Local cohomology of module of differentials of integral extensions. II (Q2097253)

Let \((R,\mathfrak{m},k)\) be a complete regular local ring, and \(B\) denote its absolute integral closure, i.e. the integral closure of \(R\) in an algebraic closure of its field of fractions. The author pursues four objectives in this paper as follows: i) to determine the highest non-vanishing local cohomology of the module of Kähler differentials \(\Omega_{B\mid R}\) in equicharacteristic \(0\); ii) to establish a connection between each module of Kähler differentials \(\Omega_{B\mid R}\), \(\Omega_{B\mid V}\), and the pull-back of \(\Omega_{A\mid V}\) via a short exact sequence together with new observations on corresponding local cohomologies in mixed characteristic where \(V\) is the coefficient ring of \(R\) and \(A\) is its absolute integral closure; iii) to demonstrate that \(\Omega_{B\mid R}\) can be mapped onto a cohomologically Cohen-Macaulay module; and iv) to study torsion-free property for \(\Omega_{C\mid V}\) and \(\Omega_{C\mid k}\) along with their respective completions where \(C\) is an integral domain that is a module-finite extension of \(R\). In this connection, an extension of Suzuki's theorem on the normality of complete intersections to the formal set-up in all characteristics is accomplished. For Part I, see [ibid. \textit{S. P. Dutta}, J. Algebra 582, 136--156 (2021; Zbl 1464.13009)].