Étale neighbourhoods of a pair #
An étale neighbourhood of a ring and ideal (R, I) is an étale R-algebra whose quotient by
I is canonically isomorphic to R ⧸ I. These algebras form the stages in the construction of
the henselization of the pair. This file defines their full subcategory and proves closure under
localization at an element invertible modulo the ideal, under tensor products, and under base
change along maps of pairs. It also shows that two R-algebra maps out of an étale
neighbourhood agree once I generates an ideal of the target inside its Jacobson radical.
References #
- Stacks Project, Tag 0A02, the construction of the henselization of a pair.
An étale neighbourhood induces an isomorphism on the closed subscheme defined by I.
Instances For
The two conditions defining an étale neighbourhood.
The identity algebra is an étale neighbourhood.
If the reduced map is injective, an element of R whose image lies in the extended ideal
already lies in I.
If the reduced map is surjective, every element of the algebra is congruent to the image of
an element of R modulo the extended ideal.
Two maps out of an algebra whose reduced map is surjective (for instance, a neighbourhood) agree after quotienting their target by the extended ideal.
Two R-algebra maps out of an étale neighbourhood of (R, I) agree as soon as I
generates an ideal of the target inside its Jacobson radical.
Localization at elements which are units modulo I preserves the quotient by I.
Inverting an element that is a unit modulo the ideal gives an étale neighbourhood.
Bijectivity on quotients composes in a tower of algebras.
An étale neighbourhood can be further localized at any element invertible on its quotient.
Enlarging the ideal preserves bijectivity of the reduced map.
Base change along any algebra preserves bijectivity of the reduced map, for the extended ideal.
The tensor product of two algebras inducing isomorphisms modulo I has the same property.
Tensor products provide common refinements of étale neighbourhoods.
Base change along a map of pairs (R, I) → (S, J), that is an R-algebra S with an ideal
J containing the image of I, carries étale neighbourhoods of (R, I) to étale neighbourhoods
of (S, J).
Any two étale neighbourhoods admit maps to a common étale neighbourhood.