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TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.ProjectiveSpectrum.ProjectiveOver

Projective schemes over a ring #

A scheme X over Spec R is projective over R if it is a closed subscheme, over R, of the projective spectrum Proj (Sym_R M) of the symmetric algebra of a finite R-module M. Mathlib has no class of projective morphisms, so this file records projectivity over an affine base as a predicate on schemes over Spec R.

Over an affine base this is the usual notion: a finite R-module M is a quotient of some Rⁿ, so Proj (Sym_R M) is itself a closed subscheme of Proj (Sym_R Rⁿ) = ℙⁿ⁻¹_R, and the definition agrees with Hartshorne's (a closed subscheme of some ℙⁿ_R). Over a field k every finite module is a finite-dimensional vector space, so Proj (Sym_k M) is a projective space over k.

A projective scheme over R is proper over R, because closed immersions are proper and Proj (Sym_R M) is proper over R for finite M (TauCeti.SymmetricAlgebra.instIsProperProjToSpec).

Main definitions #

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A scheme X over Spec R is projective over R if it is a closed subscheme, over R, of the projective spectrum Proj (Sym_R M) of the symmetric algebra of a finite R-module M.

Instances

    The projective spectrum of the symmetric algebra of a finite R-module is projective over R.

    A closed subscheme over R of a projective scheme over R is projective over R.

    A projective scheme is proper: a scheme projective over R is proper over R.