Linear cohomology comparison for closed immersions #
For a closed immersion f : X ⟶ Y, the cohomology comparison
Hⁿ(Y, f_* M) ≅ Hⁿ(X, M) respects global functions: a scalar r on Y acts on the
right through its pullback f^♯ r. When f is a morphism over a commutative ring R,
the comparison is therefore R-linear, naturally in the coefficient sheaf M.
Over a field, this preserves cohomology dimensions and truncated Euler characteristics. In particular, finite-dimensionality may be proved on an ambient projective scheme and transferred to a closed subscheme. These comparisons impose no coherence, Noetherianity, or properness assumptions on the schemes or coefficient sheaves.
If the source is finite over the field, the truncated Euler characteristic of the pushed-forward
structure sheaf is the rank of the source over the field
(Scheme.Hom.eulerCharBelow_pushforward_structureSheaf).
References #
- R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, III, Lemma 2.10 and Theorem 5.2.
The closed-immersion cohomology comparison carries the action of a global function on the ambient scheme to the action of its pullback on the closed subscheme.
Direct image along a closed immersion over R preserves cohomology as an R-module.
The underlying additive equivalence is the closed-immersion cohomology comparison.
Instances For
The linear comparison has the same forward map as the additive comparison.
The inverse linear comparison has the same map as the inverse additive comparison.
The base-linear closed-immersion comparison commutes with maps of coefficient sheaves.
Cohomology of a direct image along a closed immersion is finite over the base ring exactly when the original cohomology is finite.
Direct image along a closed immersion over a commutative ring preserves cohomology finranks, including the value zero assigned to modules of infinite rank.
Direct image along a closed immersion preserves the truncated Euler characteristic. When cohomology is finite-dimensional and vanishes above the truncation, this is the equality of the usual Euler characteristics.
The Euler characteristic of the direct image of the structure sheaf of a scheme finite over
k is its rank over k. Here the Euler characteristic may be truncated at any positive degree
n + 1, since all positive cohomology of the finite scheme vanishes.