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Colimits in commutative Banach algebras?
Let $K$ be a complete non-Archimedean field. It is known that the category $\mathrm{Ban}_K$ of $K$-Banach spaces with bounded linear maps does not have infinite colimits. The usual argument for $\...
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What is the equivalent of Artin gluing for quasicoherent sheaves?
Given a topological space or locale $X$ and an open $j : U \hookrightarrow X$ with closed complement $i : K \hookrightarrow X$, the inverse image functor $\langle i^*, j^* \rangle : \textbf{Sh} (X) \...
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The inverse limit of a sequence of ring surjections commutes with taking difference subsets of the respective units & gluing in some primes?
Define $R_n := \Bbb{Z}/p_n\#$ the ring of integers modulo primorial $p_n\# = p_n p_{n-1} \cdots p_1$. Let $U_n$ denote the group of units modulo $p_n\#$ in these rings.
Then if $f_{n,n+1}: \Bbb{Z}/p_{...
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Picard group of almost module category
I am very new to the world of almost mathematics and I am curious about the following:
Fix an almost mathematics situation $(R,I)$ throughout. Very generally, the almost module category comes with a ...
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Big list of Hochster dual concepts
Let $X$ be a spectral space. Then there is a canonical space $X^\vee$ with the same points, same constructible topology, and the opposite specialization order. This is known as “Hochster duality”, and ...
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$R$-Module objects in cartesian closed categories
I am looking for a reference for the following statement.
Theorem. Let
$C$ be a regular, well-powered, countably complete cartesian closed category,
$R$ be a (commutative) ring object in $C$,
$R\...
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Is uniform dimension monotonic in quotients when there is a unique indecomposable injective?
The notion of uniform or Goldie dimension is something I’ve only seen discussed for categories of modules, but I believe the theory works the same way in any Grothendieck category $\mathcal C$. Recall ...
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In an abelian category with no nontrivial Serre subcategories, does every short exact sequence split?
Question: Let $\mathcal A$ be an abelian category. Suppose that the only Serre subcategories of $\mathcal A$ are the zero category and $\mathcal A$ itself. Does it follow that every short exact ...
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Coherent sheaves, Serre’s theorem and ext groups
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ (if necessary we assume that $\operatorname{ch}(k)=0$).
Let $O_X(1)$ be a very ample invertible sheaf on $X$.
Then, the ...
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Are covering families of localizations stable under pushouts?
For a commutative ring $A$, we call a finite family of localizations $A \to A_{S_i}$ (where $S_i$ are some subsets of $A$) a covering if the canonical morphism $A \to \prod A_{S_i}$ is an effective ...
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Trying to decode a module functor
This is section 5.1 from, ARITHMETIC DERIVATIVES THROUGH GEOMETRY OF NUMBERS by Hector Pasten.
Let $A$ be a commutative unitary ring, let $R$ be a commutative monoid, and let $\alpha : R \to A$ be a ...
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Lengths and additive invariants which preserve positivity
The length of a module is well-known to be an additive invariant of finite-length modules. That is, if $R$ is a ring and $Art(R)$ its category of finite-length modules, then $length : Ob (Art(R)) \to \...
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Does the category of integral domains admit a symmetric monoidal structure?
Let $\mathbf{Int}$ be the category of integral domains with injective homomorphisms. Does it admit a symmetric monoidal structure? If so, can we choose $\mathbb{Z}$ as the unit object? If it helps to ...
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Serre subcategories of the category of chain complexes of modules
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$.
Let $R$ be a commutative $k$-algebra.
We denote by $\operatorname{Mod}(R), C(R), $ and $ D(R)$ the category of $R$-modules, the category ...
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Equivalences of categories of complexes of modules
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$.
Let $R, S$ be two commutative $k$-algebras.
Let $\operatorname{Ch}(R), \operatorname{Ch}(S)$ be the categories of complexes of $R$-...
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Isbell Duality and Dualizing Scheme Objects
I'm not sure if this question is too elementary for MO; nevertheless, I have seen many helpful discussions surrounding this topic here. I'm interested in studying the adjunction $\operatorname{Spec}\...
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Is there a Hopf algebra-style description of chain complexes?
An old chestnut is that filtered objects are the same as sheaves over $\mathbb A^1 / \mathbb G_m$.
Question: Is there a similar description of chain complexes?
More precisely, if $\mathcal C$ is a ...
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What is $\text{Hom}(\mathcal{F}\times\mathcal{G}, \mathbb{A}^1)$?
Let $S$ be an affine scheme and let $\text{Aff}(S)$ be the site of affine $S$-schemes. Let $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{G}$ be a pair of sheaves on $\text{Aff}(S)$, and let $\mathbb{A}^1_S$ be the ...
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What are all of the topological (commutative) monoid structures on a closed interval?
Consider a closed real interval $[a,b]$ as a toplogical space. Up to homeomeorphism it doesn't matter, but I like to take $[a,b] = [0,\infty]$.
Question 1: What are all of the topological commutative ...
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On the pro-category of finite local artinian algebras
Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a finite field, and $W(\mathbb{F})$ its associated ring of Witt's vectors. On page 6 of the following lecture notes Deformations of Galois Representations, the category $\mathfrak{...
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References discussing the category of ordered commutative rings
Is there a reference anywhere discussing the category of ordered commutative rings?
I'm thinking of ordered commutative rings and ring homomorphisms preserving the order, but I would also be ...
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What are abelian categories enriched over themselves?
As far as I understand, an arbitrary abelian category is not enriched over itself, for example, $\mathrm{ChainComplex}(\mathrm{Ab})$ is, right? On the other hand, the categories $\mathrm{Mod}(R)$ (in ...
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Binary unions are effective in abelian categories
Let $\mathsf{A}$ be an abelian category and $S,T\hookrightarrow M$ be two subobjects. We can naturally form the commutative square
and it's surely cartesian. (Since intersections are given by ...
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Is there a relation between Gelfand duality and the spectrum of a ring (with its Zariski topology)?
Compare the following two results:
Thm A) Let $A$ be a commutative $C^*$-algebra and let $X$ be its Gelfand spectrum. Gelfand duality says that there's a natural isometric $*$-isomorphism from $A$ to ...
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When some idempotent ideals belong to the Gabriel filter of ideals for a hereditary torsion theory
Let $\mathscr{I}_\sigma$ be the Gabriel filter of ideals for a hereditary torsion theory $\sigma$ over a commutative ring $R$. I am looking for equivalent conditions on either $\sigma$ or $R$ under ...
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Localization of Bernstein center
Let $C$ be a $k$-linear category ($k$ an algebraically closed field) and $Z$ its Bernstein center (the ring of endomorphisms of the identity functor of $C$).
Are there natural assumptions that ...
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Concept of an exact ideal of a module category
Let $R$ be a ring and $\text{Mod}\,R$ the category of (left) $R$-modules. Consider an ideal $\mathcal{I}$ of $\text{Mod}\,R$. For $R$-modules $X$ and $Y$ let $\mathcal{I}(X,Y)$ be the collection of ...
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Chain complexes split in the derived category over rings of global dimension 1
Let $R$ be a ring of global dimension $1$. Then I have seen the claim (in a paper, and in this MO post When do chain complexes decompose as a direct sum?) that any chain complex over $R$ is equivalent ...
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Is the category of topologically free $k[[h]]$-modules locally presentable?
$\newcommand{\colim}{\operatorname{colim}}$
Let $k$ be a field (of characteristic 0, say) and $M$ be a module over $R=k[[h]]$. Recall that the $h$-adic completion of $M$ is
$$
\hat M:=\lim M/h^nM,
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Category of modules over internal monoid is abelian
I have asked the following question on MSE a few days ago, but without any success.
I am interested in proving the following statement:
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a tensor category. Then the category of ...
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Extending functors between K-algebras to schemes
Assume we have $K$ and $L$ (comm.) rings, and we have a functor $F$ from the category of $K$-Algebras to the category of $L$-Algebras (I work only with commutative rings). What conditions need to ...
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Let A be an Artin algebra. What happens if the limit and inverse limit are the same in mod A?
Let $A$ be an Artin algebra and $\text{mod}\,A$ the category of finite length modules. Further, let $X_0 \longrightarrow X_1 \longrightarrow X_2 \longrightarrow ...$ and $Y_0 \longleftarrow Y_1 \...
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What is the largest subcategory $C$ of a module category over an Artin algebra, such that $C$ is Krull-Schmidt (and abelian)? Does $C$ exist?
Let $A$ be an Artin algebra, $\text{Mod}\,A$ the category of $A$-modules and $\text{mod}\,A$ the category of finitely generated $A$-modules. It is well-known that $\text{mod}\,A$ is a Krull-Schmidt ...
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On the functors $\text{Hom}_R(k,-)$ and $k \otimes_R ( -)$ for Artinian local Gorenstein ring $R$
Let $(R, \mathfrak m,k)$ be an Artinian local Gorenstein ring, hence $\text{Hom}_R(k, R)\cong k$, and so
$\text{Hom}_R(k, R^{\oplus n})\cong k^{\oplus n} \cong k \otimes_R R^{\oplus n} , \forall n \ge ...
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Is the category of quasi-coherent sheaves not a topos?
There are two parts to my question:
Question #1: First a sanity-check: Am I right in that the category of quasi-coherent sheaves (over e.g. an affine scheme) is not a topos?
My reasoning is thus:
It ...
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Is every additive, left exact functor isomorphic to a hom functor?
Let $A$ be an Artin algebra, $\text{mod}\,A$ the category of finitely generated $A$-modules and $\text{Ab}$ the category of abelian groups. Is every additive, covariant, left-exact functor $F:\text{...
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To show equivalence and full faithfulness of a functor PRESERVED under an action of a finite flat algebra
I have explained the two questions and then showed my effort on question $(1)$ as follows (Please at least check my effort below and suggest to make it perfect):
Let $R, S,T$ be three commutative ...
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Pushout and pullback in the category of rings
Consider the following pushout diagram
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
A @>f>> B\\
@V g V V @VV V\\
C @>> > D
\end{CD}
in the category of $\textbf{Rings}$ where $f,g$ both are flat ...
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Gluing categorical limit over subgraphs
Let $C$ be a category, and $\Gamma$ a graph in $C$. Under good conditions it makes sense to talk about the limit $\lim \Gamma$ of $\Gamma$ in $C$.
Suppose $\Gamma$ is the union of two subgraphs $\...
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Uncountable Mittag-Leffler condition?
Let $(X_\alpha)_{\alpha <\kappa}$ be an inverse system of abelian groups.
If $\kappa = \omega$ (or by extension if $\kappa$ is of countable cofinality), then the Mittag-Leffler condition is a ...
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Example of an uncountable sequence of abelian groups with nonvanishing $\varprojlim^2$?
$\DeclareMathOperator{\op}{\mathrm{op}}\DeclareMathOperator{\Ab}{\mathsf{Ab}}\DeclareMathOperator{\Vect}{\mathsf{Vect}}$Question 1: What is an example of a sequence $(X_\alpha)_{\alpha<\kappa}$ of ...
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Example of an inverse system which suddenly "jumps" in size in a specific "controlled" way?
I'm looking for an inverse system $(X_\alpha)_{\alpha < \omega_1}$ of vector spaces (EDIT: over a finite field) such that, for some $\lambda \geq 2$ with $\lambda < \lambda^{\omega_1}$ (I ...
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Open covers by ind-affine ind-schemes
Many apologies if this is totally standard! I couldn't find it in the literature.
Background definitions:
A presheaf $X: \textbf{Aff}^\text{op} \to \textbf{Set}$ is an ind-scheme if it is a filtered ...
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Polynomial objects in any concrete category
EDIT: The original question had a trivial answer: it's just a coproduct. New question below
New Question: As shown below, in the category of commutative unital rings, the coproduct of a ring $R$ with $...
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Closure of the product of subfunctors
Background:
Let $X: \textbf{CRing} \to \textbf{Set}$ be a presheaf on the category of affine schemes and $Z \subseteq X$ a subfunctor. One defines $Z$ to be closed if for every ring $A$ and every ...
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Is there a notion of polynomial ring in "one half variable"?
Let $C$ be the category of commutative rings.
Is there a functor $F :C \to C$ such that $F(F(R)) \cong R[X]$ for every commutative ring $R$ ?
(Here, we may assume those isomorphisms to be natural ...
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Categorical Kähler differentials and the Leibniz rule
From nlab, the module of Kähler differentials over some category $\mathcal{C}$ is the free functor:
$$\Omega: \mathcal{C} \to \mathsf{Mod_{\mathcal{C}}}$$
left-adjoint to the (forgetful) embedding:
$$...
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Does the category of local rings with residue field $F$ have an initial object?
Let $F$ be a field. Does the category $C_F$ of local rings $R$ equipped with a surjective morphism $R\longrightarrow F$ have an initial object?
This is, for instance, true if $F=\mathbb{F}_{p}$ for ...
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Adjunctions capturing duality between ideals and saturated monoids in a commutative ring?
Let $R$ be a commutative ring. A saturated monoid in $R$ is a multiplicative submonoid $S\subset R$ which is closed under divisors, i.e $xy\in S\implies x\in S$. This is the converse of the analogous ...
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What is a module over a Boolean ring?
Recall that a (unital) Boolean ring is a (unital) commutative ring $A$ where every element is idempotent; it follows that $A$ is of characteristic 2. There is an equivalence of categories between ...
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