Recognizing the relative normalization #
Let f : X ⟶ Y be quasi-compact and quasi-separated, and factor it as f = f₁ ≫ f₂ with
f₂ : T ⟶ Y integral. The universal property of the relative normalization gives a morphism
f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ H : f.normalization ⟶ T over Y. This file characterizes when it is
an isomorphism, that is, when T is the normalization of Y in X: exactly when, for every affine
open U ⊆ Y, the restriction Γ(T, f₂ ⁻¹ U) → Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U) along f₁ is injective with image the
integral closure of Γ(Y, U) in Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U).
The main application is to normal schemes. Let T be an integral scheme whose local rings are
integrally closed, and g : T ⟶ Y an integral morphism. Then T is the normalization of Y in
the function field of T, along the generic point Spec k(T) ⟶ T ⟶ Y. On a nonempty affine open
V of T, the ring Γ(T, V) is an integrally closed domain with fraction field k(T)
(AlgebraicGeometry.IsAffineOpen.isIntegrallyClosed), and it is integral over Γ(Y, U) when
V = g ⁻¹ U, so it is the integral closure of Γ(Y, U) in k(T).
Main results #
AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.Hom.isIso_normalizationDesc_iff:f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ His an isomorphism if and only if, over every affine open ofY, the sections ofTmap injectively onto the integral closure.AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme.Hom.isIso_fromNormalization_iff: the normalization ofYinXisYitself if and only if, over every affine open ofY, the sections ofYmap injectively onto the integral closure.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.isIso_normalizationDesc_fromSpecStalk_genericPoint: an integral scheme with integrally closed local rings, integral overY, is the normalization ofYin its function field.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.isIso_morphismRestrict_fromNormalization_of_isIntegrallyClosed: the normalization of an integral scheme in its function field is an isomorphism over every affine open with integrally closed ring of sections.
References #
- The Stacks Project, Tag 035H (relative normalization).
The preimage under f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ H of the preimage of U under f₂ is the
preimage of U in the relative normalization.
Over an affine open U ⊆ Y, the sections of f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ H, read in the integral
closure of Γ(Y, U) in Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U) through normalizationObjIso, are the restriction maps of
f₁.
Over an affine open U ⊆ Y, the map of sections of f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ H is an
isomorphism if and only if the restriction Γ(T, f₂ ⁻¹ U) → Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U) along f₁ is injective
and its image contains every element integral over Γ(Y, U).
Recognizing the relative normalization. For f = f₁ ≫ f₂ with f₂ integral, the morphism
f.normalizationDesc f₁ f₂ H : f.normalization ⟶ T is an isomorphism if and only if, for every
affine open U ⊆ Y, the restriction Γ(T, f₂ ⁻¹ U) → Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U) along f₁ is injective and its
image contains every element integral over Γ(Y, U). Its image is always contained in the integral
closure, since f₂ is integral.
The relative normalization f.normalization ⟶ Y is an isomorphism if and only if, for every
affine open U ⊆ Y, the map Γ(Y, U) → Γ(X, f ⁻¹ U) is injective and its image contains every
element integral over Γ(Y, U): that is, Y is already the normalization of itself in X.
A normal scheme integral over Y is the normalization of Y in its function field. If T
is an integral scheme whose local rings are integrally closed and g : T ⟶ Y is integral, then the
morphism from the relative normalization of Y in Spec k(T), along Spec k(T) ⟶ T ⟶ Y, to T
is an isomorphism.
The normalization of an integral scheme Y in its function field, along Spec k(Y) ⟶ Y, is an
isomorphism over every affine open U whose ring of sections is integrally closed: the integral
closure of Γ(Y, U) in its fraction field k(Y) is Γ(Y, U) itself.