Lemma 77.8.3. Let $A$ be a ring. Let $u : M \to N$ be a map of $A$-modules. If $N$ is projective as an $A$-module, then there exists an ideal $I \subset A$ such that for any ring map $\varphi : A \to B$ the following are equivalent
$u \otimes 1 : M \otimes _ A B \to N \otimes _ A B$ is zero, and
$\varphi (I) = 0$.
Proof. As $N$ is projective we can find a projective $A$-module $C$ such that $F = N \oplus C$ is a free $R$-module. By replacing $u$ by $u \oplus 1 : F = M \oplus C \to N \oplus C$ we see that we may assume $N$ is free. In this case let $I$ be the ideal of $A$ generated by coefficients of all the elements of $\mathop{\mathrm{Im}}(u)$ with respect to some (fixed) basis of $N$. $\square$
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