The ideal sheaf of a rational point #
On an integral regular curve, the ideal sheaf of a closed field-valued point is canonically
isomorphic to the divisor sheaf 𝒪_X(-x). The comparison identifies both inclusions into the
sheaf of rational functions. It therefore connects points presented as closed immersions with
points presented as Weil divisors, without choosing a local parameter.
For a rational point on a proper curve, the ideal line bundle has Euler-characteristic degree
-1. Its dual is the degree-one line bundle used by the Abel map. The sheaf comparison needs
only a closed immersion from a field spectrum and dimension at most one; the degree calculation
additionally uses a section of the structure morphism and finite-dimensional H¹(X, 𝒪_X).
References #
- R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, II.6 and IV.1: the ideal sheaf of a point on a nonsingular
curve is
𝒪_X(-x), anddeg 𝒪_X(x) = [κ(x) : k].
The ideal sheaf of a closed field-valued point on a regular integral curve is 𝒪_X(-x).
The comparison respects the embeddings into rational functions (kerSheafIsoNegPoint_hom_ι).
The dimension bound is only needed to recover regular functions from rational sections.
Instances For
The comparison from the ideal sheaf of a point to 𝒪_X(-x) sends a regular function to
the same rational function.
The comparison from the ideal sheaf of a point to 𝒪_X(-x) sends a regular function to
the same rational function.
The ideal line bundle of a rational point on a proper regular integral curve has
Euler-characteristic degree -1.
On a connected smooth proper curve, the ideal line bundle of a rational point has degree
-1. The geometric hypotheses supply discrete valuation stalks and finite-dimensional
cohomology, without a perfect-field assumption.
The dual of the ideal line bundle of a rational point has degree one on a
connected smooth proper curve. This is the class 𝒪_X(x) used by the Abel map.