Weil restriction of a closed subscheme along a finite locally free morphism #
Let g : Y ⟶ S be finite locally free (finite, flat and locally of finite presentation) and let
Z = V(I) ⊆ Y be a closed subscheme. For a scheme T over S, the base change
Y_T = T ×_S Y ⟶ Y may or may not factor through Z. This file shows that the condition is
represented by a closed subscheme of S: there is an ideal sheaf I.weilRestriction g on S
such that Y_T ⟶ Y factors through Z exactly when T ⟶ S factors through its closed
subscheme (AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_le_ker_iff). In other words,
the Weil restriction of Z along g, which is a subfunctor of the Weil restriction S of Y
itself, is a closed subscheme of S. Its formation commutes with arbitrary base change
(AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_comap).
Over an affine open U ⊆ S, the ring B = Γ(Y, g⁻¹ U) is a finite projective module over
A = Γ(S, U), and the ideal of I.weilRestriction g over U is the content of
J = I(g⁻¹ U) ⊆ B: the ideal J.minorsIdeal 1 of A generated by the values φ x of all
A-linear functionals φ : B → A at all x ∈ J (Submodule.minorsIdeal_one_le_iff). Over
affine opens of T lying over U, the sections of Y_T are Γ(T, -) ⊗[A] B, and J vanishes
there exactly when its content does (IsBaseChange.minorsIdeal_one_le_ker_iff).
Conditions of the form "a finite locally free family lies in a closed subscheme" are how the loci
of Katz and Mazur are cut out: incidence of relative effective Cartier divisors, and the subgroup
condition defining points of exact order N and Drinfeld level structures.
Main definitions #
AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction g I: the ideal sheaf onScutting out the locus over whichYlies in the closed subschemeV(I).
Main results #
AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_le_ker_iff: the universal property;weilRestriction_le_ker_iff_of_isPullbackstates it for any pullback square.AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_comap_le_ker_iff: the condition that a family parametrised by a finite locally free scheme lies in a closed subscheme is closed, and this persists along any base change of the family.AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.le_ker_pullback_snd_subschemeι_weilRestriction: over the closed subscheme ofI.weilRestriction g, the base change ofYlies inV(I).AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_comap: compatibility with base change.
References #
- S. Bosch, W. Lütkebohmert and M. Raynaud, Néron Models, §7.6, for Weil restriction.
- N. M. Katz and B. Mazur, Arithmetic Moduli of Elliptic Curves, Annals of Mathematics Studies
108, §1.6, where closed conditions on finite locally free families cut out the scheme of
A-structures.
The ideal sheaf on S of the Weil restriction of the closed subscheme V(I) along a
finite locally free morphism g : Y ⟶ S. A morphism T ⟶ S factors through its closed
subscheme exactly when the base change T ×_S Y ⟶ Y factors through V(I)
(AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.IdealSheafData.weilRestriction_le_ker_iff). Over an affine open U
of S, it is the content (the ideal of 1 × 1 minors) of the ideal I(g⁻¹ U) of the finite
projective Γ(S, U)-module Γ(Y, g⁻¹ U).
Instances For
Over an affine open U of S, the ideal of I.weilRestriction g is the content (the ideal
of 1 × 1 minors) of the ideal I(g⁻¹ U) of the projective Γ(S, U)-module Γ(Y, g⁻¹ U).
The Weil restriction is monotone: a smaller closed subscheme has a smaller Weil restriction.
The Weil restriction of Y itself is S.
The universal property of the Weil restriction of a closed subscheme. Let g : Y ⟶ S be
finite locally free and I an ideal sheaf on Y. A morphism t : T ⟶ S factors through the
closed subscheme of I.weilRestriction g exactly when the base change T ×_S Y ⟶ Y of t
factors through the closed subscheme V(I).
The universal property of the Weil restriction, for a base change Y' of Y given by any
pullback square: f : S' ⟶ S factors through the closed subscheme of I.weilRestriction g
exactly when Y' ⟶ Y factors through V(I).
Closed conditions on finite locally free families. Let k : Y ⟶ X be a family over S
parametrised by the finite locally free g : Y ⟶ S, and J an ideal sheaf on X. For a pullback
square Y' ⟶ Y over f : S' ⟶ S and a morphism k' : Y' ⟶ X' lying over k along
gX : X' ⟶ X, the base-changed family k' lies in the inverse image of V(J) exactly when f
factors through the closed subscheme of the Weil restriction of V(J.comap k) along g.
Over the closed subscheme of I.weilRestriction g, the base change of Y lies in the closed
subscheme V(I): the universal family of the Weil restriction.
The Weil restriction of a closed subscheme commutes with base change. For t : T ⟶ S,
the Weil restriction of the inverse image of V(I) in T ×_S Y along T ×_S Y ⟶ T is the
inverse image of the Weil restriction of V(I) along g.