Scalar extension of normal affine quotients #
For a normal closed subgroup N of an affine group G over a field, the algebra of
coinvariants is a Hopf algebra. Its scalar extension is canonically isomorphic, as a Hopf
algebra, to the coinvariants of the scalar-extended subgroup. The comparison commutes with
the coordinate inclusions defining the quotient projections.
Consequently, the assertion that the quotient projection has kernel exactly N is preserved
and reflected by every field extension. This allows the exact-kernel theorem for a normal
quotient to be proved over an algebraic closure and then descended, without assuming
smoothness, reducedness, or finite type.
The construction upgrades coinvariantsBaseChangeEquiv using the corestriction of the
scalar-extended Hopf inclusion; it does not construct a second coinvariant algebra.
References #
- W. C. Waterhouse, Introduction to Affine Group Schemes, §§15.1 and 16.3.
- M. Takeuchi, A correspondence between Hopf ideals and sub-Hopf algebras, Manuscripta Math. 7 (1972), 251–270.
Scalar extension of the normal affine quotient, as an isomorphism of coordinate Hopf
algebras. Contravariantly, this identifies (G/N)_K with the quotient by N_K.
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The Hopf comparison is the canonical flat-base-change comparison of invariant algebras.
The inverse Hopf comparison is the inverse comparison of invariant algebras.
The quotient projection after scalar extension agrees with the projection for the scalar-extended subgroup under the canonical comparison.
The quotient projection after scalar extension agrees with the projection for the scalar-extended subgroup under the canonical comparison.
The inverse comparison also commutes with the quotient coordinate inclusion.
The inverse comparison also commutes with the quotient coordinate inclusion.
The scheme-theoretic kernel of the normal quotient projection commutes with every field extension. This equality retains the full Hopf ideal, including infinitesimal structure.
Exactness of the kernel of a normal quotient can be checked after any field extension. In particular, an exact-kernel theorem over an algebraic closure descends to the base field.