3.2. Quotient metric [026R]
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3.2. Quotient metric
Let be a finite-dimensional vector space over . We assume that there is a surjective homomorphism
For each , yields a global section of , that is, . We denote it by . Let be a norm of and . Let be a norm of obtained by the scalar extension of (cf. DefinitionΒ 1.8). Let be the quotient norm of induced by and the surjective homomorphism .
Lemma 3.3.
Let be a continuous metric of (cf. LemmaΒ 3.1). Let be an orthogonal basis of with respect to . Then, for ,
on .
Proof.
We set and for .
Claim 3.3.1.
For a fixed , if we set on (), then
on .
Proof.
We set for . Without loss of generality, we may assume that , that is, we need to show that
Since
for , we have
where . Note that
As
for , we have
Therefore, we obtain
We need to see that
for some . As , the assertion holds if
Next we assume that
for some . Clearly . If we set
then , as required. β
If we set on (), then on , so that, by ClaimΒ 3.3.1,
On the other hand, and for . Thus
on . Therefore, the assertion follows because . β
Corollary 3.4.
yields a continuous metric of .
Proof.
If has an orthogonal basis with respect to , then the assertion follows from LemmaΒ 3.3.
In general, by PropositionΒ 1.3, for each , we choose a basis
of such that
for all . If we set
for . Then , so that
for all . Let be a local basis of over an open set . Then the above inequalities imply that
for all , which shows that the sequence converges to uniformly on . Thus, by the previous observation, is continuous on . β
From now on and until the end of the subsection, we assume that is projective and is generated by global sections. Let be a continuous metric of . As is surjective, by CorollaryΒ 3.4,
yields a continuous metric of . For simplicity, we denote by . Moreover, the supreme norm of arising from is denoted by , that is, .
Lemma 3.5.
- (1)
for all .
- (2)
.
- (3)
Let be a pair of an invertible sheaf on and a continuous metric of such that is generated by global sections. Then
for and .
Proof.
(1) Fix . For , let be an -orthogonal basis of with respect to . There is such that and . We set (). Then, by PropositionΒ 1.9,
so that , and hence the assertion follows because is an arbitrary positive number.
(2) By (1), we have . On the other hand, as for , we have .
(3) For , there are and such that
Here let us see that . Let and be -orthogonal bases of and , respectively. If we set and (), then
Thus,
Therefore, we have and
as required. β
Proposition 3.6.
If there are a normed finite-dimensional vector space and a surjective homomorphism such that is given by , then for all .
Proof.
First we consider the case . Fix . For , there is such that and .
Lemma 3.7.
We assume that there are a normed finite-dimensional vector space and a surjective homomorphism such that is given by . Let be an extension field of , and let be a complete absolute value of as an extension of . We set
Let be a norm of obtained by the scalar extension of . Moreover, let be a continuous metric of given by the scalar extension of . Then coincides with .
Proof.
Proposition 3.8.
We assume that there is a subspace of such that is surjective and the morphism induced by is a closed embedding. We identify with , so that . Let be a norm of such that has an orthonormal basis with respect to . We set
Let be the Zariski closure of in (cf. Β§1.1.7) and . Then for all .
Proof.
First let us see that for . Let be a local basis of at . If we set , then
As and is surjective, there are and such that . Therefore,
so that , as required.
Next let us see that for all . By PropositionΒ 1.9, is an orthonormal basis of with respect to . Thus, if we set (), then
Finally let us see that for . For , we choose such that and . Then, by the previous observation,
Thus the assertion follows. β
Remark 3.9.
We assume that is non-trivial and for some finitely generated lattice of . Then a free basis of yields an orthonormal basis of with respect to (cf. PropositionΒ 1.14). Moreover, .