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Invertible Sheaf


An invertible sheaf on a scheme X is a sheaf of O_X-modules that is locally isomorphic to the structure sheaf O_X.

Invertible sheaves form a group under the tensor product, called the Picard group of X. The ideal sheaf of an effective Cartier divisor is invertible.


See also

Cartier Divisor, Picard Group, Sheaf, Structure Sheaf, Tensor Product

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References

Hartshorne, R. Algebraic Geometry. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1977.The Stacks Project Authors. "Invertible Modules." §17.25 in The Stacks Project, Tag 01CR, 2026. https://stacks.math.columbia.edu/tag/01CR.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Invertible Sheaf." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/InvertibleSheaf.html

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