Locally free sheaf (source code)

= Locally free sheaf
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A sheaf of $\mathcal O_X$-modules is locally free of finite rank when every point has an open neighborhood $U$ on which it is isomorphic to $\mathcal O_U^{\oplus r}$ for some finite $r$. If $X$ is connected, the rank is constant.