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Let $C$ be a stable curve over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic and $\mathcal{F}$ be a reflexive sheaf on $C$. Is $\mathcal{F}$ locally free?

EDIT Is the projective dimension of $\mathcal{F}$ less than or equal to $1$?

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Equivalently: is every f.g. reflexive module $M$ over $R=k[[x,y]]/(xy)$ projective? The answer is no: let $M = R/xR$, then ${\rm Hom}_R(M, R) = \{f\in R\,:xf=0\} = yR \cong M$. Thus $M$ is reflexive, but is not projective.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you very much for the answer. I have added another question. Could you please have a look? $\endgroup$
    – Chen
    Apr 23, 2015 at 6:19
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    $\begingroup$ The $R$-module $M$ in Piotr's answer has infinite projective dimension, with a resolution $$\ldots R \xrightarrow{\times\, x}R\xrightarrow{\times\, y}R \xrightarrow{\times\, x}R\rightarrow M\rightarrow 0\ .$$ $\endgroup$
    – abx
    Apr 23, 2015 at 9:09

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