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Faithfully Flat Descent
Faithfully flat descent is a technique from algebraic geometry, allowing one to draw conclusions about objects on the target of a faithfully flat morphism. Such morphisms, that are flat and surjective, are common, one example coming from an open cover. In practice, from an affine point of view, this technique allows one to prove some statement about a ring or scheme after faithfully flat base change. "Vanilla" faithfully flat descent is generally false; instead, faithfully flat descent is valid under some finiteness conditions (e.g., quasi-compact or locally of finite presentation). A faithfully flat descent is a special case of Beck's monadicity theorem. Idea Given a faithfully flat ring homomorphism A \to B, the faithfully flat descent is, roughy, the statement that to give a module or an algebra over ''A'' is to give a module or an algebra over B together with the so-called descent datum (or data). That is to say one can ''descend'' the objects (or even statements) on B to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical problems about these sets of zeros. The fundamental objects of study in algebraic geometry are algebraic varieties, which are geometric manifestations of solutions of systems of polynomial equations. Examples of the most studied classes of algebraic varieties are: plane algebraic curves, which include lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, cubic curves like elliptic curves, and quartic curves like lemniscates and Cassini ovals. A point of the plane belongs to an algebraic curve if its coordinates satisfy a given polynomial equation. Basic questions involve the study of the points of special interest like the singular points, the inflection points and the points at infinity. More advanced questions involve the topology of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithfully Flat Morphism
In mathematics, in particular in the theory of schemes in algebraic geometry, a flat morphism ''f'' from a scheme ''X'' to a scheme ''Y'' is a morphism such that the induced map on every stalk is a flat map of rings, i.e., :f_P\colon \mathcal_ \to \mathcal_ is a flat map for all ''P'' in ''X''. A map of rings A\to B is called flat if it is a homomorphism that makes ''B'' a flat ''A''-module. A morphism of schemes is called faithfully flat if it is both surjective and flat. Two basic intuitions regarding flat morphisms are: *flatness is a generic property; and *the failure of flatness occurs on the jumping set of the morphism. The first of these comes from commutative algebra: subject to some finiteness conditions on ''f'', it can be shown that there is a non-empty open subscheme Y' of ''Y'', such that ''f'' restricted to ''Y''′ is a flat morphism (generic flatness). Here 'restriction' is interpreted by means of the fiber product of schemes, applied to ''f'' and the inclusio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck's Monadicity Theorem
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, Beck's monadicity theorem gives a criterion that characterises monadic functors, introduced by in about 1964. It is often stated in dual form for comonads. It is sometimes called the Beck tripleability theorem because of the older term ''triple'' for a monad. Beck's monadicity theorem asserts that a functor :U: C \to D is monadic if and only if # ''U'' has a left adjoint; # ''U'' reflects isomorphisms (if ''U''(''f'') is an isomorphism then so is ''f''); and # ''C'' has coequalizers of ''U''-split parallel pairs (those parallel pairs of morphisms in ''C'', which ''U'' sends to pairs having a split coequalizer in ''D''), and ''U'' preserves those coequalizers. There are several variations of Beck's theorem: if ''U'' has a left adjoint then any of the following conditions ensure that ''U'' is monadic: *''U'' reflects isomorphisms and ''C'' has coequalizers of reflexive pairs (those with a common right inverse) and ''U'' preserves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithfully Flat Ring Homomorphism
In algebra, a flat module over a ring ''R'' is an ''R''-module ''M'' such that taking the tensor product over ''R'' with ''M'' preserves exact sequences. A module is faithfully flat if taking the tensor product with a sequence produces an exact sequence if and only if the original sequence is exact. Flatness was introduced by in his paper '' Géometrie Algébrique et Géométrie Analytique''. See also flat morphism. Definition A module over a ring is ''flat'' if the following condition is satisfied: for every injective linear map \varphi: K \to L of -modules, the map :\varphi \otimes_R M: K \otimes_R M \to L \otimes_R M is also injective, where \varphi \otimes_R M is the map induced by k \otimes m \mapsto \varphi(k) \otimes m. For this definition, it is enough to restrict the injections \varphi to the inclusions of finitely generated ideals into . Equivalently, an -module is flat if the tensor product with is an exact functor; that is if, for every short exact sequence of - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algebra
Algebra () is one of the broad areas of mathematics. Roughly speaking, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols in formulas; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics. Elementary algebra deals with the manipulation of variables (commonly represented by Roman letters) as if they were numbers and is therefore essential in all applications of mathematics. Abstract algebra is the name given, mostly in education, to the study of algebraic structures such as groups, rings, and fields (the term is no more in common use outside educational context). Linear algebra, which deals with linear equations and linear mappings, is used for modern presentations of geometry, and has many practical applications (in weather forecasting, for example). There are many areas of mathematics that belong to algebra, some having "algebra" in their name, such as commutative algebra, and some not, such as Galois theory. The word ''algebra'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat Morphism
In mathematics, in particular in the theory of schemes in algebraic geometry, a flat morphism ''f'' from a scheme ''X'' to a scheme ''Y'' is a morphism such that the induced map on every stalk is a flat map of rings, i.e., :f_P\colon \mathcal_ \to \mathcal_ is a flat map for all ''P'' in ''X''. A map of rings A\to B is called flat if it is a homomorphism that makes ''B'' a flat ''A''-module. A morphism of schemes is called faithfully flat if it is both surjective and flat. Two basic intuitions regarding flat morphisms are: *flatness is a generic property; and *the failure of flatness occurs on the jumping set of the morphism. The first of these comes from commutative algebra: subject to some finiteness conditions on ''f'', it can be shown that there is a non-empty open subscheme Y' of ''Y'', such that ''f'' restricted to ''Y''′ is a flat morphism (generic flatness). Here 'restriction' is interpreted by means of the fiber product of schemes, applied to ''f'' and the inclusio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitsur Complex
In algebra, the Amitsur complex is a natural complex associated to a ring homomorphism. It was introduced by . When the homomorphism is faithfully flat, the Amitsur complex is exact (thus determining a resolution), which is the basis of the theory of faithfully flat descent. The notion should be thought of as a mechanism to go beyond the conventional localization of rings and modules. Definition Let \theta\colon R \to S be a homomorphism of (not-necessary-commutative) rings. First define the cosimplicial set C^\bullet = S^ (where \otimes refers to \otimes_R, not \otimes_) as follows. Define the face maps d^i\colon S^ \to S^ by inserting 1 at the ''i''-th spot: :d^i(x_0 \otimes \cdots \otimes x_n) = x_0 \otimes \cdots \otimes x_ \otimes 1 \otimes x_i \otimes \cdots \otimes x_n. Define the degeneracies s^i\colon S^ \to S^ by multiplying out the ''i''-th and (''i'' + 1)-th spots: :s^i(x_0 \otimes \cdots \otimes x_n) = x_0 \otimes \cdots \otimes x_i x_ \otimes \cdots \otim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stack (mathematics)
In mathematics a stack or 2-sheaf is, roughly speaking, a sheaf that takes values in categories rather than sets. Stacks are used to formalise some of the main constructions of descent theory, and to construct fine moduli stacks when fine moduli spaces do not exist. Descent theory is concerned with generalisations of situations where isomorphic, compatible geometrical objects (such as vector bundles on topological spaces) can be "glued together" within a restriction of the topological basis. In a more general set-up the restrictions are replaced with pullbacks; fibred categories then make a good framework to discuss the possibility of such gluing. The intuitive meaning of a stack is that it is a fibred category such that "all possible gluings work". The specification of gluings requires a definition of coverings with regard to which the gluings can be considered. It turns out that the general language for describing these coverings is that of a Grothendieck topology. Thus a stack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fpqc Topology
In mathematics, the flat topology is a Grothendieck topology used in algebraic geometry. It is used to define the theory of flat cohomology; it also plays a fundamental role in the theory of descent (faithfully flat descent). The term ''flat'' here comes from flat modules. There are several slightly different flat topologies, the most common of which are the fppf topology and the fpqc topology. ''fppf'' stands for ', and in this topology, a morphism of affine schemes is a covering morphism if it is faithfully flat and of finite presentation. ''fpqc'' stands for ', and in this topology, a morphism of affine schemes is a covering morphism if it is faithfully flat. In both categories, a covering family is defined be a family which is a cover on Zariski open subsets. In the fpqc topology, any faithfully flat and quasi-compact morphism is a cover. These topologies are closely related to descent. The "pure" faithfully flat topology without any further finiteness conditions such as qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zariski Descent
, birth_date = , birth_place = Kobrin, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, United States , nationality = American , field = Mathematics , work_institutions = Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of IllinoisHarvard University , alma_mater = University of Kyiv University of Rome , doctoral_advisor = Guido Castelnuovo , doctoral_students = S. S. AbhyankarMichael ArtinIacopo BarsottiIrvin CohenDaniel GorensteinRobin HartshorneHeisuke HironakaSteven KleimanJoseph LipmanDavid MumfordMaxwell RosenlichtPierre SamuelAbraham Seidenberg , known_for = Contributions to algebraic geometry , prizes = Cole Prize in Algebra (1944)National Medal of Science (1965)Wolf Prize (1981)Steele Prize (1981) , footnotes = Oscar Zariski (April 24, 1899 – July 4, 1986) was a Russian-born American mathematician and one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galois Field Extension
In mathematics, a Galois extension is an algebraic field extension ''E''/''F'' that is normal and separable; or equivalently, ''E''/''F'' is algebraic, and the field fixed by the automorphism group Aut(''E''/''F'') is precisely the base field ''F''. The significance of being a Galois extension is that the extension has a Galois group and obeys the fundamental theorem of Galois theory. A result of Emil Artin allows one to construct Galois extensions as follows: If ''E'' is a given field, and ''G'' is a finite group of automorphisms of ''E'' with fixed field ''F'', then ''E''/''F'' is a Galois extension. Characterization of Galois extensions An important theorem of Emil Artin states that for a finite extension E/F, each of the following statements is equivalent to the statement that E/F is Galois: *E/F is a normal extension and a separable extension. *E is a splitting field of a separable polynomial with coefficients in F. *, \!\operatorname(E/F), = :F that is, the number of au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilbert Scheme
In algebraic geometry, a branch of mathematics, a Hilbert scheme is a scheme that is the parameter space for the closed subschemes of some projective space (or a more general projective scheme), refining the Chow variety. The Hilbert scheme is a disjoint union of projective subschemes corresponding to Hilbert polynomials. The basic theory of Hilbert schemes was developed by . Hironaka's example shows that non-projective varieties need not have Hilbert schemes. Hilbert scheme of projective space The Hilbert scheme \mathbf(n) of \mathbb^n classifies closed subschemes of projective space in the following sense: For any locally Noetherian scheme , the set of -valued points :\operatorname(S, \mathbf(n)) of the Hilbert scheme is naturally isomorphic to the set of closed subschemes of \mathbb^n \times S that are flat over . The closed subschemes of \mathbb^n \times S that are flat over can informally be thought of as the families of subschemes of projective space parameterized by . Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
