Hom spaces out of a projective module #
Let k be a field and A a k-algebra. For a projective A-module P the functor
Hom_A(P, -) is exact, so when P and the targets are finite-dimensional over k the dimension
dim_k Hom_A(P, -) is additive across a submodule and its quotient.
Exactness of Hom_A(P, -) also computes the maps from P into a reduction V ⧸ x • V, for A
an algebra over a commutative ring R and x : R a non-zero-divisor on V: they are the
reductions modulo x of the maps P → V. Over R = ℤ_p and x = p, this makes the number of
maps from a projective ℤ_p[G]-lattice into the reduction of another lattice a function of the
ℤ_p-module of maps between the lattices.
Main results #
TauCeti.finrank_linearMap_quotient_add_finrank_linearMap: additivity ofdim_k Hom_A(P, -)for a projectiveP.TauCeti.compRight_mkQ_surjective: every map from a projectivePintoV ⧸ Nlifts toV.TauCeti.ker_compRight_mkQ_eq_smul_top: a mapP → Vvanishes modulo a non-zero-divisorxexactly when it isxtimes a map.TauCeti.quotientSMulTopLinearMapEquiv:Hom_A(P, V) ⧸ x • Hom_A(P, V) ≃ Hom_A(P, V ⧸ x • V)for a projectivePand a non-zero-divisorxonV.
dim_k Hom_A(P, -) is additive, for P projective and finite-dimensional over k: the
functor Hom_A(P, -) is exact, so a submodule and its quotient split the dimension of the hom
space out of P.
Maps into x • V are multiples of x. For x : R a non-zero-divisor on the A-module
V, a map P → V reduces to zero in V ⧸ x • V exactly when it is x times a map P → V.
Maps from a projective module into a quotient lift. For P projective, every map
P → V ⧸ N is the reduction of a map P → V.
Maps from a projective module into a reduction. Let A be an algebra over a commutative
ring R, let P be a projective A-module, and let x : R be a non-zero-divisor on the
A-module V. Composition with V → V ⧸ x • V identifies the maps P → V ⧸ x • V with the
reductions modulo x of the maps P → V: every map lifts because P is projective, and a map
with values in x • V is x times a map.
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