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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 113 3 i Solution by
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The degree-one generation condition for Proj ensures that the opens for cover . Put and . Multiplication by is an -linear bijection for every integer , because is an invertible degree-one element. The convention therefore identifies on this chart with the free rank-one -module , generated by . Hence every twisting sheaf is invertible, including negative twists.
For the tensor product of sheaves, consider the natural mapIt is an isomorphism by degree-one localization of a graded module. Explicitly, a homogeneous tensor of total degree zero is represented on the left by . Multiplying a tensor factor by a homogeneous element of gives the same result after using the tensor relation, since that element is a degree-zero coefficient times a power of . This defines the inverse. Since localization commutes with tensor products, the target is . These natural chart maps agree on overlaps, soThe degree-one hypothesis matters: on general Proj constructions, twisting sheaves need not be line bundles. The local trivializations are also recorded in Stacks Project, Section 27.10.
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