Nodal relative curves over an arbitrary base #
A morphism of schemes is at worst nodal of relative dimension one when this can be checked after restriction to affine opens of its target. On an affine base this agrees with the scheme-theoretic criterion: the morphism is syntomic of relative dimension one and its relative singular subscheme is unramified over the base.
The affine-local formulation makes nodality a morphism property. It is invariant under isomorphism, local on both source and target, stable under arbitrary base change, and contains smooth morphisms of relative dimension one. These are the closure properties needed to use nodal curves in families over nonaffine bases.
On an affine open U of a nodal relative curve over Spec R, the quotient of Γ(X, U) by the
ideal of the singular locus is unramified over R
(AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.formallyUnramified_quotient_singularLocus_ideal).
References #
The affine-target nodal-curve property. The existential presentation of the affine target by a spectrum makes the definition independent of the chosen affine presentation.
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On an affine target, the affine-target criterion can be tested using the canonical presentation by the spectrum of global sections.
The affine-target nodal criterion is stable under base change between affine bases.
Being at worst nodal of relative dimension one is the affine-local extension of the scheme-theoretic criterion over spectra.
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For a target isomorphic to a spectrum, the global nodal property is exactly the scheme-theoretic criterion after any chosen presentation of the target as a spectrum.
Being at worst nodal of relative dimension one is stable under arbitrary base change.
Being at worst nodal of relative dimension one is local on the source.
A nodal relative curve is syntomic of relative dimension one.
Over an affine open U of a nodal relative curve over Spec R, the quotient of Γ(X, U) by
the ideal of the singular locus is unramified over R: it is the ring of functions of the
singular subscheme over U.
A smooth morphism of relative dimension one is at worst nodal.
The standard node chart is a nodal relative curve.