand: the maps QN−1→K⊕QN, u↦(u−sdN−1u,dN−1u), and (v,w)↦v+s(w) are inverse. Hence K is finite projective. The preceding differential lands in K because consecutive differentials compose to zero. Replace QN−1 by K and discard QN; the removed summand is the two-term identity complex QN→QN, so cohomology is unchanged. Repeat finitely many times to obtain a bounded finite-projective complex R concentrated in degrees at most zero, still with only H0(R)≅M. If there were no positive terms, take R=Q. The zero complex is allowed.

2.1A1F2F3step 1.1construct∎

Since R1=0, the quotient map R0→H0(R)≅M is onto with kernel im⁡d−1. For each negative degree, vanishing cohomology gives ker⁡di=im⁡di−1. At the leftmost nonzero degree −d<0 the preceding term is zero, so its differential is injective. Thus, putting Pi=R−i and adding zero terms if needed, the augmented sequence 0→Pd→⋯→P0→M→0 is exact and finite, with finite projective terms. If R is concentrated in degree zero this is the length-zero resolution; if M=0 the all-zero resolution is permitted. AC and the universe assumptions enter through [F1]; splitting each of the finitely many surjections uses only the projective lifting property. This proves the claim without additional ring hypotheses.

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