Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-113/3/b/solution

Write and . Since , the principal open subscheme contains , and
Cover by the two affine opens and , whose intersection is . The degree-zero part of the resulting Čech cohomology complex gives
inside the fraction field of . The last equality follows because is a unique factorization domain and a rational function regular after localizing at both and has no possible prime factor left in its denominator.
The same affine cover is acyclic, so its degree-one Čech group computes sheaf cohomology and gives
Before localizing at , the quotient
has the -basis
Writing with and , multiplication by is locally nilpotent on : for each negative monomial, a sufficiently high power of moves every term into . Hence acts invertibly on by a finite geometric series on each element. Localizing at therefore leaves unchanged, and
The displayed infinite basis proves that this vector space is infinite-dimensional.
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