Scalar extension of exterior powers #
For every commutative R-algebra A, the comparison identifies
⋀[A]^n (A ⊗[R] M) with A ⊗[R] (⋀[R]^n M). It is natural in M and sends a
wedge of pure tensors to the product of their coefficients tensored with the original wedge.
No flatness or freeness assumption is needed: the grading splits the inclusion of each
exterior power into the exterior algebra before scalar extension.
These comparisons allow exterior powers of algebraic-group representations to be evaluated on arbitrary value algebras, and identify scalar extensions of their exterior lines.
The exterior-algebra comparison preserves each homogeneous degree.
Scalar extension of the inclusion of a homogeneous exterior power into the exterior algebra remains injective, because the grading splits the inclusion.
Exterior powers commute with extension of scalars over arbitrary commutative rings.
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Instances For
The exterior-power comparison is the restriction of the exterior-algebra comparison.
A wedge of pure tensors corresponds to the product of the scalars tensored with the wedge.
The inverse comparison on the spanning pure tensors.
The exterior-power comparison intertwines the maps induced by any linear map.