Lemma 10.79.2. Let R be a ring. Let \varphi : M \to N be a map of R-modules with M finite and N finitely presented. Then
is an open subset of \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(R).
Lemma 10.79.2. Let R be a ring. Let \varphi : M \to N be a map of R-modules with M finite and N finitely presented. Then
is an open subset of \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(R).
Proof. Let \mathfrak p \in U. Pick a presentation N = R^{\oplus n}/\sum _{j = 1, \ldots , m} R k_ j. Denote e_ i the image in N of the ith basis vector of R^{\oplus n}. For each i \in \{ 1, \ldots , n\} choose an element m_ i \in M_{\mathfrak p} such that \varphi (m_ i) = f_ i e_ i for some f_ i \in R, f_ i \not\in \mathfrak p. This is possible as \varphi _{\mathfrak p} is an isomorphism. Set f = f_1 \ldots f_ n and let \psi : R_ f^{\oplus n} \to M_ f be the map which maps the ith basis vector to m_ i/f_ i. Note that \varphi _ f \circ \psi is the localization at f of the given map R^{\oplus n} \to N. As \varphi _{\mathfrak p} is an isomorphism we see that \psi (k_ j) is an element of M which maps to zero in M_{\mathfrak p}. Hence we see that there exist g_ j \in R, g_ j \not\in \mathfrak p such that g_ j \psi (k_ j) = 0. Setting g = g_1 \ldots g_ m, we see that \psi _ g factors through N_{fg} to give a map \chi : N_{fg} \to M_{fg}. By construction \chi is a right inverse to \varphi _{fg}. It follows that \chi _\mathfrak p is an isomorphism. By Lemma 10.79.1 there is an h \in R, h \not\in \mathfrak p such that \chi _ h : N_{fgh} \to M_{fgh} is surjective. Hence \varphi _{fgh} and \chi _ h are mutually inverse maps, which implies that D(fgh) \subset U as desired. \square
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