Short exact sequences of affine groups #
A sequence of affine groups 1 → N → G → Q → 1 is exact when G → Q is faithfully flat (a
quotient map) and N → G is a closed immersion identifying N with the scheme-theoretic kernel
of G → Q (Milne, Algebraic Groups, §5.c). In coordinate Hopf algebras the arrows reverse:
such a sequence is a pair of morphisms
O(Q) --p--> O(G) --i--> O(N)
of commutative Hopf algebras with p faithfully flat, i surjective, and ker i equal to the
kernel Hopf ideal O(G) · p(O(Q)⁺). This file records that notion,
TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact, over an arbitrary commutative base ring, with no
smoothness, reducedness or finite-type hypotheses, and derives its basic consequences.
- Up to isomorphism, the closed subgroup in a short exact sequence is the scheme-theoretic kernel:
ptogether with the quotient map bykernelHopfIdeal pis short exact, and every short exact sequence is isomorphic to this one (isShortExact_iff_exists_iso). - The quotient is recovered from the subgroup: the functions on
Ginvariant underNare exactly the functions pulled back fromQ(IsShortExact.coinvariants_eq_range). - On
A-points, for every commutativeR-algebraA, the sequenceN(A) → G(A) → Q(A)is exact atG(A)(IsShortExact.ker_mapPointsFunctor_app_eq_range), andN(A) → G(A)is injective (mapPointsFunctor_app_injective_of_surjective). In generalG(A) → Q(A)is surjective only after a faithfully flat extension ofA; it is surjective whenAis an algebraically closed field andpis of finite type (mapPointsFunctor_app_surjective_of_faithfullyFlat). - The quotient map is an isogeny exactly when the subgroup is finite
(
IsShortExact.isIsogeny_iff_moduleFinite).
Main declarations #
TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact: short exactness ofO(Q) ⟶ O(G) ⟶ O(N).TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact.comp_eq_unit_comp_counit: the compositeN → Qis trivial.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact.kernelIso: the identification ofNwith the kernel.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.isShortExact_mkQuotient_kernelHopfIdeal: the canonical short exact sequence of a faithfully flat morphism.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.isShortExact_iff_exists_iso: short exact sequences are, up to isomorphism, the canonical ones.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact.coinvariants_eq_range:O(Q) = O(G)^N.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact.ker_mapPointsFunctor_app_eq_range: exactness on points.TauCeti.CommHopfAlgCat.IsShortExact.isIsogeny_iff_moduleFinite: finite kernels and isogenies.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), §5.c, exact sequences of algebraic groups.
- W. C. Waterhouse, Introduction to Affine Group Schemes, §§15--16.
Coordinate morphisms p : O(Q) ⟶ O(G) and i : O(G) ⟶ O(N) form a short exact
sequence of affine groups 1 → N → G → Q → 1 when G → Q is faithfully flat, N → G is a
closed immersion, and N is the scheme-theoretic kernel of G → Q: the ideal cutting out N
is the kernel Hopf ideal of p.
- faithfullyFlat : (↑(CommHopfAlgCat.Hom.hom p)).FaithfullyFlat
The quotient map
G → Qis faithfully flat. - surjective : Function.Surjective ⇑(CommHopfAlgCat.Hom.hom i)
The map
N → Gis a closed immersion. The closed subgroup
NofGis the kernel ofG → Q.
Instances For
In a short exact sequence, the Hopf ideal cutting out the subgroup is the kernel Hopf ideal of the quotient map.
The composite N → G → Q of a short exact sequence is the trivial homomorphism.
The composite N → G → Q of a short exact sequence is the trivial homomorphism.
The subgroup in a short exact sequence is isomorphic to the scheme-theoretic kernel of the
quotient map, compatibly with the inclusions into G (mkQuotient_comp_kernelIso_hom).
Equations
Instances For
The identification of the subgroup with the kernel respects the inclusions into G.
The identification of the subgroup with the kernel respects the inclusions into G.
The inverse identification of the subgroup with the kernel respects the inclusions into
G.
The inverse identification of the subgroup with the kernel respects the inclusions into
G.
The functions on G invariant under the subgroup N of a short exact sequence are exactly
the functions pulled back from the quotient Q.
Exactness on points: for every commutative R-algebra A, an A-point of G maps to the
identity of Q(A) exactly when it comes from an A-point of N.
The quotient map of a short exact sequence is an isogeny exactly when the subgroup is finite over the base.
A faithfully flat morphism and the quotient map onto its scheme-theoretic kernel form a short exact sequence.
A pair of coordinate morphisms is short exact exactly when the first is faithfully flat and the second is, up to isomorphism of its target, the quotient map onto the kernel Hopf ideal of the first.