Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 113 3 i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
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.
Under the degree-one generation condition for Proj, cover by degree-one charts. The degree-one localization of a graded module identifies the two local modules in the displayed formula, using localization commutes with tensor products. The maps are natural and agree on overlaps, so they glue to an isomorphism of sheaves of modules. The analogous assertion can fail for general positively graded rings.