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Endpoint boundaries are norm divisors

PDF p. 13: Divisor presentation for supported degree six

Statement

Assume AC. Let T be an integral finite-type curve over an algebraically closed field and let B1(T) and b have the endpoint conventions of The two supported cycle degrees on a curve. For a generator W, if W→T is not dominant then b[W]=0. Otherwise, with K=k(T) and L=k(W), the extension L/K is finite and b[W]=div⁡T ⁣(Nm⁡L/K((s−1)/s)). In particular every boundary is a principal zero-cycle, including at singular points of T.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: AC, T and a generator W as stated.

Goal: Calculate its boundary as a principal divisor.

[F1]

The boundary is the difference of endpoint cycles with local quotient-length coefficients. The two supported cycle degrees on a curve

[F2]

Length orders are additive, agree with quotient lengths for regular functions, and vanish on units. Length orders on an integral curve

[F3]

Proper dominant morphisms of integral finite-type curves satisfy pushforward of principal divisors equals the divisor of the field norm, with residue-degree weights. External norm-divisor identity for integral curves

[F4]

A closed subscheme of PT1 is proper over T; a dominant morphism of integral finite-type curves induces a finite function-field extension. Projective morphisms are proper, The dimension formula for affine domains, The Axiom of Choice

[F5]

Closed points of finite-type schemes over the algebraically closed field have residue field k. Residue fields and normalization point degrees

Proof

1.1F1F4F5given

If the projection is not dominant, the image closure is a closed point x. Reducedness makes W factor through {x}×A1; since κ(x)=k, the only integral closed one-dimensional subscheme there is the whole affine line. Both endpoint lengths are one, so its boundary is zero.

1.2F1F4givenconstruct

Otherwise let C be the reduced closure of W in T×P1. It is an integral curve, proper and dominant over T, with function field L finite over K. Its intersection with T×A1 is W. Admissibility implies s≠0,1 in L, so g=(s−1)/s∈L×.

2.1F1F2step 1.2algebra

At s=1, s is a unit and the order of g is the length of the quotient by s−1; at s=0 it is minus the length of the quotient by s. Away from the endpoints in W, g is a unit. At infinity, with u=1/s, it equals 1−u and is a unit. Endpoint projection is an isomorphism onto T, so the residue-degree weights there are one. Consequently p∗div⁡C(g)=b[W] coefficient by coefficient.

3.1F2F3step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1∎

Apply [F3] to C→T and g. Together with steps 1.1 and 2.1, and additivity of the divisor map, this proves both assertions.

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