Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 139 3 i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
Choose a very ample divisor such that has a nonzero global section; this is possible by taking a sufficiently high ample twist. Since is integral, multiplication by its th power injects into . By Serre vanishing and the Hilbert polynomial, . ConsequentlyThis is the polynomial bound for sections of a fixed divisor. The same proof works for a coherent sheaf of support dimension , by choosing the multiplying section to avoid its associated points; the bound is then .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 113 3 a Solution 2026-09-28
An -module is a quasi-coherent sheaf when every affine open has for some -module . For a morphism , its direct image sheaf iswhile the pullback of a sheaf of modules is
If is a closed immersion of Noetherian schemes, then on an affine open one has . The restriction of corresponds to the cyclic -module , so it is finitely generated. Hence is a coherent sheaf; more generally this is the direct image of a coherent sheaf under a closed immersion.
Coherence need not survive an arbitrary pushforward. Letbe the open immersion. The sheaf is coherent, butis not a finitely generated -module. Therefore is not coherent.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 113 1 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For , the omitted point has codimension at least two in the normal integral scheme . Regular functions extend across such a subset, soThuson , and it is a coherent sheaf because it corresponds to the one-dimensional -vector space .
The complement of a rational point in is . Its regular functions are , which is infinite-dimensional over . Its pushforward to is therefore quasi-coherent but not coherent.
For an example on , choose a projective line through . Thenis closed in . For the closed immersion , the sheaf is coherent, butConsequently is not coherent on .
For a coherent sheaf of support dimension on a projective scheme and a fixed Cartier divisor , . Choose a sufficiently high ample divisor whose section avoids the associated points of and for which is ample. Multiplication by the th power of that section injects into . The ample Hilbert polynomial, together with Serre vanishing, bounds the latter section space by .
Serre vanishing 2026-10-05
For an ample line bundle on a projective scheme and a coherent sheaf , for every and all sufficiently large .
Sheaf of Kähler differentials over a field Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
For a variety over , the module of Kähler differentials on each affine chart gives a quasi-coherent sheaf. Compatibility with localization glues these into . A finite presentation of an algebra gives a finite presentation of a module for its differentials, so this is a coherent sheaf on a variety.
Support dimension of a coherent sheaf Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
The support dimension is the dimension of a scheme of the closed support of a coherent sheaf. Tensoring with a line bundle leaves its support unchanged. Quotienting by a section that avoids its associated points reduces the support dimension by at least one.
A nonconstant rational function on a smooth projective curve extends to a finite morphism to the projective line. The inverse images of its two standard affine charts are affine varieties covering the curve. The resulting Čech cochain complex has only degrees zero and one, so every coherent sheaf has zero sheaf cohomology in degrees at least two.
For a fixed coherent sheaf on a smooth projective curve, one degree bound works for all divisors on an algebraic curve, rather than just powers of one ample divisor. Choose a point . The complement of is affine, so the surjective transition maps on the finite-dimensional groups eventually kill every class. The Euler characteristic of a coherent sheaf gives . Every divisor of sufficiently large degree is therefore linearly equivalent to with effective. The point-supported quotient for adding transfers vanishing to that divisor. Torsion is first removed so that the relevant inclusions are injections of locally free sheaves.
Uniform Serre vanishing for two ample twists Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-14
For ample line bundles and a coherent sheaf on a projective scheme, one gives for every , and . If is very ample, Serre vanishing for the finitely many fixed twists makes zero-regular. Persistence of Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity gives all nonnegative -twists. For general ample , use a very ample power and treat finitely many residues of .