Torsion in the Picard group and extension of scalars

DOI10.1016/0022-4049(88)90092-8MaRDI QIDQ1109079zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robert Guralnick, Hyman Bass

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4049(88)90092-8

zbMATH Keywords

automorphisms of Azumaya algebrasPictorsion elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective and free modules and ideals in commutative rings (13C10) Grothendieck groups, (K)-theory and commutative rings (13D15) Separable algebras (e.g., quaternion algebras, Azumaya algebras, etc.) (16H05)

Review text

Let Pic(R) be the group of rank one projective modules over a commutative ring R. The torsion elements I of Pic(R) are characterized by the following equivalent properties: (1) \(I\otimes_ RS\simeq S\) (as S-modules) for some commutative extension S of R, which is a finite rank projective R-module. (2) nI\(\simeq nR\) for some \(n>0.\) Such a result is used, in particular, to prove that, for M, N two finitely generated R-modules, with \(End_ R(M)\simeq R\), the following facts are equivalent: (1) nM\(\simeq nN\) for some \(n>0.\) (2) There exist a commutative extension S of R, which is a finite rank projective R-module, such that: \(M\otimes_ RS\simeq N\otimes_ RS.\) Another application is made to investigate the automorphisms of Azumaya algebras.

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