Degree-one generation condition for Proj 2026-10-06
If a nonnegatively graded ring is generated by as an -algebra, the standard affine opens of Proj with cover . Indeed a homogeneous prime containing every degree-one element would contain the irrelevant ideal of a graded ring. This condition makes all twisting sheaves on Proj invertible and makes graded sheafification compatible with tensor products of sheaves.
Irrelevant ideal of projective space Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
In the standard graded homogeneous coordinate ring of , the irrelevant ideal isIt vanishes only at the origin of the corresponding affine cone, which does not represent a projective point.
It is the polynomial-ring instance of the irrelevant ideal of a graded ring.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 113 1 a Solution Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-06
If , then is a homogeneous prime ideal that does not contain the irrelevant ideal of a graded ring . Thusdefines a map . On every standard affine open of Proj the graded homomorphism inducesand therefore an affine scheme morphismThese morphisms agree after localization on overlaps, so they glue to the required morphism of schemes .