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SCHEMES OF LINE MODULES I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2003

BRAD SHELTON
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1222, [email protected]
MICHAELA VANCLIFF
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Box 19408, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0408, [email protected]
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Abstract

It is proved that there exists a scheme that represents the functor of line modules over a graded algebra, and it is called the line scheme of the algebra. Its properties and its relationship to the point scheme are studied. If the line scheme of a quadratic, Auslander-regular algebra of global dimension 4 has dimension 1, then it determines the defining relations of the algebra.

Moreover, the following counter-intuitive result is proved. If the zero locus of the defining relations of a quadratic (not necessarily regular) algebra on four generators with six defining relations is finite, then it determines the defining relations of the algebra. Although this result is non-commutative in nature, its proof uses only commutative theory.

The structure of the line scheme and the point scheme of a 4-dimensional regular algebra is also used to determine basic incidence relations between line modules and point modules.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The London Mathematical Society, 2002

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