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The formal power series ring \( R \mathrel{\text{:=}} K\left\lbrack \left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \right\rbrack \) in \( n \) indeterminates over a field is a regular local ring.
This can be seen by doing Exercise 12.6(a) (the result is \( \operatorname{gr}\left( R\right) \cong K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) ) and applying Theorem 13.4, or by observing that the maximal ideal is generated by \( {x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n} \) and using Exercise 7.10 to conclude that \( \dim \...
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Let \( S \) be a Noetherian ring, and suppose that \( P \in \operatorname{Spec}\left( S\right) \) is contained in more than one irreducible component of \( \operatorname{Spec}\left( S\right) \). This means that \( P \) contains more than one minimal prime ideal of \( S \).
By Theorem 6.5, it follows that the localization \( {S}_{P} \) has more than one minimal prime ideal. But since an integral domain has \( \{ 0\} \) as the only minimal prime ideal, \( {S}_{P} \) is not an integral domain, and by Corollary 13.6(a) we conclude that \( {S}_{P} \) is not regular. So \( P \) is a singular p...
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Proposition 13.8 (Facts about separable field extensions). (a) Every finitely generated field extension of a perfect field is separable.
Proof. (a) The proof follows Mac Lane [35]. Let \( K \) be a perfect field, which we may assume to have positive characteristic \( p \) . We will prove the following by induction on \( n \) : If \( L \) is a finitely generated extension of \( K \) with a transcendence basis \( T \) such that \( L \) has degree \( n \) ...
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Lemma 13.9. Let \( L \) be an extension of a field \( K \) of characteristic \( p > 0 \) . Let \( T \) be a finite transcendence basis, and write \( {T}^{p} \) for the set of all \( p \) th powers of elements of \( T \) . If the minimal polynomial \( g \mathrel{\text{:=}} \operatorname{irr}\left( {\alpha, K\left( T\rig...
Proof. Since \( K\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) is factorial, there exists \( 0 \neq h \in K\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) such that \( f \mathrel{\text{:=}} {hg} \in \) \( K\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) is a primitive polynomial, so by the Gauss lemma, \( f \) is irreducible (see Lang [33,...
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Lemma 13.12. Let \( I = \left( {{f}_{1},\ldots ,{f}_{m}}\right) \subseteq K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) be an ideal in a polynomial ring over a field, and let \( P \subset K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) be a prime ideal containing \( I \) . If \( L \mathrel{\text{:=}} ...
Proof. We will construct linear maps \( \varphi : {L}^{m} \rightarrow {P}_{P}/{P}_{P}^{2} \) and \( \psi : {P}_{P}/{P}_{P}^{2} \rightarrow {L}^{n} \) . First\n\n\[ \varphi : {L}^{m} \rightarrow {P}_{P}/{P}_{P}^{2},\left( {{g}_{1} + {P}_{P},\ldots ,{g}_{m} + {P}_{P}}\right) \mapsto \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{g}...
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(a) If \( A \) is an affine algebra over a perfect field, then the singular locus \( {X}_{\text{sing }} \) in \( X \mathrel{\text{:=}} \operatorname{Spec}\left( A\right) \) is closed.
Proof. (a) Write \( A = K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack /I \) with \( I = \left( {{f}_{1},\ldots ,{f}_{m}}\right) \), and let \( {Q}_{1},\ldots ,{Q}_{k} \in \operatorname{Spec}\left( {K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack }\right) \) be the prime ideals that are minimal over \( I \) ...
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Consider the algebra \( A = K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack /\left( {x}^{2}\right) \) with \( K \) a field. Then \( P = \left( x\right) \) is the only prime ideal in \( K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) containing \( I \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left( {x}^{2}\right) \) . The Jacobian matrix reduced modulo \( P \) is zero. So by t...
This is also clear since \( R \) is zero-dimensional but not a field.
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Theorem 14.1. A Noetherian local ring of dimension one is regular if and only if it is normal.
Proof. Regularity implies normality by Corollary 13.6(b).\n\nFor the converse, assume that \( R \) is a one-dimensional normal Noetherian local domain with maximal ideal \( \mathfrak{m} \) . By Corollary 7.9 there exists \( a \in \mathfrak{m} \) with \( \sqrt{\left( a\right) } = \mathfrak{m} \) . By the Noether propert...
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We wish to desingularize the plane complex curve \( X \subseteq {\mathbb{C}}^{2} \) given by the equation \( {x}_{1}^{4} + {x}_{2}^{4} - {x}_{1}^{2} = 0 \), which is irreducible by the Eisenstein criterion (see Lang [33, Chapter V, Theorem 7.1]). The curve \( X \) is shown in Fig. 14.1. The idea is to desingularize \( ...
The Jacobian criterion (Theorem 13.10) yields \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) as the only singular point. By Theorem 14.1, the localization of the coordinate ring \( A = \mathbb{C}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \) is normal at all points except \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) . So the normalization \( \widetilde{A} \) is contained in...
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In the ring \( R \mathrel{\text{:=}} \mathbb{Z}\left\lbrack \sqrt{-5}\right\rbrack \subseteq \mathbb{C} \), consider the ideal \( I = \) \( {\left( 2,1 + \sqrt{-5}\right) }_{R} \subseteq R \). If \( J \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\left( 1,\frac{1 - \sqrt{-5}}{2}\right) }_{R} \subseteq \operatorname{Quot}\left( R\right) \), the...
Indeed, from the assumption \( I = {\left( z\right) }_{R} \) with \( z = a + b\sqrt{-5}, a, b \in \mathbb{Z} \), we deduce that \( {a}^{2} + 5{b}^{2} \) (the norm of \( z \) , which by definition is the product of \( z \) and its complex conjugate) divides 4 and 6, the norms of 2 and of \( 1 + \sqrt{-5} \) . This impli...
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Proposition 14.6 (Invertible ideals are locally principal). Let \( R \) be an integral domain and \( I \subseteq K \mathrel{\text{:=}} \operatorname{Quot}\left( R\right) \) a fractional ideal. Then the following statements are equivalent:\n\n(a) \( I \) is invertible.\n\n(b) If \( {I}^{\prime } \mathrel{\text{:=}} \{ a...
Proof. We start by showing that (a) implies (c). So we assume that there exists a fractional ideal \( J \subseteq K \) with \( I \cdot J = R \) . In particular, we have \( 1 = \) \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{a}_{i}{b}_{i} \) with \( {a}_{i} \in I \) and \( {b}_{i} \in J \) . So every \( x \in I \) satisfies \...
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Corollary 14.7 (Properties of invertible ideals). Let \( I \in C\left( R\right) \) be an invertible fractional ideal of a Noetherian domain \( R \). (a) There exist invertible ideals \( {J}_{1},{J}_{2} \subseteq R \) with \( I = {J}_{1} \cdot {J}_{2}^{-1} \).
Proof. (a) By Proposition 14.6, \( I \) is finitely generated. If \( a \in R \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \) is a common denominator of all elements in a generating set, then \( {J}_{1} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \) \( I \cdot \left( a\right) \subseteq R \) and \( I = {J}_{1} \cdot {\left( a\right) }^{-1} \) . Since \( {J}_{2} \math...
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Theorem 14.8 (Invertible ideals in a locally factorial ring). Let \( R \) be a Noetherian domain.\n\n(a) If \( R \) is locally factorial, then every height-one prime ideal of \( R \) is invertible.\n\n(b) If every height-one prime ideal of \( R \) is invertible, then an ideal \( I \subseteq R \) is invertible if and on...
Proof of Theorem 14.8. (a) Let \( Q \subset R \) be a prime ideal of height 1 . We use Proposition 14.6. Clearly \( Q \) is finitely generated and nonzero, so we need to show only that \( {Q}_{P} \subseteq {R}_{P} \) is a principal ideal for every \( P \in \) \( \operatorname{Spec}\left( R\right) \) . If \( Q \nsubsete...
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Lemma 14.9. Let \( R \) be a Noetherian domain and let \( I \subseteq R \) be a nonzero ideal that is contained in an invertible prime ideal \( P \) . Then \( I \subsetneqq I \cdot {P}^{-1} \subseteq R \) .
Proof. From \( I \subseteq P \) it follows that \( J \mathrel{\text{:=}} I \cdot {P}^{-1} \subseteq P \cdot {P}^{-1} = R \) . Moreover, \( I = \) \( J \cdot P \subseteq J \) . Assume that \( I = J \) . Then \( I = P \cdot I \) . This localizes to \( {I}_{P} = {P}_{P} \cdot {I}_{P} \) , which by Nakayama’s lemma (Theore...
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Proposition 14.10 (Unique factorization of invertible ideals). Let \( R \) be an integral domain and let \( I \subseteq R \) be an invertible ideal that has a factorization\n\n\[ I = {P}_{1}\cdots {P}_{n} \]\n\nwith \( {P}_{i} \) prime ideals (where \( n = 0 \) occurs if \( I = R \) ). Then this factorization is unique...
Proof. We use induction on \( n \) . Let \( I = {Q}_{1}\cdots {Q}_{m} \) be another factorization with \( {Q}_{i} \in \operatorname{Spec}\left( R\right) \) . If \( n = 0 \) then \( m = 0 \), since otherwise \( I \subseteq {Q}_{1} \subsetneqq R = I \) . Consider the case \( n > 0 \) . By renumbering, we may assume that ...
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How do the corresponding principal ideals \( {\left( 2\right) }_{R},{\left( 3\right) }_{R} \), etc. factorize?
In Exercise 14.9 it is shown that every ideal of a Dedekind domain is generated by two elements. With this in mind, it is not too hard to find the following factorizations, which are easy to verify:\n\n\[{\left( 2\right) }_{R} = {\left( 2,1 + \sqrt{-5}\right) }_{R}^{2}\]\n\n\[{\left( 3\right) }_{R} = {\left( 3,1 + \sqr...
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Theorem 14.13 (Factorial Dedekind domains). For a Dedekind domain \( R \) , the following statements are equivalent:\n\n(a) \( R \) is factorial;\n\n(b) \( R \) is a principal ideal domain.
Proof. First assume that \( R \) is factorial. By Lemma 5.14, it follows that every prime ideal of height 1 is principal. Since every nonzero ideal is a product of height-one prime ideals, this implies (b).\n\nThe fact that every principal ideal domain is factorial is usually part of an abstract algebra course (see Lan...
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Lemma 2.1. A module \( M \) over a noetherian ring \( A \) is flat if and only if for every prime ideal \( \mathfrak{p} \subseteq A,{\operatorname{Tor}}_{1}^{A}\left( {M, A/\mathfrak{p}}\right) = 0 \) .
Proof. The exactness of the functor \( N \mapsto N{ \otimes }_{A}M \) is equivalent to \( {\operatorname{Tor}}_{1}\left( {M, N}\right) = 0 \) for all \( A \) -modules \( N \) . Since Tor commutes with direct limits, it is sufficient to require \( {\operatorname{Tor}}_{1}\left( {M, N}\right) = 0 \) for all finitely gene...
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Proposition 2.2. Let \( {A}^{\prime } \rightarrow A \) be a surjective homomorphism of noetherian rings whose kernel \( J \) has square zero. Then an \( {A}^{\prime } \) -module \( {M}^{\prime } \) is flat over \( {A}^{\prime } \) if and only if\n\n(1) \( M = {M}^{\prime }{ \otimes }_{{A}^{\prime }}A \) is flat over \(...
Proof. Note that since \( J \) has square zero, it is an \( A \) -module and we can identify \( {M}^{\prime }{ \otimes }_{{A}^{\prime }}J \) with \( M{ \otimes }_{A}J \) .\n\nIf \( {M}^{\prime } \) is flat over \( {A}^{\prime } \), then (1) follows by base extension, and (2) follows by tensoring \( {M}^{\prime } \) wit...
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Proposition 2.3. In the situation above, to give \( {I}^{\prime } \subseteq {B}^{\prime } \) such that \( {B}^{\prime }/{I}^{\prime } \) is flat over \( D \) and the image of \( {I}^{\prime } \) in \( B \) is \( I \) is equivalent to giving an element \( \varphi \in {\operatorname{Hom}}_{B}\left( {I, B/I}\right) \) . I...
Proof. We will make use of the splitting \( {B}^{\prime } = B \oplus {tB} \) as \( B \) -modules, or, equivalently, of the section \( \sigma : B \rightarrow {B}^{\prime } \) given by \( \sigma \left( b\right) = b + 0 \cdot t \), which makes \( {B}^{\prime } \) into a \( B \) -module.\n\nTake any element \( x \in I \) ....
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Corollary 2.5. If \( Y \) is a closed subscheme of the projective space \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \), then the Zariski tangent space of the Hilbert scheme \( H \) at the point \( y \) corresponding to \( Y \) is isomorphic to \( {H}^{0}\left( {Y,{\mathcal{N}}_{Y/X}}\right) \) .
Proof. The Zariski tangent space to \( H \) at \( y \) can be interpreted as the set of morphisms from the dual numbers \( D \) to \( H \) sending the closed point to \( y\lbrack {57} \) , II, Ex. 2.8]. Because of the universal property of the Hilbert scheme \( \left( {{1.1}\left( a\right) }\right) \) , this set is in ...
Yes
Proposition 2.6. Let \( X \) be a scheme over \( k \), and \( \mathcal{L} \) an invertible sheaf on \( X \). The set of isomorphism classes of invertible sheaves \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } \) on \( X \times D \) such that \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } \otimes {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \cong \mathcal{L} \) is in natural one-to-one...
Proof. We use the fact that on any ringed space \( X \), the isomorphism classes of invertible sheaves are classified by \( {H}^{1}\left( {X,{\mathcal{O}}_{X}^{ * }}\right) \), where \( {\mathcal{O}}_{X}^{ * } \) is the sheaf of multiplicative groups of units in \( {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \) [57, III, Ex. 4.5]. The exact seq...
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Theorem 2.7. Let \( X \) be a scheme over \( k \), and let \( \mathcal{F} \) be a coherent sheaf on \( X \) . The (equivalence classes of) deformations of \( \mathcal{F} \) over \( D \) are in natural one-to-one correspondence with the elements of the group \( {\operatorname{Ext}}_{X}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{F},\mathcal{F}...
Proof. By (2.2), the flatness of \( {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \) over \( D \) is equivalent to the exactness of the sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \mathcal{F}\overset{t}{ \rightarrow }{\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \rightarrow \mathcal{F} \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nobtained by tensoring \( {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \) with \( 0 \rightarro...
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If \( \mathcal{E} \) is a vector bundle over \( X \), then the deformations of \( \mathcal{E} \) over \( D \) are in natural one-to-one correspondence with the elements of \( {H}^{1}\left( {X,\mathcal{E}{nd}\mathcal{E}}\right) \), where \( \mathcal{E}{nd}\mathcal{E} = \mathcal{H}{om}\left( {\mathcal{E},\mathcal{E}}\rig...
In this case, since \( \mathcal{E} \) is locally free, \( {\operatorname{Ext}}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{E},\mathcal{E}}\right) = {\operatorname{Ext}}^{1}\left( {{\mathcal{O}}_{X},\mathcal{E}{nd}\mathcal{E}}\right) = \) \( {H}^{1}\left( {X,\mathcal{E}{nd}\mathcal{E}}\right) \).
Yes
Lemma 3.2. The modules \( {T}^{i}\left( {B/A, M}\right) \) constructed above are independent of the choice of \( F \) (keeping \( R \) fixed).
Proof. If \( F \) and \( {F}^{\prime } \) are two choices of free \( R \) -modules mapping onto \( I \), then \( F \oplus {F}^{\prime } \) is a third choice, so by symmetry it is sufficient to compare \( F \) with \( F \oplus {F}^{\prime } \) . Since \( {F}^{\prime } \) is free, the map \( {j}^{\prime } : {F}^{\prime }...
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Theorem 3.4. Let \( A \rightarrow B \) be a homomorphism of rings. Then for \( i = 0,1,2 \) , \( {T}^{i}\left( {B/A, \cdot }\right) \) is a covariant, additive functor from the category of \( B \) -modules to itself. If \[ 0 \rightarrow {M}^{\prime } \rightarrow M \rightarrow {M}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow 0 \] is a ...
Proof. We have seen that the \( {T}^{i}\left( {B/A, M}\right) \) are well-defined. By construction they are covariant additive functors. Given a short exact sequence of modules as above, since the terms \( {L}_{1} \) and \( {L}_{0} \) of the complex \( {L}_{ \bullet } \) are free, we get a sequence of complexes \[ 0 \r...
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Proposition 3.6. For any \( A \rightarrow B \) and any \( M,{T}^{0}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = \) \( {\operatorname{Hom}}_{B}\left( {{\Omega }_{B/A}, M}\right) \; = \;{\operatorname{Der}}_{A}\left( {B, M}\right) .\; \) In \( \; \) particular, \( \;{T}^{0}\left( {B/A, B}\right) \; = \) \( {\operatorname{Hom}}_{B}\left( {{\...
Proof. Write \( B \) as a quotient of a polynomial ring \( R \), with kernel \( I \) . Then there is an exact sequence \( \left\lbrack {{57},\mathrm{{II}},{8.4}\mathrm{\;A}}\right\rbrack \)\n\n\[ \nI/{I}^{2}\overset{d}{ \rightarrow }{\Omega }_{R/A}{ \otimes }_{R}B \rightarrow {\Omega }_{B/A} \rightarrow 0.\n\]\n\nSince...
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Proposition 3.7. If \( B \) is a polynomial ring over \( A \), then \( {T}^{i}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = 0 \) for \( i = 1,2 \) and for all \( M \) .
Proof. In this case we can take \( R = B \) in the construction. Then \( I = 0 \) , \( F = 0 \), so \( {L}_{2} = {L}_{1} = 0 \), and the complex \( {L}_{ \bullet } \) is reduced to the \( {L}_{0} \) term. Therefore \( {T}^{i} = 0 \) for \( i = 1,2 \) and any \( M \) .
Yes
Proposition 3.8. If \( A \rightarrow B \) is a surjective ring homomorphism with kernel \( I \), then \( {T}^{0}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( M \), and \( {T}^{1}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = {\operatorname{Hom}}_{B}\left( {I/{I}^{2}, M}\right) \) . In particular, \( {T}^{1}\left( {B/A, B}\right) = {\operatorname...
Proof. In this case we can take \( R = A \), so that \( {L}_{0} = 0 \) . Thus \( {T}^{0} = 0 \) for any \( M \) . Furthermore, the exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow Q \rightarrow F \rightarrow I \rightarrow 0 \]\n\n\ntensored with \( B \), gives an exact sequence\n\n\[ Q{ \otimes }_{A}B \rightarrow F{ \otimes }_{A}B \...
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Corollary 3.9. If \( A \) is a local ring and \( B \) is a quotient \( A/I \), where \( I \) is generated by a regular sequence \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{r} \), then \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( M \) .
Proof. Indeed, in this case, since the Koszul complex of a regular sequence is exact \( \left\lbrack {{104},{16.5}}\right\rbrack \), we find \( Q = {F}_{0} \) in the construction of the \( {T}^{i} \) -functors. Thus \( {L}_{2} = 0 \) and \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/A, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( M \) .
Yes
Proposition 3.10. Suppose \( A = k\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) and \( B = A/I \) . Then for any \( M \) there is an exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {T}^{0}\left( {B/k, M}\right) \rightarrow \operatorname{Hom}\left( {{\Omega }_{A/k}, M}\right) \rightarrow \operatorname{Hom}\left( {I/{I}^{2},...
Proof. Write the long exact sequence of \( {T}^{i} \) -functors for the composition \( k \rightarrow \) \( A \rightarrow B \) and use (3.6),(3.7), and (3.8). The same works for any base ring \( k \) , not necessarily a field.
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Lemma 4.5. Let \( {B}^{\prime } \rightarrow B \) be a surjective homomorphism of \( k \) -algebras with kernel \( I \) of square zero. Let \( R \rightarrow B \) be a homomorphism of \( k \) -algebras.\n\n(a) If \( f, g : R \rightarrow {B}^{\prime } \) are two liftings of the map \( R \rightarrow B \) to \( {B}^{\prime ...
Proof. (a) Let \( f, g : R \rightarrow {B}^{\prime } \) and let \( \theta = g - f \) . As a \( k \) -linear map, \( \theta \) followed by the projection \( {B}^{\prime } \rightarrow B \) is zero, so \( \theta \) sends \( R \) to \( I \) . Let \( x, y \in R \) . Then\n\n\[ \theta \left( {xy}\right) = g\left( {xy}\right)...
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Proposition 4.6. Let \( X \) be a scheme of finite type over \( k \) algebraically closed. Suppose that for every morphism \( f : Y \rightarrow X \) of a punctual scheme \( Y \) (meaning \( Y \) is the Spec of a local Artin ring), finite over \( k \), and for every infinitesimal thickening \( Y \subseteq {Y}^{\prime } ...
Proof. It is sufficient (4.1) to show that the local ring \( {\mathcal{O}}_{P, X} \) is a regular local ring for every closed point \( P \in X \) . So again we reduce to an algebraic question, namely, let \( A,\mathfrak{m} \) be a local \( k \) -algebra, essentially of finite type over \( k \), and with residue field \...
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Corollary 4.7. Let \( A \) be a local ring, essentially of finite type over an algebraically closed field \( k \), with residue field \( k \) . Then \( A \) is a regular local ring if and only if it has the infinitesimal lifting property for local Artin rings \( {B}^{\prime } \rightarrow B \) finite over \( k \) .
Proof. Just localize (4.4) and (4.6).
No
Corollary 4.8. Let \( X \) be a nonsingular affine scheme over \( k \) . Let \( A \) be a local Artin ring over \( k \), and let \( {X}^{\prime } \) be a scheme, flat over \( \operatorname{Spec}A \), such that \( {X}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}k \) (where by abuse of notation we mean \( {X}^{\prime }{ \times }_{\operatorna...
Proof. We apply (4.4) to the identity map of \( X \) to \( X \) and the infinitesimal thickening \( i : X \hookrightarrow {X}^{\prime } \) defined by the isomorphism \( {X}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}k \cong X \) . Therefore there is a lifting \( p : {X}^{\prime } \rightarrow X \) such that \( p \circ i = {\operatorname{id...
Yes
Theorem 4.9. Let \( X = \operatorname{Spec}B \) be an affine scheme over \( k \) algebraically closed. Then \( X \) is nonsingular if and only if \( {T}^{1}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( B \) -modules \( M \) . Furthermore, if \( X \) is nonsingular, then also \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \...
Proof. Write \( B \) as a quotient of a polynomial ring \( A = k\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) over \( k \) . Then \( \operatorname{Spec}A \) is nonsingular, and we can use the criterion of (4.3), which shows that \( X \) is nonsingular if and only if the conormal sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow I/...
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Corollary 4.10. Let \( B \) be a local \( k \) -algebra with residue field \( k \) algebraically closed. Then \( B \) is a regular local ring if and only if \( {T}^{1}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( B \) -modules \( M \), and in this case \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( M \) .
Proof. By localization, using (4.1) and (4.9).
No
Lemma 4.12 (Dévissage). Let \( B \) be a noetherian ring, and let \( F \) be a semi-exact additive functor from finitely generated B-modules to finitely generated \( B \) -modules. Assume that \( F\left( {B/\mathfrak{m}}\right) = 0 \) for every maximal ideal \( \mathfrak{m} \) of \( B \) . Then \( F\left( M\right) = 0 ...
Proof. Any finitely generated \( B \) -module \( M \) has a composition series whose quotients are \( B/{\mathfrak{p}}_{i} \) for various prime ideals \( {\mathfrak{p}}_{i} \) . By semi-exactness, it is sufficient to show that \( F \) vanishes on each of these. Thus we may assume \( M = B/\mathfrak{p} \) .\n\nWe procee...
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Theorem 4.13. Let \( A \) be a regular local \( k \) -algebra with residue field \( k \) algebraically closed, and let \( B = A/I \) be a quotient of \( A \) . Then \( B \) is a local complete intersection in \( A \) if and only if \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for all \( B \) -modules \( M \) .
Proof. Since \( A \) is regular, we have \( {T}^{1}\left( {A/k, M}\right) = 0 \) for \( i = 1,2 \) and all \( M \) by (4.10). Then from the exact sequence (3.5) we obtain \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/k, M}\right) = \) \( {T}^{2}\left( {B/A, M}\right) \) for all \( M \) . If \( B \) is a local complete intersection in \( A \), t...
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Corollary 5.2. Let \( k \) be a field and let \( B \) be a \( k \) -algebra. Then the set of deformations of \( B \) over the dual numbers is in natural one-to-one correspondence with the group \( {T}^{1}\left( {B/k, B}\right) \) .
Proof. This follows from the theorem and the discussion at the beginning of this section, which showed that such deformations are in one-to-one correspondence with the \( k \) -algebra extensions of \( B \) by \( B \) .
No
Theorem 5.3. Let \( X \) be a nonsingular variety over \( k \) . Then the deformations of \( X \) over the dual numbers are in natural one-to-one correspondence with the elements of the group \( {H}^{1}\left( {X,{\mathcal{T}}_{X}}\right) \), where \( {\mathcal{T}}_{X} = {\operatorname{Hom}}_{X}\left( {{\Omega }_{X/k},{...
Proof (cf. [57, III,9.13.2]). Let \( {X}^{\prime } \) be a deformation of \( X \), and let \( \mathcal{U} = \left( {U}_{i}\right) \) be an open affine covering of \( X \) . Over each \( {U}_{i} \) the induced deformation \( {U}_{i}^{\prime } \) is trivial by (4.8), or by (4.9) combined with (5.2), so we can choose an i...
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If \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) for \( n \geq 1 \), then \( {H}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{T}}_{X}\right) = 0 \), so every deformation of \( X \) over the dual numbers is trivial. Thus \( X \) is an example of a rigid scheme, by which we mean a scheme all of whose deformations over the dual numbers are trivial.
We have already seen that any affine nonsingular scheme is rigid (4.8). This result also follows from (5.3), since an affine scheme has no higher cohomology.
No
Let \( C \) be a nonsingular projective curve of genus \( g \) . Then by Serre duality \( {H}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{T}}_{C}\right) \) is dual to \( {H}^{0}\left( {\Omega }_{C}^{\otimes 2}\right) \), which has degree \( {4g} - 4 \) .
For \( g \geq 2 \) this is nonspecial, so by Riemann-Roch, \( {H}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{T}}_{C}\right) \) has dimension \( {3g} - 3 \) .
No
Theorem 5.4. In the situation above, if \( {\operatorname{depth}}_{x}B \geq 2 \), then there is an exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {T}_{B/k}^{1} \rightarrow {H}^{1}\left( {U,{\mathcal{T}}_{U}}\right) \rightarrow {H}^{1}\left( {U,{T}_{R} \mid {}_{U}}\right) \]
Proof. Since \( U \) is nonsingular, we have an exact conormal sequence of sheaves\n\n\[ {\left. 0 \rightarrow {\mathcal{T}}_{U} \rightarrow {T}_{R}\right| }_{U} \rightarrow {\mathcal{N}}_{U/R} \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nWe consider the following diagram, where the second row is the cohomology sequence of this exact sequence ...
Yes
Corollary 5.5. If \( Y \) is a nonsingular projectively normal subvariety of \( P = \) \( {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \), and if \( {H}^{1}\left( {{\mathcal{O}}_{Y}\left( \nu \right) }\right) = {H}^{1}\left( {{\mathcal{T}}_{Y}\left( \nu \right) }\right) = 0 \) for all \( \nu \in \mathbb{Z} \), then the affine cone \( X \) ove...
Proof. Indeed, taking into account (5.4.1), the theorem implies \( {T}_{B/k}^{1} = 0 \) .
No
Let \( Y \) be a closed subscheme of \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \). Assume that there are no local obstructions to deformations of \( Y \), and that \( {H}^{1}\left( {Y,{\mathcal{N}}_{Y/X}}\right) = 0 \). Then the Hilbert scheme \( H \) is nonsingular at the point \( y \) corresponding to \( Y \).
Proof. According to the infinitesimal lifting property (4.6), to show that \( H \) is nonsingular at \( Y \), it is sufficient to show that for any local Artin ring \( C \) over \( k \) and a morphism \( f : \operatorname{Spec}C \rightarrow H \) sending the closed point to \( y \), and for any surjection of local Artin...
Yes
Theorem 6.4. In the above situation:\n\n(a) There is an obstruction \( \delta \in {H}^{2}\left( {J{ \otimes }_{C}{\mathcal{O}}_{X}}\right) \) whose vanishing is a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } \) on \( {X}^{\prime } \) .\n\n(b) If an \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } \) exi...
Proof. As in the proof of (2.6) the exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow J \otimes {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{{X}^{\prime }} \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \rightarrow 0 \]\n\ngives rise to an exact sequence of abelian groups\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow J \otimes {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{{X}^...
Yes
Theorem 7.1. Let \( X,\mathcal{F} \) be as above, and assume that \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) is locally free on \( {X}_{0} \) . Let \( {\mathcal{A}}_{0} = \mathcal{H} \) om \( \left( {{\mathcal{F}}_{0},{\mathcal{F}}_{0}}\right) \) be the sheaf of endomorphisms of \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) (also sometimes written \( \left. {...
Proof. (a) If \( {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \) is an extension of \( \mathcal{F} \), because of flatness there is an exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow J{ \otimes }_{k}{\mathcal{F}}_{0} \rightarrow {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \rightarrow \mathcal{F} \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nIf \( \sigma \in \operatorname{Aut}\left( {{\mathcal{F}}^...
Yes
Theorem 7.2. Given \( {X}_{0},{\mathcal{E}}_{0} \rightarrow {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \rightarrow 0 \) in the situation as above, assuming \( {\mathcal{E}}_{0} \) locally free, and \( \operatorname{hd}{\mathcal{F}}_{0} \leq 1 \), we have:\n\n(a) There is an obstruction in \( {H}^{1}\left( {{X}_{0}, J{ \otimes }_{k}\operatornam...
Proof. (a) Given \( \mathcal{E} \rightarrow \mathcal{F} \rightarrow 0 \), because of the hypothesis \( \operatorname{hd}{\mathcal{F}}_{0} \leq 1 \), the kernel \( Q \) will be locally free. Therefore on a small open set \( {U}_{i} \) it can be lifted to a locally free subsheaf \( {Q}_{i}^{\prime } \) of \( {\mathcal{E}...
Yes
In the same situation as (7.1), instead of assuming \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) locally free, we will assume \( \operatorname{hd}{\mathcal{F}}_{0} \leq 1 \) and \( {X}^{\prime } \) projective. Then:\n\n(a) If an extension \( {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \) of \( \mathcal{F} \) over \( {X}^{\prime } \) exists, then \( \operatorn...
(a) The same as (7.1), since that step did not use the hypothesis \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) locally free, noting that \( {\operatorname{Ext}}^{0}\left( {{\mathcal{F}}_{0},{\mathcal{F}}_{0}}\right) = {H}^{0}\left( {{X}_{0},\mathcal{E}{nd}{\mathcal{F}}_{0}}\right) \) .
Yes
Theorem 8.1 (Hilbert, Burch). Let \( A \) be a regular local ring of dimension \( n \) . Let \( B = A/I \) be a Cohen-Macaulay quotient of codimension 2. Then there is an \( r \times \left( {r + 1}\right) \) matrix \( \varphi \) of elements of \( A \) whose \( r \times r \) minors \( {f}_{1},\ldots ,{f}_{r + 1} \) mini...
Proof. We make use of the theorem that if \( M \) is a finitely generated module over a regular local ring \( A \), then depth \( M + \operatorname{hd}M = n \), where \( \operatorname{hd}M \) is the homological dimension of \( n\left\lbrack {{104},{19.1}}\right\rbrack \) . Thus hd \( B = 2 \) as an \( A \) -module. If ...
Yes
Proposition 8.2. Let \( X \) be a smooth scheme over a field \( k \), and let \( Y \subseteq X \) be a closed Cohen-Macaulay subscheme of codimension 2. Then for each point \( y \in Y \) there is an open affine neighborhood \( U \) of \( y \) in \( X \) and there is a matrix \( \varphi \) of regular functions on \( U \...
Proof. We apply (8.1) to the local ring \( {\mathcal{O}}_{y, X} \) and its quotient \( {\mathcal{O}}_{y, Y} \) . This gives a matrix \( \varphi \) of elements of \( {\mathcal{O}}_{y, X} \) . These elements are all defined on some open affine neighborhood \( U \) of \( y \) and so determine a complex\n\n\[ {\mathcal{O}}...
Yes
Theorem 8.3 (Schaps [144]). In the above situation we have:\n\n(a) There is an \( r \times \left( {r + 1}\right) \) matrix \( \varphi \) of elements of \( A \) whose \( r \times r \) minors \( {f}_{i} \) generate \( I \) and give a resolution\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {A}^{r}\overset{\varphi }{ \rightarrow }{A}^{r + 1}\overs...
Proof. We start with the proof of (b), assuming (a). Let \( {\varphi }^{\prime } \) be any lifting of \( \varphi \) . Then we can consider the complex\n\n\[ {L}_{ \bullet }^{\prime } : {A}^{\prime r}\overset{{\varphi }^{\prime }}{ \rightarrow }{A}^{\prime r + 1}\overset{{f}^{\prime }}{ \rightarrow }{A}^{\prime } \]\n\n...
No
Lemma 8.4. Let \( A \) be a \( C \) -algebra flat over \( C \), with \( A{ \otimes }_{C}k \) normal. Let \( Z \subseteq X = \operatorname{Spec}A \) be a subset of codimension \( \geq 2 \) . Then \( {H}^{0}\left( {X - Z,{\mathcal{O}}_{X}}\right) = A \) .
Proof. By induction on length \( C \), the case of length 1 being known, since then \( A \) is normal. The result follows inductively, using the sheaf sequence associated to the exact sequence of modules\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {A}^{\prime }{ \otimes }_{{C}^{\prime }}J \rightarrow {A}^{\prime } \rightarrow {A}^{\prime }{ \...
No
Corollary 8.5. In the situation of (6.2), deformations of a closed subscheme \( {Y}_{0} \) of a scheme \( {X}_{0} \), assume that \( {X}_{0} \) is nonsingular and that \( {Y}_{0} \) is Cohen-Macaulay of codimension 2. Then the obstructions to deforming \( Y \) to a closed subscheme \( {Y}^{\prime } \subseteq {X}^{\prim...
Proof. Indeed,(8.2) and (8.3) tell us that deformations of \( Y \) over \( C \) exist on small enough affine open subsets of \( {X}_{0} \), so (6.2) applies.
No
Proposition 8.6. Let \( Y \) be a closed subscheme of \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) . If \( \dim Y = 0 \) , then \( Y \) is ACM. If \( \dim Y \geq 1 \), the following conditions are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( Y \) is \( {ACM} \) .\n\n(ii) \( R \rightarrow {H}_{ * }^{0}\left( {\mathcal{O}}_{Y}\right) \) is surjective, and \...
Proof. (Here we use the notation, for any coherent sheaf \( \mathcal{F} \) on \( X,{H}_{ * }^{i}\left( \mathcal{F}\right) = \) \( {\bigoplus }_{l \in \mathbb{Z}}{H}^{i}\left( {X,\mathcal{F}\left( l\right) }\right) \) .) Let \( \mathfrak{m} = \left( {{x}_{0},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right) \) be the irrelevant prime ideal of \(...
Yes
Proposition 8.7. Let \( Y \) be an ACM closed subscheme of \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) of codimension 2. Then there is an \( r \times \left( {r + 1}\right) \) matrix \( \varphi \) of homogeneous elements of \( R \) whose \( r \times r \) minors \( {f}_{i} \) minimally generate \( {I}_{Y} \), giving rise to a resolut...
Proof. Since \( R/{I}_{Y} \) is Cohen-Macaulay and a quotient of codimension 2 of \( R \), it has homological dimension 2 over \( R \) . The proof then follows exactly as in the proof of the local case (8.1), using the graded analogues of depth and homological dimension.
No
Theorem 8.9 (Ellingsrud [27]). Let \( {Y}_{0} \) be an ACM closed subscheme of codimension 2 of \( {X}_{0} = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \), and assume \( \dim {Y}_{0} \geq 1 \) . Using notation (6.1), suppose we are given a closed subscheme \( Y \) of \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{C}^{n} \), flat over \( C \) and with \( Y{ \times }_...
Proof. Since \( {Y}_{0} \) is ACM of dimension \( \geq 1 \), it follows that \( {R}_{0}/{I}_{0} \) is Cohen-Macaulay of dimension \( \geq 2 \) . In particular, it has depth \( \geq 2 \), so we can apply (8.8) and thus reduce to studying deformations of \( {R}_{0}/{I}_{0} \) . Then using (8.7) we can adapt the proof of ...
No
Corollary 8.10. The Hilbert scheme at a point corresponding to a codimension 2 ACM closed subscheme \( Y \subseteq {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) is smooth.
Proof. If \( n = 2 \) and \( Y \) is a zero-scheme, then (8.5) tells us that deformations extend, since there is no \( {H}^{1} \) on \( Y \) . If \( \dim Y \geq 1 \), then (8.9) tells us similarly that deformations always extend. The infinitesimal lifting property (4.6) implies that the Hilbert scheme is smooth, as in ...
No
Theorem 8.11. For every \( n > 0 \), the Hilbert scheme \( {\operatorname{Hilb}}^{n}\left( {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{2}\right) \), parametrizing zero-dimensional subschemes of length \( n \) of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \), is irreducible.
Proof. By induction on \( n \), the case \( n = 1 \) being trivial. There is one obvious component, containing the sets of \( n \) distinct points, that is irreducible of dimension \( {2n} \) . Thus it will be sufficient to show that any zero-dimensional subscheme \( Z \) of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) is a limit of a flat ...
No
Lemma 8.12. Let \( \mathfrak{a} \subseteq A = k\left\lbrack {x, y}\right\rbrack \) be an ideal of finite colength \( n \) such that \( Z = \operatorname{Spec}\left( {A/\mathfrak{a}}\right) \) has support at the origin \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) . Then there is an ideal \( {\mathfrak{a}}_{t} \subseteq A\left\lbrack t\rig...
Proof of Lemma. Choose \( f \in \mathfrak{a} \) of minimal order \( s \), that is, \( f \in {\mathfrak{m}}^{s} - {\mathfrak{m}}^{s + 1} \) with \( s \) minimal, where \( \mathfrak{m} = \left( {x, y}\right) \) . Then, by a linear change of coordinates, we may assume that the leading form of \( f \) is \( {f}_{0} = {x}^{...
Yes
Corollary 8.13. \( {\operatorname{Hilb}}^{n}{\mathbb{P}}^{2} \) is smooth and irreducible.
Proof. Combine (8.10) and (8.11).
No
Proposition 9.1. Let \( A \) be a local Cohen-Macaulay ring, let \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{r} \) be elements of \( A \), let \( I = \left( {{a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{r}}\right) \), and let \( B = A/I \) . The following conditions are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{r} \) is a regular sequence in \( A \) .\n\n(ii) \...
Proof. \( \left\lbrack {{104},{16.5}}\right\rbrack \) .
No
Theorem 9.2. Using notation (6.1), suppose we are given \( {A}^{\prime } \) flat over \( {C}^{\prime } \) such that \( {A}_{0} = {A}^{\prime }{ \otimes }_{{C}^{\prime }}k \) is a local Cohen-Macaulay ring. Suppose also that \( B = A/I \), a quotient of \( A = {A}^{\prime }{ \times }_{{C}^{\prime }}C \), flat over \( C ...
Proof. The proof follows the plan of proof of (8.3) except that it is simpler.\n\nFor (b), suppose we are given the situation of (a) and let \( {a}_{1}^{\prime },\ldots ,{a}_{r}^{\prime } \) be liftings of the \( {a}_{i} \) . Then we get an exact sequence of Koszul complexes\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {K}_{ \bullet }\left( {{...
Yes
If \( Y \) is a locally complete intersection subscheme of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{n} \), then obstructions to deforming \( Y \) as a subscheme of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{n} \) lie in \( {H}^{1}\left( {\mathcal{N}}_{Y}\right) \).
Combine (9.2) with (6.2) and (4.3). This proves (1.1c).
No
Corollary 9.5. If \( {Y}_{0} \subseteq {X}_{0} = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) is a complete intersection, the Hilbert scheme at the corresponding point is smooth.
Proof. If \( \dim {Y}_{0} \geq 1 \), the result follows from (9.4), as in the proof of (8.10). If \( \dim {Y}_{0} = 0 \), then \( {Y}_{0} \) is contained in an affine \( n \) -space \( {\mathbb{A}}^{n} \), and we can use (9.3) together with the fact that a zero-scheme has no \( {H}^{1} \).
Yes
Theorem 9.6. Let \( A \) be a regular local ring, and let \( B = A/I \) be a quotient that is Gorenstein and of codimension 3. Then there is a skew-symmetric matrix \( \varphi \) of odd order \( n \) of elements of \( A \) whose \( P \) faffians \( {f}_{i} \) generate the ideal I and that gives rise to a resolution\n\n...
Using techniques analogous to those in the Cohen-Macaulay codimension 2 case, one can show that deformations of \( B \) always extend, and have resolutions of the same type. We leave the details to the reader.
No
Theorem 10.2. In the above situation:\n\n(a) There are three successive obstructions to be overcome for the existence of an extension \( {X}^{\prime } \) of \( X \) over \( {C}^{\prime } \), lying in \( {H}^{0}\left( {{X}_{0},{\mathcal{T}}_{{X}_{0}}^{2} \otimes J}\right) ,{H}^{1}\left( {{X}_{0},{\mathcal{T}}_{{X}_{0}}^...
Proof. (a) Suppose we are given \( X \) . For each open affine subset \( {U}_{i} \subseteq X \) there is an obstruction lying in \( {H}^{0}\left( {{U}_{i},{\mathcal{T}}_{{U}_{i}}^{2} \otimes J}\right) \) for the existence of a deformation \( {U}_{i}^{\prime } \) over \( {U}_{i} \), by (10.1). These patch together to gi...
Yes
Corollary 10.3. If \( {X}_{0} \) is nonsingular, then\n\n(a) There is just one obstruction in \( {H}^{2}\left( {{X}_{0},{\mathcal{T}}_{{X}_{0}} \otimes J}\right) \) for the existence of an extension \( {X}^{\prime } \) of \( X \) over \( {C}^{\prime } \) .\n\n(b) If such extensions exist, their equivalence classes form...
Proof. In this case the sheaves \( {\mathcal{T}}_{{X}_{0}}^{1} \) and \( {\mathcal{T}}_{{X}_{0}}^{2} \) are zero (4.9).
No
Proposition 10.4. Let \( {Y}_{0} \) be a closed subscheme of \( {X}_{0} \) over \( k \), and let \( X, Y \) , \( {X}^{\prime }, C,{C}^{\prime }, J \) be as in (6.2). Then there is an obstruction \( \beta \in {H}^{0}\left( {{Y}_{0},{\mathcal{T}}_{{Y}_{0}/k}^{2}{ \otimes }_{k}J}\right) \) for the local existence of exten...
Proof. If we examine the proof of (6.2), we see that what was missing was the existence of an affine covering of \( {Y}_{0} \) where local extensions exist. Since for affine schemes abstract and embedded obstructions are the same (Ex. 10.1), the obstruction for each open affine subset lies in the corresponding \( {T}^{...
No
We have already seen a typical example of an obstruction theory in studying the Hilbert scheme. Let \( {Y}_{0} \) be a closed subscheme of \( {X}_{0} = \) \( {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \), and assume that \( {Y}_{0} \) has no local obstructions to its deformations (e.g., \( {Y}_{0} \) is nonsingular, or locally complete inte...
To lift \( u \) to a homomorphism \( {u}^{\prime } : A \rightarrow {C}^{\prime } \) corresponds to extending the deformation \( Y \) to a deformation \( {Y}^{\prime } \) over \( {C}^{\prime } \) . Thus if we take \( V = {H}^{1}\left( {{Y}_{0},{\mathcal{N}}_{{Y}_{0}/{X}_{0}}}\right) \), we have an obstruction theory for...
Yes
Theorem 11.1. Let \( A \) be a local ring that can be written as a quotient of a regular local ring \( P \) by an ideal \( I \subseteq {\mathfrak{m}}_{P}^{2} \), and let \( \left( {V,\varphi }\right) \) be an obstruction theory for \( A \) . Then there is a natural inclusion of \( {V}_{A} \) (11.0.2) into \( V \) . In ...
Proof. Note first that we cannot expect to get the exact number of generators for \( I \), because if \( \left( {V,\varphi }\right) \) is an obstruction theory, any bigger vector space \( {V}^{\prime } \) containing \( V \) will also be one.\n\nWe apply the obstruction theory \( V \) to a particular case. Take \( 0 \ri...
Yes
Corollary 11.2. Let \( \left( {A,\mathfrak{m}}\right) \) be a local ring that can be written as a quotient of a regular local ring \( P \) of dimension \( n = \dim \mathfrak{m}/{\mathfrak{m}}^{2} \) . If \( A \) has an obstruction theory in a vector space \( V \), then \( \dim A \geq n - \dim V \) . Furthermore, if equ...
Proof. Indeed, \( \dim A \geq \dim P - \# \) generators of \( I \), and equality makes \( A \) a local complete intersection ring by definition.
No
Theorem 11.3. Let \( Y \) be a locally complete intersection subscheme of the projective space \( X = {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \) . Then the dimension of the Hilbert scheme \( H \) at the point \( y \in H \) corresponding to \( Y \) is at least \( {h}^{0}\left( {Y,\mathcal{N}}\right) - {h}^{1}\left( {Y,\mathcal{N}}\right) ...
Proof. Let \( A \) be the local ring of \( y \) on \( H \) . Then \( V = {H}^{1}\left( {Y,\mathcal{N}}\right) \) gives an obstruction theory for \( A \) (11.0.1). On the other hand, \( A \) has embedding dimension equal to \( {h}^{0}\left( {Y,\mathcal{N}}\right) \) by (2.4). Hence the result follows from (11.2).
Yes
A nonsingular 3-fold with obstructed deformations. In the same paper, Mumford observed that the above example, by blowing up the curve, produces a 3-fold with obstructed deformations. We outline the argument.
Let \( C \subseteq {\mathbb{P}}^{3} \) be a nonsingular curve. Let \( f : X \rightarrow {\mathbb{P}}^{3} \) be obtained by blowing up \( C \) . Let \( E \subseteq X \) be the exceptional divisor. Then \( f : E \rightarrow C \) is the projective space bundle \( \mathbb{P}\left( {\mathcal{I}/{\mathcal{I}}^{2}}\right) \) ...
Yes
We would like to show that there exists a morphism \( S \rightarrow T \), i.e., a homomorphism \( k\left\lbrack t\right\rbrack \overset{\varphi }{ \rightarrow }k\left\lbrack \left\lbrack s\right\rbrack \right\rbrack \) given by a power series \( \varphi \left( t\right) = T\left( s\right) \) with \( T\left( 0\right) = 0...
To do this, it will be sufficient to find functions \( X\left( {x, y, s}\right) \) and \( Y\left( {x, y, s}\right) \) reducing to \( x \) and \( y \) for \( s = 0 \), and a unit \( U\left( {x, y, s}\right) \) reducing to 1 for \( s = 0 \) , such that\n\n\[ U\left( {{XY} - T}\right) = g\left( {x, y, s}\right) \]\n\n(*) ...
Yes
Lemma 14.2. Let \( F\left( {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right) \) be a polynomial or power series. Let \( {h}_{1},\ldots ,{h}_{n} \) be new variables. Then\n\n\[ F\left( {{x}_{1} + {h}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n} + {h}_{n}}\right) \equiv F\left( {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right) + \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{h}_{i}\frac{\p...
The proof of the lemma is elementary, and we leave to the reader the simple verification of the claim made above, applying the lemma to the function \( {UF}\left( {X, Y,{T}_{1},\ldots ,{T}_{r}}\right) \) .
No
Let us study the cusp defined by \( f\left( {x, y}\right) = {y}^{2} - {x}^{3} \) . The partial derivatives are \( {2y} \) and \( 3{x}^{2} \), so (assuming char \( k \neq 2,3 \) ) we can take \( 1, x \) as a basis for \( R/J \), and the versal deformation is defined by \( F\left( {x, y, t, u}\right) = \) \( {y}^{2} - {x...
For general values of \( t, u \), the nearby curve will be nonsingular, but for special nonzero values of \( t, u \) it may be singular. Indeed, if we set \( F,{F}_{x} \), and \( {F}_{y} \) equal to zero, we find a singular point at \( t = - 2{x}^{3}, u = 3{x}^{2} \) . Hence there are singularities in the fiber over po...
Yes
Proposition 15.1. If \( F \) is a functor from \( \mathcal{C} \) to (Sets) and \( R \) is a complete local \( k \) -algebra with residue field \( k \), then there is a natural bijection between the set \( \widehat{F}\left( R\right) \) of formal families \( \left\{ {{\xi }_{n} \mid {\xi }_{n} \in F\left( {R/{\mathfrak{m...
Thus, if \( F \) is pro-representable, there is an isomorphism \( \xi : {h}_{R} \rightarrow F \) for some \( R \), and we can think of \( \xi \) as an element of \( \widehat{F}\left( R\right) \) . We say that the pair \( \left( {R,\xi }\right) \) pro-represents the functor \( F \) . One can verify easily that if \( F \...
No
Proposition 15.2. Let \( \left( {R,\xi }\right) \) be a formal family of the functor \( F \) .\n\n(a) If \( \left( {R,\xi }\right) \) is a versal family, then for any other formal family \( \left( {S,\eta }\right) \), there is a ring homomorphism \( f : R \rightarrow S \) such that the induced map \( \widehat{F}\left( ...
Proof. (a) Let \( \left( {R,\xi }\right) \) be a versal family, and let \( \left( {S,\eta }\right) \) be any formal family. Then by definition we have a strongly surjective morphism of functors \( \varphi \) : \( {h}_{R} \rightarrow F \), determined by \( \xi \) . For each \( n \), we have an element \( {\eta }_{n} \in...
Yes
Suppose that \( \mathcal{F} \) is a globally defined contravariant functor from (Sch \( /k \) ) to (Sets). For example, think of the functor Hilb, which to each scheme \( S/k \) associates the set of closed subschemes of \( {\mathbb{P}}_{S}^{n} \), flat over \( S \). Given a particular element \( {X}_{0} \in \mathcal{F...
If the global functor \( \mathcal{F} \) is representable, then the local functor \( F \) will be pro-representable (23.3). Thus pro-representability of the local functor is a necessary condition for representability of the global functor.
Yes
The converse of (15.2.1) is false: the local functor may be pro-representable when the global functor is not representable. Take for example deformations of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{1} \) . It is easy to see that this functor is not representable (25.2.1).
But since all local deformations over Artin rings are trivial (5.3.1), (Ex. 10.3), the local functor is pro-represented by the ring \( k \) .
No
For an example of a functor with no versal family, we note that if \( \left( {R,\xi }\right) \) is a versal family for the functor \( F \), then the map \( \operatorname{Hom}\left( {R, D}\right) \rightarrow \) \( F\left( D\right) \) is surjective, so \( F\left( D\right) \) is a quotient of a finite-dimensional vector s...
For example, let \( B = k\left\lbrack {x, y, z}\right\rbrack /\left( {xy}\right) \) . Then \( {T}_{B/k}^{1} = k\left\lbrack z\right\rbrack \) . The trouble is that \( B \) does not have isolated singularities.
Yes
Proposition 16.1. If \( F \) has a versal family, then:\n\n(a) \( F\left( k\right) \) has just one element.\n\n(b) For any morphisms \( {A}^{\prime } \rightarrow A \) and \( {A}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow A \) in \( \mathcal{C} \), the natural map\n\n\[ F\left( {{A}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}{A}^{\prime \prime }}\right)...
Proof. (a) Since \( \operatorname{Hom}\left( {R, k}\right) \rightarrow F\left( k\right) \) is surjective, and \( \operatorname{Hom}\left( {R, k}\right) \) has just one element, so does \( F\left( k\right) \) .\n\n(b) Given elements \( {\eta }^{\prime } \in F\left( {A}^{\prime }\right) \) and \( {\eta }^{\prime \prime }...
Yes
Theorem 16.2 (Schlessinger’s criterion). The functor \( F : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow \) (Sets) has a miniversal family if and only if:\n\n\( \left( {H}_{0}\right) F\left( k\right) \) has just one element.\n\n\( \left( {H}_{1}\right) F\left( {{A}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}{A}^{\prime \prime }}\right) \rightarrow F\left( {A}...
Proof. The necessity of conditions \( \left( {H}_{i}\right) \) has been seen in (16.1).\n\nSo now let \( F \) be a functor satisfying conditions \( {H}_{0},{H}_{1},{H}_{2},{H}_{3} \) . First we will construct a ring \( R \) and a morphism \( {h}_{R} \rightarrow F \) . Then we will show that it has the versal family pro...
Yes
Lemma 16.3. Let \( A,{A}^{\prime },{A}^{\prime \prime } \) be abelian groups, with maps \( {A}^{\prime } \rightarrow A,{A}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow A \) . In the diagram\n\n\[ \n0 \rightarrow \ker {u}^{\prime } \rightarrow {A}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}{A}^{\prime \prime }\overset{{u}^{\prime }}{ \rightarrow }{A}^{\pr...
Proof. Immediate diagram chasing.
No
Proposition 16.4. Let \( A,{A}^{\prime },{A}^{\prime \prime } \) be rings with maps as before, and let \( {A}^{ * } = \) \( {A}^{\prime }{ \times }_{A}{A}^{\prime \prime } \) . Let \( M,{M}^{\prime },{M}^{\prime \prime } \) be modules over \( A,{A}^{\prime },{A}^{\prime \prime } \) respectively, with compatible maps \(...
Proof. (a) Since \( {A}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow A \) is surjective and \( {M}^{\prime \prime }{ \otimes }_{{A}^{\prime \prime }}A = M \), it follows that \( {M}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow M \) is surjective. Then by Lemma 16.3, \( {M}^{ * } \rightarrow {M}^{\prime } \) is surjective, and hence \( {M}^{ * }{ \oti...
No
Theorem 17.1. For a given closed subscheme \( {X}_{0} \subseteq {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{n} \), the local Hilb functor \( F \) is pro-representable.
Proof. We apply Schlessinger’s criterion (16.2). Condition \( \left( {H}_{0}\right) \) says that \( F\left( k\right) \) should have just one element, which it does, namely \( {X}_{0} \) itself.\n\nCondition \( \left( {H}_{1}\right) \) says that for every small extension \( {A}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow A \), and any...
Yes
Theorem 17.2. Assume \( {X}_{0} \) is projective over \( k \) and that \( {H}^{0}\left( {{X}_{0},{\mathcal{O}}_{{X}_{0}}}\right) = k \) . Then the local Picard functor for a given invertible sheaf \( {\mathcal{L}}_{0} \) on \( {X}_{0} \) is pro-representable.
Proof. We apply Schlessinger’s criterion. \( F\left( k\right) \) consists of the one element \( {\mathcal{L}}_{0} \), so \( \left( {H}_{0}\right) \) is satisfied. For \( \left( {H}_{1}\right) \), let invertible sheaves \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } \) on \( {X}^{\prime } \) and \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime \prime } \) on \( {...
Yes
Theorem 18.4. Suppose the hypotheses of (18.1) satisfied. Then:\n\n(a) The crude local functor \( {F}_{1} \) has a versal family.\n\n(b) \( {F}_{1} \) has a miniversal family if and only if in addition, Aut \( X \rightarrow \operatorname{Aut}{X}_{0} \) is surjective for each flat family \( X \) over the dual numbers \(...
Proof. (a) The map \( F \rightarrow {F}_{1} \) is strongly surjective, so a miniversal family for \( F \) gives a versal family for \( {F}_{1} \) .\n\n(b) and (c) are proved by arguments similar to those above (Ex. 18.1).
No
Let us take \( {X}_{0} \) to be the affine scheme \( \operatorname{Spec}k\left\lbrack {x, y}\right\rbrack /\left\lbrack {xy}\right\rbrack \) . This is the node that was discussed previously (14.0.1). (a) It is easy to check that the automorphisms of \( {X}_{0} \) are of two types:\n\n\[ \text{(1)}\left\{ \begin{array}{...
To satisfy this equation, we find that \( {ab} = 1, f = x{f}_{1} \) , \( g = y{g}_{1} \), and \( h = a{g}_{1} + b{f}_{1} \) . Thus the lifted automorphism is of the form\n\n\[ {x}^{\prime } = \left( {a + t{f}_{1}}\right) x \]\n\n\[ {y}^{\prime } = \left( {b + t{g}_{1}}\right) y \]\n\nsubject to the condition \( {ab} = ...
Yes
Example 18.4.2 (Pointed elliptic curves). Let \( {X}_{0} \) be a nonsingular projective curve of genus 1 over \( k \), and let \( {P}_{0} \) be a fixed point. Assume char \( k \neq 2,3 \) . We consider two functors associated to the pair \( \left( {{X}_{0},{P}_{0}}\right) \) . One, \( F\left( A\right) \) , consists of ...
Repeating the analysis of \( \left\lbrack {{57},\mathrm{{IV}},{4.7}}\right\rbrack \) we find that any family of pointed curves \( \left( {X, P}\right) \) over the dual numbers \( D \) has an equation\n\n\[ \n{y}^{2} = x\left( {x - 1}\right) \left( {x - \lambda }\right) \n\]\n\nwith \( \lambda \in D \), and that the gro...
Yes
Theorem 19.1. In the above situation, assume that \( {X}_{0} \) is projective. Then the functor \( F \) has a miniversal family.
Proof. We apply Schlessinger's criterion (16.2), the proof being similar to the case of deformations of schemes (18.1).\n\n\( \left( {H}_{0}\right) \;F\left( k\right) \) has just one element \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0}\overset{\text{ id }}{ \rightarrow }{\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) .\n\n\( \left( {H}_{1}\right) \) Given \( {\mathcal{...
Yes
Theorem 19.2. Assume \( {X}_{0} \) projective as above, but now assume in addition that \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) is simple, i.e., \( {H}^{0}\left( {\mathcal{E}{nd}{\mathcal{F}}_{0}}\right) = k \) . Then the functors \( F \) and \( {F}_{1} \) are equal and pro-representable.
Proof. As in the case of deformations of schemes (18.2) and (18.4), it is merely a matter of showing that \( \operatorname{Aut}{\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \rightarrow \operatorname{Aut}\mathcal{F} \) is surjective for any \( {\mathcal{F}}^{\prime } \rightarrow \mathcal{F} \) . We have assumed \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) simple...
Yes
Theorem 19.3. Let \( {X}_{0} \) be a projective scheme over \( k \), and let \( {\mathcal{E}}_{0} \rightarrow {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \rightarrow 0 \) be a surjective map of coherent sheaves. For any local Artin \( k \) -algebra \( A \), let \( X = {X}_{0}{ \times }_{k}A \), and let \( \mathcal{E} = {\mathcal{E}}_{0}{ \times...
Proof. Conditions \( \left( {H}_{0}\right) ,\left( {H}_{1}\right) ,\left( {H}_{2}\right) \) of Schlessinger’s criterion are verified as in the previous proof. The tangent space \( {t}_{F} \) is \( {H}^{0}\left( {{X}_{0},\mathcal{H}{om}\left( {{Q}_{0},{\mathcal{F}}_{0}}\right) }\right) \), which is finite-dimensional, s...
Yes
Example 19.3.2 (Deformations of \( \mathcal{O}\left( {-1}\right) \oplus \mathcal{O}\left( 1\right) \) on \( {\mathbb{P}}_{k}^{1} \) ). Over any Artin ring \( A \), we can construct a coherent sheaf \( \mathcal{F} \) on \( {\mathbb{P}}_{A}^{1} \) as an extension\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{{\mathbb{P}}_{A}^{1}}\l...
(a) First we take \( A = D = k\left\lbrack t\right\rbrack /\left( {t}^{2}\right) \) the dual numbers, and let the sheaf \( \mathcal{F} \) be defined by \( f = t \) . Then \( \mathcal{F}{ \otimes }_{D}k \) is the trivial extension \( {\mathcal{F}}_{0} \) . Furthermore, since \( \delta : A \rightarrow A \) is multiplicat...
Yes
Proposition 20.1. Let \( f : {F}_{1} \rightarrow {F}_{2} \) be a morphism of functors on Artin rings. Assume that \( {F}_{1} \) and \( {F}_{2} \) both have versal families corresponding to complete local rings \( {R}_{1},{R}_{2} \) . Then there is a morphism of schemes \( \bar{f} \) : Spec \( {R}_{1} \rightarrow \) \( ...
Proof. Consider the inverse system \( \left( {{R}_{1}/{\mathfrak{m}}^{n}}\right) \) . The natural maps \( {R}_{1} \rightarrow {R}_{1}/{\mathfrak{m}}^{n} \) induce elements \( {\xi }_{n} \in {F}_{1}\left( {{R}_{1}/{\mathfrak{m}}^{n}}\right) \) forming a compatible sequence. By \( f \) we get a compatible sequence \( f\l...
Yes
Proposition 20.2. Suppose that \( X = {X}_{0} \) is a nonsingular subscheme of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{n} \) . Then the exact sequence\n\n\[ \n{\left. 0 \rightarrow {\mathcal{T}}_{X} \rightarrow {\mathcal{T}}_{{\mathbb{P}}^{n}}\right| }_{X} \rightarrow {\mathcal{N}}_{X/{\mathbb{P}}^{n}} \rightarrow 0 \n\]\n\ngives rise to an ...
Proof. The only thing to prove is the identification of \( {\delta }^{0} \) and \( {\delta }^{1} \) with the corresponding properties of the functors \( {F}_{1} \) and \( {F}_{2} \), and this we leave to the reader.
No
Let us apply this proposition to the case of a nonsingular surface \( X \) of degree \( d \geq 2 \) in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{3} \).
Restricting the Euler sequence on \( {\mathbb{P}}^{3} \) to \( X \) we obtain\n\n\[ \n{\left. 0 \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{X} \rightarrow {\mathcal{O}}_{X}{\left( 1\right) }^{4} \rightarrow {\mathcal{T}}_{{\mathbb{P}}^{3}}\right| }_{X} \rightarrow 0 \n\]\n\nFrom the cohomology of this sequence we obtain \( {h}^{0}\left...
No
Lemma 20.3. Let \( f \in k\left\lbrack {{x}_{0},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) be a homogeneous polynomial of degree \( d \geq 3 \) whose zero scheme is a nonsingular hypersurface in \( {\mathbb{P}}^{n} \) and assume that char \( k \nmid d \) . Let \( {f}_{i}, i = 0,\ldots, n \), be the partial derivatives of \( f \)...
Proof. Since the zero scheme of \( f \) is nonsingular, the subset of \( {\mathbb{P}}^{n} \) defined by \( \left( {f,{f}_{0},\ldots ,{f}_{n}}\right) \) is empty. The Euler relation \( d \cdot f = \sum {x}_{i}{f}_{i} \) shows that this ideal is the same as the ideal \( \left( {{f}_{0},\ldots ,{f}_{n}}\right) \) . Theref...
Yes