Units of a rational coordinate ring near a point #
Let U = R(T/s) be a rational subset of Spa (A, A⁺) with coordinate ring A⟨T/s⟩. For a point
x ∈ U, write x_U for the point of Spa (A⟨T/s⟩, A_U⁺) lying over x under the homeomorphism
spaCompletedLocalizationHomeomorph of Wedhorn's Proposition 8.2 (2). This file proves that
f ∈ A⟨T/s⟩ does not vanish at x_U, that is f ∉ supp x_U, exactly when f becomes a unit in
the coordinate ring of some rational neighbourhood R(T'/s') ⊆ R(T/s) of x.
This criterion supplies the local unit calculation for proving that the stalk of the structure
presheaf at x is a local ring whose maximal ideal is the support of the point valuation.
Main results #
ringHomOfRationalSubsetSubset_mem_supp_iff: vanishing atxis compatible with restriction — forR(T'/s') ⊆ R(T/s),fvanishes atx_Uexactly when its image inA⟨T'/s'⟩vanishes atx_U'.notMem_supp_of_isUnit_ringHomOfRationalSubsetSubset: an element that becomes a unit on a rational neighbourhood ofxdoes not vanish atx.notMem_supp_iff_exists_isUnit_ringHomOfRationalSubsetSubset: the criterion —fdoes not vanish atxexactly when it becomes a unit on a rational neighbourhood ofx, which may be taken with an admissible presentation.isUnit_toCompletionLoc_iff_forall_notMem_supp: an element ofAbecomes a unit inA⟨T/s⟩exactly when it vanishes at no point ofR(T/s).
References #
- T. Wedhorn, Adic Spaces (arXiv:1910.05934v1), Propositions 7.52 and 8.2, and §8.1.
Vanishing at x is compatible with restriction. For a containment R(T'/s') ⊆ R(T/s) and
a point x ∈ R(T'/s'), the image of f ∈ A⟨T/s⟩ in A⟨T'/s'⟩ lies in the support of the point
over x exactly when f does.
If f ∈ A⟨T/s⟩ becomes a unit in the coordinate ring of a rational subset R(T'/s') ⊆ R(T/s),
then f vanishes at no point of R(T'/s').
An element of A⟨T/s⟩ is nonzero at x exactly when it is a unit near x. Let
R(T/s) be a rational subset of Spa (A, A⁺) with open numerator ideal and x ∈ R(T/s). Then
f ∈ A⟨T/s⟩ lies outside the support of the point of Spa (A⟨T/s⟩, A_U⁺) over x if and only if
there is a rational subset R(q) ⊆ R(T/s) containing x, presented by an admissible presentation
q, such that the image of f in A⟨q⟩ is a unit.
An element of A is invertible on R(T/s) exactly when its support misses that rational
subset. This transfers the unit criterion for the complete Huber pair A⟨T/s⟩ across the
homeomorphism of its spectrum with R(T/s).