---- > [!definition] Definition. ([[line bundle associated to a Cartier divisor]]) > Let $X$ be [[scheme]] and $\mathcal{K}_{X}$ the [[sheaf of rational functions]] on $X$. Let $D$ be a [[Cartier divisor]] on $X$; suppose $D$ is [[quotient sheaf|represented by]] local sections $\{ (U_{i}, f_{i}) \}$. > > Define the **line bundle associated to $D$**, $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D)$, to be the [[subsheaf]] of $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-[[sheaf of modules|modules]] of $\mathcal{K}_{X}$ [[subsheaf of modules generated by local sections|generated by]] the local sections $f_{i} ^{-1} \in \Gamma(U_{i}, \mathcal{K}_{X}^{*} )$. In other words, $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D)$ is the [[sheaf]] [[sheafification|associated to]] the [[presheaf]] $U \mapsto \left\{ \text{finite sums } \sum_{i} s_{i} \cdot \mathcal{f}_{i} ^{-1} |_{U}: U_{i} \supset U_{}, s_{i} \in \mathcal{O}_{X}(U) \right\}.$ > The $\{ U_{i} \}$ form a trivializing cover witnessing that $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D)$ is indeed a [[locally free sheaf|line bundle]], for we have an isomorphism[^1] $\begin{align} > \mathcal{O}_{X} |_{U_{i}} & \xrightarrow{(-) \cdot f_{i} ^{-1}} \mathcal{O}_{X}(D) |_{U_{i}} \\ > 1 & \mapsto f_{i} ^{-1} > \end{align}$(inverse is 'multiplication by $f_{i}). > > > The [[lines bundles and transition functions|transition functions]] are (tikz not working today, sorry) > ![[Pasted image 20250514114244.png]] > > So we may equivalently define $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D)$ to be the [[locally free sheaf|line bundle]] prescribed by the [[cover]] $\{ U_{i} \}$ and transition functions $\frac{f_{j}}{f_{i}}$. Both perspectives will be useful. ---- #### [^1]: This can be [[sheaf isomorphism iff isomorphism on stalks|checked]] at the level of [[(pre)sheaf stalk|stalks]]: the stalk map looks like $\begin{align} \mathcal{O}_{X, x} &\xrightarrow{f^{-1}_{i, x} } \mathcal{O}_{X, x} \langle f_{i, x} ^{-1} \rangle \\ 1 & \mapsto f^{-1}_{i, x} \end{align}$ $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D) _{x}= \mathcal{O}_{X, x} \langle f ^{-1}_{i , x} \rangle$ for all $x \in U_{i}$? ---- #### References > [!backlink] > ```dataview > TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" > FROM [[]] > FLATTEN file.tags as Tag > WHERE Tag = "#definition" OR Tag = "#theorem" OR Tag = "#MOC" OR Tag = "#proposition" OR Tag = "#axiom" > GROUP BY Tag > ``` > [!frontlink] > ```dataview > TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" > FROM outgoing([[]]) > FLATTEN file.tags as Tag > WHERE Tag = "#definition" OR Tag = "#theorem" OR Tag = "#MOC" OR Tag = "#proposition" OR Tag = "#axiom" > GROUP BY Tag > ``` - [ ] he calls elements of $\mathcal{O}_{X}(D) |_{U_{i}}$ 'things of the form regular functions times $f_{i} ^{-1}... where do the sums go? and i am still uneasy about sheafifying..