Let A —> B be a ring map such that B ⊗A B —> B is flat. Let N be a B-module. If N is flat as an A-module, then N is flat as a B-module. See Tag Tag 092C.
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Lemma of the day
Let R be a ring. Let x ∈ R. Assume
- R is a normal Noetherian domain,
- R/xR is a Japanese domain,
- R = lim R/xnR is complete with respect to x.
Then R is Japanese. See Tag 032P.
Lemma of the day
Let A be a valuation ring. Let A→B be a ring map of finite type. Let M be a finite B-module.
- If B is flat over A, then B is a finitely presented A-algebra.
- If M is flat as an A-module, then M is finitely presented as a B-module.
See Tag 053E.
PS: Much more is true, see the this chapter in the stacks project. The proof of the lemma above however is quite easy.
Lemma of the day
Let A be a Grothendieck abelian category. Then
- D(A) has both direct sums and products,
- direct sums are obtained by taking termwise direct sums of any complexes,
- products are obtained by taking termwise products of K-injective complexes.
See Tag 07D9.
Lemma of the day
Let A —> B be a ring map. Assume
- A ⊂ B is an extension of domains,
- A is Noetherian,
- A —> B is of finite type, and
- the extension f.f.(A) ⊂ f.f.(B) is finite.
Let p ⊂ A be a prime such that dim(Ap) = 1. Then there are at most finitely many primes of B lying over p. See Tag 02MA.
Lemma of the day
Let R —> S be a ring map. Let p ⊂ R be a prime. Assume that
- there exists a unique prime q ⊂ S lying over p, and
- either
- going up holds for R —> S, or
- going down holds for R —> S and there is at most one prime of S above every prime of R.
Then Sp=Sq. See Tag 00EA.
Proposition of the day
Let X be a quasi-compact and separated algebraic space. Let U be an affine scheme, and let f : U —> X be a surjective étale morphism. Let d be an upper bound for the size of the fibres of |U| —> |X|. Then for any quasi-coherent OX-module F we have Hq(X,F)=0 for q ≥ d. See Tag 072B.
Note: This is interesting even when X is a scheme.
Proposition of the day
Let X be a quasi-compact and quasi-separated algebraic space such that for every quasi-coherent OX-module F we have H1(X, F) = 0. Then X is an affine scheme. See Tag 07V6.
Example of the day
There exist a zero dimensional local ring with a nonzero flat ideal. See Tag 05FZ.
Lemma of the day
Let X be a quasi-separated algebraic space. Let E be an object of DQCoh(OX). Let a ≤ b. The following are equivalent
- E has tor amplitude in [a,b], and
- for all F in QCoh(OX) we have Hi(E ⊗L F)=0 for i not in [a,b].
See Tag 08IL.