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This paper explores the properties of scalar restriction, extension, and coextension functors in graded modules, examining their interactions with various graded constructions to characterize epimorphisms of graded rings.
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It provides new characterizations of epimorphisms of graded rings through the analysis of scalar functors and their interactions with graded tensor and Hom functors.
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Characterizations of epimorphisms of graded rings
Analysis of scalar functors in graded module categories
Interactions between graded functors and ring morphisms
Abstract
We investigate scalar restriction, scalar extension, and scalar coextension functors for graded modules, including their interplay with coarsening functors, graded tensor products, and graded Hom functors. This leads to several characterisations of epimorphisms of graded rings.
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Graded change of ring
Fred Rohrer
Grosse Grof 9, 9470 Buchs, Switzerland
Abstract.
We investigate scalar restriction, scalar extension, and scalar coextension functors for graded modules, including their interplay with coarsening functors, graded tensor products, and graded Hom functors. This leads to several characterisations of epimorphisms of graded rings.
Key words and phrases:
Graded module; coarsening; scalar restriction; scalar extension; scalar coextension; epimorphism of rings
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification:
Primary 16W50; Secondary 13A02
Introduction
By a group or a ring we always mean a commutative group or a commutative ring. A morphism of rings induces certain change of ring functors, namely the ubiquitous scalar extension
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and scalar restriction
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([2, II.1.13, II.5]), as well as the slightly less prominent scalar coextension
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([2, II.5.1 Remarque 4], [4, II.6], [9, 5.1]). If is a morphism of -graded rings for some group , then analogue functors between the categories of -graded modules can be defined. It is the goal of this article to comprehensively study the three functors , and in such a graded setting. In accordance with the yoga of coarsening (cf. [14]), we consider throughout an epimorphism of groups and investigate the behaviour of the above three functors with respect to the coarsening functor
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Most of the results in this article are rather easy to prove and moreover not astonishing at all. Exceptions might be the various characterisations of epimorphisms of (graded) rings (4.8) and its corollary about preservation of epimorphisms of graded rings by coarsening functors (4.9).) However, when working with graduations it seems desirable to have a such a comprehensive treatment in written form, which to the authors knowledge was not available previously.
In Section 1 we collect some preliminaries on graded modules and coarsening functors. Most of them may be well-known, but for lack of reference and ease of readability we often provide detailed explanations and full proofs.
In Section 2 we define the change of ring functors , and and investigate their behaviour under coarsening (2.1, 2.2, 2.3). One should note that since Hom functors need not commute with coarsening in general ([14, Section 3]), neither need . As a byproduct we get the graded version of the Hom-tensor adjunction (2.5), and as an application thereof we derive some properties of the canonical morphisms
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and
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where Hom is understood to be taken in the category of -graded -modules (2.7, 2.8).
Section 3 starts with recognising an adjunction whose counit is an epimorphism, and whose unit is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if , considered as a morphism of -graded -modules, is pure, an epimorphism, or an isomorphism, and an adjunction whose unit is a monomorphism, and whose counit is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if , considered as a morphism of -graded -modules, is an epimorphism, a section, or an isomorphism (3.2, 3.5, 3.6). Then, we have a look at exactness properties of change of ring functors. The aformentioned adjunctions cause and to commute with inductive limits and and to commute with projective limits. Additionally, we show that the following statements are equivalent: (i) commutes with inductive limits; (ii) commutes with projective limits; (iii) is projective and of finite type; (iv) the adjoint triple can be extended to the left and the right (3.9, 3.11). Moreover, in this case we describe these further adjoints (3.13) and get as an application a graded version of Morita’s characterisation of the coincidence of scalar extension and coextension ([10]): We have if and only if is projective and of finite type and (3.14).
Section 4 is about the interplay of change of ring functors with tensor products and Hom functors. We construct and study an isomorphism
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an epimorphism
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and a morphism
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that need neither be a mono- nor an epimorphism (4.1, 4.2, 4.3). We also construct a monomorphism
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and a morphism
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that need neither be a mono- nor an epimorphism (4.4, 4.5). (Unfortunately, theauthor was not able to find a reasonable morphism between and.) Finally, we show that the following statements are equivalent:(i) is an epimorphism of -graded rings; (ii) is an isomorphism; (iii) is an isomorphism; (iv) the counit of is an isomorphism; (v) the unit of is an isomorphism (4.8). This contains a graded version of Roby’s characterisation of epimorphisms ([13]). As a corollary we get that coarsening functors preserve epimorphisms of graded rings (4.9).
Notation. In general, notation and terminology follow Bourbaki’s Éléments de mathématique. Additionally, we denote by the category of groups and by the category of -graded -modules (for a group and a -graded ring ). Further notation and terminology concerning graded rings and modules follow [14]. In particular, for an epimorphism of groups we denote by the -coarsening functor from the category of -graded rings to the category of -graded rings as well as the -coarsening functor from to (for a -graded ring ).
Throughout the following, we fix an epimorphism of groups and a morphism of -graded rings . If we consider as a morphism of -graded -modules (from to , cf. 2.1), then we denote it by .
1. Preliminaries on graded modules
(1.1)
Even though the notion of adjoint functors is crucial for our investigation, we use only the very modest amount of results from category theory recalled below.
A) Let and be functors, and let and be morphisms of functors. If and , then there is an adjunction , and and are called its unit and its counit ([8, 1.5.3]).
B) Left (or right) adjoint functors are unique up to unique isomorphisms ([8, 1.5.3]).
C) Let , , and be functors. If there are adjunctions and , then there is an adjunction ([8, 1.5.5]).
D) Let be a functor. If has a left (or right) adjoint, then it commutes with projective (or inductive) limits ([8, 2.1.10]). The converse holds if is an AB5 category with a generator ([8, 9.6.4]).
E) Let be an adjunction with unit and counit . If is faithful then is a monomorphism; if is faithful then is an epimorphism ([16, 16.5.3]).
F) A functor commutes with projective (or inductive) limits if and only if it is left (or right) exact and commutes with product (or coproducts) ([7, I.6.4.4]).
(1.2)
The category is abelian, fulfils AB5 and AB4∗, and has a projective generator and an injective cogenerator ([11, A.I.1]). If , then the -shift functor is an isomorphism of categories (with inverse ) and thus commutes with inductive and projective limits. These basic facts will be used freely throughout the following.
(1.3)
The -coarsening functor is faithful, conservative, exact, and commutes with inductive limits; it commutes with projective limits if and only if is finite ([14, Proposition 1.2, Theorem 1.3], 1.1 D)). In general, for a projective system there is a canonical morphism
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in .
(1.4)
It follows on use of [11, A.I.2.1] that a morphism in is a section (or a retraction) if and only if is so. Therefore, a short exact sequence in is split if and only if the short exact sequence in is split.
(1.5)
A -graded -module is called free (of finite rank) if for some (finite) family in . If is free (of finite rank) then so is ; the converse need not hold ([11, A.I.2.6.2]).
A -graded -module is called of finite type (or of finite presentation) if there is an exact sequence (or ) in with (and ) free of finite rank. This holds if and only if is of finite type (or of finite presentation). Indeed, preserves both properties by the first paragraph and 1.3. For the converses we may suppose that . If is of finite type then the set of homogeneous components of the elements of a finite generating set of is a finite homogeneous generating set of , hence is of finite type. If is of finite presentation then by the above there is an epimorphism in with free of finite rank, hence is of finite type by [2, X.1.4 Proposition 6] and 1.3, thus so is by what we have already shown. Therefore, is of finite presentation.
(1.6)
A) The -graded tensor product bifunctor
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maps a pair of -graded -modules to the -graded -module
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and commutes with -coarsening, i.e., there is an isomorphism of functors
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For there are isomorphisms
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B) A -graded -module is called flat if is exact. By [11, A.I.2.18], is flat if and only if is so.
C) A morphism in is called pure if is a monomorphism. By [11, A.I.2.20], is pure if and only if is so.
(1.7)
A) The -graded Hom bifunctor
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maps a pair of -graded -modules to the -graded -module
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and there is a canonical monomorphism
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If is a -graded -module, then is an isomorphism for every -graded -module if and only if is finite or is small ([14, 3.6], cf. 1.8 A)). For there are isomorphisms
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B) A -graded -module is called projective if is exact, and this holds if and only if is exact. Furthermore, is projective (and of finite type) if and only if it is a direct summand of a free -graded -module (of finite rank). In particular, projective -graded -modules are flat. By [11, I.2.2], is projective if and only if is so. It follows thus from 1.5, 1.6 B), and the corresponding ungraded statement ([2, X.1.5]), that a -graded -module is flat and of finite presentation if and only if it is projective and of finite type.
(1.8)
A) Let be a -graded -module. For a family of -graded -modules there are canonical monomorphisms
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in and
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in , both with for or , resp., for and . The -graded -module is called small if is an isomorphism for every , and this holds if and only if is an isomorphism for every . If is of finite type then it is small, but the converse need not hold ([12, 2∘, 5∘]); it does hold if is projective by 1.5, 1.7 B), and the corresponding ungraded statement in the proof of [1, II.1.2]. Setting there is a commutative diagram
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in , where the left vertical morphism is induced by . If is small or is finite, then both vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (1.3, 1.7 A)). Furthermore, is small if and only if is so ([14, 3.2]).
B) The -graded ring is called steady if a -graded -module is small if and only if it is of finite type. If is noetherian then it is steady, but the converse need not hold ([6, 3.5], [12, 7∘, 10∘]). If is steady and is surjective, then is steady ([5, 1.9]). If is steady then so is ; the converse holds if is finite ([14, 3.3]).
C) Let and be -graded -modules. If and are small then so is by A), 1.6 A) and the corresponding ungraded statement ([6, 1.4]). Conversely, if is small then neither nor need be small; an (ungraded) counterexample is given by the steady ring and the non-small -modules and , for is small.
D) Let and be -graded -modules. If is small then neither nor need be so. An (ungraded) counterexample is given by the steady ring , a finite group , and the non-small -modules and , for is small. Conversely, if and are small then need not be small.111For a positive result see 1.15. For an (ungraded) counterexample, we consider a field and the local ring whose maximal ideal is not of finite type. Then, is steady ([12, 10∘], B)) and the -module is small, but has a direct summand that is not small.
(1.9)
A) Let be a -graded -module. For a family of -graded -modules there is a canonical morphism in with for and that need be neither a mono- nor an epimorphism ([17, 059I]). Setting there is a commutative diagram
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in where the vertical morphisms are induced by the canonical ones. If is finite then both vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (1.3, 1.6 A)).
B) If is free of finite rank then is an isomorphism for every family of -graded -modules. Indeed, for a finite family in and a family of -graded -modules we have a commutative diagram
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in where the unmarked morphisms are the canonical ones and is an isomorphism because is finite (1.6 A)). This yields the claim.
(1.10) Proposition
Let be a -graded -module.
a) The following statements are equivalent: (i) is an epimorphism for every family of -graded -modules; (ii) is an epimorphism for every family of flat -graded -modules; (iii) is of finite type.
b) The following statements are equivalent: (i) is an isomorphism for every family of -graded -modules; (ii) is an isomorphism for every family of flat -graded -modules; (iii) is of finite presentation.
Proof.
a) Suppose that (ii) holds, so that the map
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is surjective. There exist , for and , and for with . Hence, if then . This shows that , thus (iii) holds.
Suppose that (iii) holds, so that we have an epimorphism in with free of finite rank. Let be a family of -graded -modules. By 1.9 B) we have a commutative diagram
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in , implying that is an epimorphism and thus (i).
b) Suppose that (ii) holds. By a) there is an exact sequence
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in with free of finite rank. Let be a family of flat -graded -modules. By (ii) and a) we have a commutative diagram with exact rows
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in . The Snake Lemma ([17, 010H]) implies that is an epimorphism, hence is of finite type by a), and thus (iii) holds.
Suppose that (iii) holds, so that we have an exact sequence in with and free of finite rank. Let be a family of -graded -modules. By 1.9 B) we have a commutative diagram with exact rows
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in . The Five Lemma ([17, 05QB]) implies that is an isomorphism and thus (i). ∎
(1.11) Corollary
Let be a -graded -module. Then, is an epimorphism (or isomorphism) for every family of -graded -modules if and only if is so for every family of -graded -modules.
Proof.
Immediately from 1.5 and 1.10. ∎
(1.12)
For -graded -modules , and there is a morphism
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in with for , and that is natural in , and . In particular, for a -graded -module the morphism composed with the canonical isomorphism yields a morphism
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in that is natural in .
(1.13) Proposition
Let , and be -graded -modules. If is projective then is a monomorphism. If is projective and of finite type then is an isomorphism.222For this generalises [2, II.4 Exercice 6 b)].
Proof.
Let be a further -graded -module. Setting , and , there is a commutative diagram
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in where the vertical morphisms are the canonical ones. Thus, is an isomorphism if and only if and are so. So, for the first (or second) claim we can henceforth suppose that is free (of finite rank) (1.7 B)). If for a family in , then there is a commutative diagram
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in where the unmarked morphisms are the canonical ones (1.6 A), 1.7 A)), implying that is a monomorphism. For the second claim we can by 1.6 A) suppose that , and then it is clear. ∎
(1.14) Corollary
Let be a -graded -module. If is projective then is a monomorphism. If is projective and of finite type then is an isomorphism.
Proof.
Immediately from 1.13. ∎
(1.15) Proposition
Let be a projective -graded -module of finite type.
a) If is a -graded -module that is small (or of finite type), then so is.
b) is projective and of finite type.
Proof.
a) Let be a family of -graded -modules. There is a commutative diagram
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in where the unmarked morphism is the canonical one. If is projective and of finite type and is small, then both horizontal morphisms and are isomorphisms (1.13), hence is an isomorphism, too, and thus is small. If is additionally of finite type then there exists a finite family in such that is a direct summand of (1.7 B)), hence is a direct summand of (1.7 A)), and as this -graded -module is of finite type, the same holds for .
b) As in a) we see that is a direct summand of the free -graded -module and thus projective. ∎
(1.16)
A) For -graded -modules , and there is a commutative diagram
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in , where the unmarked morphism is the canonical one. If is finite, or if is projective and of finite type and is small, then all the vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (1.6 A), 1.7 A), 1.8 A), 1.15 a)).
B) For a -graded -module there is a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite, or if is projective and of finite type, then the right vertical and the lower horizontal morphism are isomorphisms (1.7 A), 1.8 A), 1.15 a)).
2. Change of ring functors
(2.1)
For a -graded -module we define a -graded -module as follows: Its underlying additive group and its -graduation are those of ; its -scalar multiplication is given by for and , where the right side product is the -scalar multiplication of . If is a morphism in , then its underlying map defines a morphism in , denoted by . These definitions give rise to a faithful and conservative functor
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called scalar restriction (from to ) by means of . It is clear from the above that scalar restriction by means of commutes with -coarsening, i.e.,
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(2.2)
A) For a -graded -module and a -graded -module we define a -graded -module as follows: Its underlying additive group and its -graduation are those of ; its -scalar multiplication is given by for , and . If is a morphism in and is a morphism in , then the map underlying
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is -linear and thus defines a morphism in , denoted by . These definitions give rise to a bifunctor
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with . As -graded tensor products commute with -coarsening (1.6 A)) it follows that the same holds for the above bifunctor, i.e., there is an isomorphism
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B) Taking in A) we get a functor
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with , called scalar extension (from to ) by means of . It follows from A) that commutes with -coarsening, i.e., there is an isomorphism
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Moreover, there is a canonical isomorphism in .
(2.3)
A) For a -graded -module and a -graded -module we define a -graded -module as follows: Its underlying additive group and its -graduation are those of ; its -scalar multiplication is given by for , and . If is a morphism in and is a morphism in , then the map
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is -linear and thus defines a morphism in , denoted by . These definitions give rise to a bifunctor
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with . By 1.7 A) there is a canonical monomorphism of -graded -modules
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Its source equals , its target equals , and on use of 2.1 it is readily checked that its underlying map is -linear. Thus, it defines a monomorphism of -graded -modules
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As is natural in and , the same holds for , and so we get a canonical monomorphism of bifunctors
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Clearly, . It follows from 1.7 A) that is an isomorphism for every -graded -module if and only if is finite or is small.
B) Taking in A) we get a functor
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with , called scalar coextension (from to ) by means of . By A) there is a canonical monomorphism
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and commutes with -coarsening, i.e., is an isomorphism if and only if is finite or is small.
(2.4)
Each of the functors , and commutes with shifts, i.e., for there are isomorphisms of functors , , and .
(2.5)
A) Let be a -graded -module. One can show analogously to the ungraded case ([2, II.4.1 Proposition 1]) that there are adjunctions
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and
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B) Let and be -graded -modules, and let be a -graded -module. By A), 1.7 A) and the symmetry of tensor products we have for an isomorphism
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in . Taking the direct sum over and keeping in mind 2.3 A) we get an isomorphism
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in that is natural in , and . Moreover, there is a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or and are small, then all the vertical monomorphisms are isomorphisms (1.8 C), 2.3 A)).
(2.6)
A) Let and be -graded -modules, and let be a -graded -module. There is a morphism
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in with for , and that is natural in , and . Moreover, there is a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or is small, then both vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (2.3 A)).
B) Let be a -graded -module, and let and be -graded -modules. By A) and 2.3 A) there is a morphism
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in that is -linear. Thus, there is a morphism
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in with that is natural in , and . Moreover, there is a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or is small, then both vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (2.3 A)).
C) Let be a -graded -module and let be a -graded -module. There is a morphism
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in with for , and that is natural in and . Moreover, there is a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or is projective and of finite type, then the lower horizontal and the right vertical morphism are isomorphisms (1.15 a), 2.3 A)).
D) For -graded -modules and there is a commutative diagram
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in .
(2.7) Proposition
Let be a -graded -module, and let and be -graded -modules. If is projective then is a monomorphism. If or is projective and of finite type, or if is small and is projective, then is an isomorphism.333For the last statement generalises [2, II.4 Exercice 3].
Proof.
Let be a further -graded -module and let be a further -graded -module. Then, there are commutative diagrams
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and
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in where the unmarked morphisms are the canonical ones. It follows that is a mono- or isomorphism if and only if both and are so, and that is a mono- or isomorphism if and only if both and are so.
If is projective, then is projective and hence flat (1.6 B), 1.7 B)), so that is a monomorphism (2.3 A)) and that is a monomorphism by the corresponding ungraded statement ([2, II.4.2 Proposition 2]). Now, is a monomorphism by 2.6 B).
If or is projective and of finite type, then by the first paragraph we can suppose first that it is free of finite rank, and second that it equals , in which case the claim is clear. So, suppose that is small and is projective. By the first paragraph we can suppose that for a family in . Then, there is a commutative diagram
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in , where the vertical morphisms are the canonical ones (1.6 A), 1.7 A), 1.8 A)). The claim follows now since and is conservative (2.1). ∎
(2.8) Corollary
Let and be -graded -modules. If and are projective then is a monomorphism. If is projective and of finite type then is an isomorphism.
Proof.
The first claim follows from 1.7 B), 1.14, 2.6 D) and 2.7. The second claim follows from 1.14, 1.15 b), 2.6 D) and 2.7. ∎
3. Adjunctions
(3.1)
A) For a -graded -module there are morphisms
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and
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in that are natural in . For a -graded -module there are morphisms
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and
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in that are natural in . Altogether we have morphisms of functors
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Moreover, if then , , , and .
B) By 2.1 and 2.2 B) there are isomorphisms of functors
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such that the diagrams of functors
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commute.
C) By 2.1 and 2.3 B) there are monomorphisms of functors
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such that the diagrams of functors
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commute. Each of these monomorphisms is an isomorphism if and only if is finite or is small.
(3.2) Theorem
There are an adjunction
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with unit and counit , and an adjunction
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with unit and counit .
Proof.
This is readily checked on use of 1.1 A). ∎
(3.3) Corollary
There are isomorphisms
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Proof.
This is readily checked on use of 2.4 and 3.2. ∎
(3.4) Corollary
If is a further morphism of -graded rings, then , and there are isomorphisms of functors and .
Proof.
The first claim follows immediately from the definition of (2.1). Together with 3.2 and 1.1 B), C) it implies the other claims. ∎
(3.5) Corollary
* is an epimorphism and is a monomorphism.*
Proof.
Since is faithful (2.1), this follows immediately from 1.1 E) and 3.2. ∎
(3.6) Proposition
a) is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is pure, an epimorphism, or an isomorphism.
b) is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism, resp., if and only if is an epimorphism, a section, or an isomorphism, resp.
Proof.
a) We have a commutative diagram
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of functors, where the left vertical morphism is the canonical one (2.2 A)). Therefore, is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is so, thus if and only if is pure, an epi-, or an isomorphism.
b) We have a commutative diagram
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of functors, where the right vertical morphism is the canonical one. Therefore, is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is so, hence if and only if is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism, and thus if and only if is an epimorphism, a section, or an isomorphism. ∎
(3.7) Corollary
a) is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is so.
b) is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is so.
Proof.
This follows from 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 C), and 3.6. ∎
(3.8)
A) If is a small -graded -module then is small by 1.8 A) and the corresponding ungraded result ([12, 3∘]). The converse need not hold; an (ungraded) counterexample is given by the canonical bimorphism and the non-small -module , for is small.
B) If is a -graded -module such that is small, then is small. Indeed, by 1.8 A) we can suppose that . If is small, then so is by A), and since is an epimorphism (3.5) it follows from [12, 2∘] that is small. The converse need not hold; an (ungraded) counterexample is given by the canonical bimorphism and the small -module , for is not small.
C) If is projective and of finite type and is a small -graded -module, then is small by 1.15 a) and B).
(3.9) Proposition
a) commutes with inductive and projective limits, commutes with inductive limits, and commutes with projective limits.
b) is exact if and only if is flat, commutes with products if and only if is of finite presentation, and commutes with projective limits if and only if is projective and of finite type.
c) is exact if and only if is projective, commutes with direct sums if and only if is small, and commutes with inductive limits if and only if is projective and of finite type.
Proof.
a) follows from 1.1 D) and 3.2.
b) is exact if and only if is so (2.1, 2.2 A), a)), hence if and only if is flat. It commutes with products if and only if does so (2.2 A), a)), and thus the second claim follows from 1.10 b). The last claim follows from b), c), 1.1 F) and 1.7 B).
c) is exact if and only if is so (2.1, 2.3 A), a)), hence if and only if is projective (1.7 B)). It commutes with direct sums if and only if does so (2.3 A), a)), hence if and only if is small (1.8 A)). The last claim follows from b), c), 1.1 F) and 1.8 A). ∎
(3.10) Corollary
a) is exact, commutes with products, or commutes with projective limits if and only if has the same property.
b) is exact, commutes with direct sums, or commutes with inductive limits if and only if has the same property.
Proof.
Since commutes with -coarsening (2.1), this follows from 1.5, 1.6 B), 1.7 B), 1.8 A), and 3.9. ∎
(3.11) Corollary
The following statements are equivalent: (i) has a left adjoint; (ii) has a right adjoint; (iii) The -graded -module is projective and of finite type.
Proof.
Immediately from 1.1 D) and 3.9. ∎
(3.12)
We define functors
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and
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By 2.5 A), has a right adjoint, namely , and has a left adjoint, namely .
(3.13) Proposition
If is projective and of finite type, then there are adjunctions
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and
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Proof.
For a -graded -module , the isomorphisms in and in (2.7, 2.8) give rise to isomorphisms
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in that are natural in . Thus, 3.12 yields the desired adjunctions. ∎
(3.14) Corollary
There is an isomorphism if and only if is projective and of finite type and .444For this is contained in [10, Theorem 4.1].
Proof.
Necessity follows from 3.2 and 3.11 since (2.2 B)). Sufficiency follows from 3.12 and 3.13. ∎
4. Interplay with tensor and Hom, and epimorphisms
(4.1)
A) Let and be -graded -modules. There is a morphism
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in with for , and , and this is natural in and . Moreover, there is a morphism
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in with for , and . As and are mutually inverse, we have an isomorphism
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B) Since -coarsening commutes with tensor products and scalar extension (1.6 A), 2.2 B)), we have a commutative diagram
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in , where the vertical morphisms are the canonical ones.
(4.2)
A) Let and be -graded -modules. There is an epimorphism
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in with for and , and this is natural in and . Therefore, we have an epimorphism
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Furthermore, we have (3.1 A)).
B) Since -coarsening commutes with tensor products and scalar restriction (1.6 A), 2.1), we have a commutative diagram
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in , where the vertical morphisms are the canonical ones.
(4.3)
A) Let and be -graded -modules. There is a morphism
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in with for , and , and this is natural in and . Therefore, we have a morphism
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B) Since -coarsening commutes with tensor products (1.6 A)) it follows from 2.3 A) that we have a commutative diagram
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in , where the vertical morphisms are induced by and. If is finite or is small, then the vertical morphisms are isomorphisms.
C) On use of the symmetry of tensor products and the canonical isomorphism it is readily checked that there is a commutative diagram
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in .
D) The morphism need not be an epimorphism. Indeed, let be a finite nonzero ring, and let be the polynomial algebra in one indeterminate over . The -module is countable but not of finite type. The first part of the proof of 1.10 a) shows that the canonical morphism of -modules (1.9 A)) is not an epimorphism. But up to the isomorphism , this morphism equals , and thus C) implies that is not an epimorphism.
E) The morphism need not be a monomorphism. Indeed, let be a field, let , let denote the canonical image of in , let , and let be the canonical projection. Then, takes the form , hence maps to [math], and thus is not a monomorphism. Therefore, C) implies that is not a monomorphism either.
(4.4)
A) Let and be -graded -modules. There is a monomorphism of -graded -modules
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in , and this is natural in and . Therefore, we have a monomorphism
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Furthermore, identifying and by means of the canonical isomorphism we have (3.1 A)).555Since is faithful (2.1) and is a monomorphism, this implies again that is a monomorphism (3.5).
B) Since -coarsening commutes with scalar restriction (2.1) it follows from 1.7 A) and 3.9 a) that we have a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or is small, then both vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (1.7 A), 3.8 B)).
(4.5)
A) Let and be -graded -modules. There is a morphism
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in with for , and , and this is natural in and . Therefore, we have a morphism
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B) Since -coarsening commutes with scalar extension (2.2 B)) it follows from 1.7 A) that we have a commutative diagram
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in . If is finite or is small, then the vertical morphisms are isomorphisms (1.7 A), 3.8 A)).
C) The morphism of functors need be neither a mono- nor an epimorphism. For an (ungraded) counterexample (cf. [2, II.5 Exercice 1]), let and , and let denote the canonical projection with kernel . Consider the -modules and . Then, (2.2 B)), and since we have . It follows that . There is a non-zero morphism of -modules with , and we have . Since it follows that . Now, we have , hence , and thus . In particular, is neither a mono- nor an epimorphism.
(4.6) Proposition
Let and be -graded -modules. Then, is a mono-, epi- or isomorphism if and only if is so.
Proof.
By 3.3 there is an isomorphism
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in . So, by 2.2 B) and the symmetry of tensor products we have a commutative diagram
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Since is faithful and conservative (2.1) this yields the claim. ∎
(4.7) Corollary
a) If is projective, then is a monomorphism. If is projective and of finite type, then is an isomorphism.
b) Let be a -graded -module. If is projective and of finite type, or if is small and is projective, then is an isomorphism for every -graded -module .666For , b) generalises [2, II.5.3 Proposition 7].
Proof.
a) Immediately from 2.7 and 4.6. ∎
(4.8) Theorem
The following statements are equivalent:777For , the implication (i)(v) generalises [2, II.3.3 Proposition 2 Corollaire] and [3, II.2.7 Proposition 18], while the equivalence (i)(ii) is contained in [13, Théorème 1]. (i) is an epimorphism; (ii) is an isomorphism; (iii) is an isomorphism; (iv) is an isomorphism;(v) is an isomorphism; (vi) is an isomorphism; (vii) is an isomorphism.
Proof.
“(i)(ii)”: Suppose that is an epimorphism. The morphisms of -graded -algebras and coincide, as their compositions with coincide. Thus, , hence is a mono- and therefore an isomorphism (3.5).
“(ii)(iii)”: For a -graded -module we have (3.2). So, since is conservative (2.1), is an isomorphism if and only if is an epimorphism. Suppose now that is an isomorphism. Then, is an epimorphism for every (3.1 A)). Let be a -graded -module. There exist a family in and an epimorphism in . Keeping in mind 2.4 and 3.9 a) we get a commutative diagram
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in , where the unmarked morphisms are the canonical ones. It follows that is an epimorphism, and thus is an isomorphism.
“(iii)(i)”: If is an isomorphism then so is (3.1 B)), thus is an epimorphism by the corresponding ungraded statement ([13, Théorème 1]), and therefore is an epimorphism.
“(iii)(v)”: Let and be -graded -modules. Keeping in mind 2.2 B) and the associativity of tensor products we get a commutative diagram
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in , where the unmarked morphisms are the canonical ones. If is an isomorphism, then so are all the vertical morphisms in the above diagram, and thus is an isomorphism, too.
“(v)(iii)”: If is an isomorphism, then so is for every -graded -module (4.2 A)). As is conservative (2.1) it follows that is an isomorphism.
“(iii)(vii)”: For -graded -modules and we have a commutative diagram
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in , where the unmarked morphism is given by the adjunction (3.2). The morphism is an isomorphism if and only if is an isomorphism for all -graded -modules and , hence if and only if the horizontal morphism in the above diagram is an isomorphism for all -graded -modules and . By 2.4 this is equivalent to being an isomorphism.
“(iv)(vii)”: This follows from the facts that for every -graded -module (4.4 A)) and that is conservative (2.1).
“(vi)(vii)”: Clear.
“(vii)(vi)”: Let be a -graded -module. There exist a free -graded -module and an epimorphism in , yielding a commutative diagram
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Let be a -graded -module, and let be such that the map underlying is -linear. If and , then there exists with , and it follows . Thus, the map underlying is -linear. This shows that the above diagram of functors is cartesian. Hence, we may replace by and thus suppose that is free ([17, 08N4]). So, there exists a family in with . By 2.4 and 3.9 a) there is a commutative diagram
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where the vertical morphisms are the canonical ones. If is an isomorphism, then so is , and the above diagram implies that is an isomorphism, too. ∎
(4.9) Corollary
The morphism of -graded rings is an epimorphism if and only if the morphism of -graded rings is an epimorphism.
Proof.
Immediately from 3.1 B) and 4.8. ∎
(4.10) Corollary
, , and are isomorphisms if and only if , , and are so.
Proof.
Immediately from 4.8 and 4.9. ∎
Acknowledgements. I am grateful to Jeremy Rickard who helped me to understand the functors and (https://mathoverflow.net/questions/300531), and to the pseudonymous MO user abx who answered questions about purity and about commutation of with infinite products (https://mathoverflow.net/questions/199721, https://mathoverflow.net/questions/201022).
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