Exterior powers of finite locally free sheaves #
Let R be a sheaf of commutative rings on a small site. Since exterior powers commute with
restriction to a slice (SheafOfModules.overExteriorPowerIso) and the n-th exterior power of
the free sheaf on a finite linearly ordered type I is free on the n-element subsets of I
(SheafOfModules.exteriorPowerFreeIso), a basis of a sheaf of modules M over an object X
indexed by a finite type I yields a basis of ⋀ⁿ M over X indexed by the n-element subsets
of I. Consequently, exterior powers of finite locally free sheaves are finite locally free, and
a local basis with r elements gives a local basis of the n-th exterior power with
r.choose n elements. This is the input for the rank formula and the determinant of a vector
bundle.
Main declarations #
SheafOfModules.GeneratingSections.exteriorPower: the basis of⋀ⁿ MoverXinduced by a finite basis ofMoverX;SheafOfModules.isFiniteLocallyFree_exteriorPower: exterior powers of finite locally free sheaves are finite locally free.
References #
- [R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry][hartshorne1977], Chapter II, Exercise 5.16
A basis of M over X indexed by a finite linearly ordered type σ.I induces a basis of the
n-th exterior power of M over X, indexed by the n-element subsets of σ.I.
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The basis σ.exteriorPower n is indexed by the n-element subsets of σ.I.
The characteristic equation of σ.exteriorPower n: it is the basis of the free sheaf on the
n-element subsets of σ.I, transported along the composite of overExteriorPowerIso, the
exterior power of the inverse of σ.π, and exteriorPowerFreeIso.
The exterior powers of a finite locally free sheaf of modules are finite locally free.