36.4 Total direct image
The following lemma is the analogue of Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.4.5.
Lemma 36.4.1. Let f : X \to S be a morphism of schemes. Assume that f is quasi-separated and quasi-compact.
The functor Rf_* sends D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X) into D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ S).
If S is quasi-compact, there exists an integer N = N(X, S, f) such that for an object E of D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X) with H^ m(E) = 0 for m > 0 we have H^ m(Rf_*E) = 0 for m \geq N.
In fact, if S is quasi-compact we can find N = N(X, S, f) such that for every morphism of schemes S' \to S the same conclusion holds for the functor R(f')_* where f' : X' \to S' is the base change of f.
Proof.
Let E be an object of D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X). To prove (1) we have to show that Rf_*E has quasi-coherent cohomology sheaves. The question is local on S, hence we may assume S is quasi-compact. Pick N = N(X, S, f) as in Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.4.5. Thus R^ pf_*\mathcal{F} = 0 for all quasi-coherent \mathcal{O}_ X-modules \mathcal{F} and all p \geq N and the same remains true after base change.
First, assume E is bounded below. We will show (1) and (2) and (3) hold for such E with our choice of N. In this case we can for example use the spectral sequence
R^ pf_*H^ q(E) \Rightarrow R^{p + q}f_*E
(Derived Categories, Lemma 13.21.3), the quasi-coherence of R^ pf_*H^ q(E), and the vanishing of R^ pf_*H^ q(E) for p \geq N to see that (1), (2), and (3) hold in this case.
Next we prove (2) and (3). Say H^ m(E) = 0 for m > 0. Let U \subset S be affine open. By Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.4.6 and our choice of N we have H^ p(f^{-1}(U), \mathcal{F}) = 0 for p \geq N and any quasi-coherent \mathcal{O}_ X-module \mathcal{F}. Hence we may apply Lemma 36.3.4 to the functor \Gamma (f^{-1}(U), -) to see that
R\Gamma (U, Rf_*E) = R\Gamma (f^{-1}(U), E)
has vanishing cohomology in degrees \geq N. Since this holds for all U \subset S affine open we conclude that H^ m(Rf_*E) = 0 for m \geq N.
Next, we prove (1) in the general case. Recall that there is a distinguished triangle
\tau _{\leq -n - 1}E \to E \to \tau _{\geq -n}E \to (\tau _{\leq -n - 1}E)[1]
in D(\mathcal{O}_ X), see Derived Categories, Remark 13.12.4. By (2) we see that Rf_*\tau _{\leq -n - 1}E has vanishing cohomology sheaves in degrees \geq -n + N. Thus, given an integer q we see that R^ qf_*E is equal to R^ qf_*\tau _{\geq -n}E for some n and the result above applies.
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Lemma 36.4.2. Let f : X \to S be a quasi-separated and quasi-compact morphism of schemes. Let \mathcal{F}^\bullet be a complex of quasi-coherent \mathcal{O}_ X-modules each of which is right acyclic for f_*. Then f_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet represents Rf_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet in D(\mathcal{O}_ S).
Proof.
There is always a canonical map f_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet \to Rf_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet . Our task is to show that this is an isomorphism on cohomology sheaves. As the statement is invariant under shifts it suffices to show that H^0(f_*(\mathcal{F}^\bullet )) \to R^0f_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet is an isomorphism. The statement is local on S hence we may assume S affine. By Lemma 36.4.1 we have R^0f_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet = R^0f_*\tau _{\geq -n}\mathcal{F}^\bullet for all sufficiently large n. Thus we may assume \mathcal{F}^\bullet bounded below. As each \mathcal{F}^ n is right f_*-acyclic by assumption we see that f_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet \to Rf_*\mathcal{F}^\bullet is a quasi-isomorphism by Leray's acyclicity lemma (Derived Categories, Lemma 13.16.7).
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Lemma 36.4.3. Let X be a quasi-separated and quasi-compact scheme. Let \mathcal{F}^\bullet be a complex of quasi-coherent \mathcal{O}_ X-modules each of which is right acyclic for \Gamma (X, -). Then \Gamma (X, \mathcal{F}^\bullet ) represents R\Gamma (X, \mathcal{F}^\bullet ) in D(\Gamma (X, \mathcal{O}_ X).
Proof.
Apply Lemma 36.4.2 to the canonical morphism X \to \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(\Gamma (X, \mathcal{O}_ X)). Some details omitted.
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Lemma 36.4.4. Let X be a quasi-separated and quasi-compact scheme. For any object K of D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X) the spectral sequence
E_2^{i, j} = H^ i(X, H^ j(K)) \Rightarrow H^{i + j}(X, K)
of Cohomology, Example 20.29.3 is bounded and converges.
Proof.
By the construction of the spectral sequence via Cohomology, Lemma 20.29.1 using the filtration given by \tau _{\leq -p}K, we see that suffices to show that given n \in \mathbf{Z} we have
H^ n(X, \tau _{\leq -p}K) = 0 \text{ for } p \gg 0
and
H^ n(X, K) = H^ n(X, \tau _{\leq -p}K) \text{ for } p \ll 0
The first follows from Lemma 36.3.4 applied with F = \Gamma (X, -) and the bound in Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.4.5. The second holds whenever -p \leq n for any ringed space (X, \mathcal{O}_ X) and any K \in D(\mathcal{O}_ X).
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Lemma 36.4.5. Let f : X \to S be a quasi-separated and quasi-compact morphism of schemes. Then Rf_* : D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X) \to D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ S) commutes with direct sums.
Proof.
Let E_ i be a family of objects of D_\mathit{QCoh}(\mathcal{O}_ X) and set E = \bigoplus E_ i. We want to show that the map
\bigoplus Rf_*E_ i \longrightarrow Rf_*E
is an isomorphism. We will show it induces an isomorphism on cohomology sheaves in degree 0 which will imply the lemma. To prove this we may work locally on S, hence we may and do assume that S is quasi-compact. Choose an integer N as in Lemma 36.4.1. Then R^0f_*E = R^0f_*\tau _{\geq -N}E and R^0f_*E_ i = R^0f_*\tau _{\geq -N}E_ i by the lemma cited. Observe that \tau _{\geq -N}E = \bigoplus \tau _{\geq -N}E_ i. Thus we may assume all of the E_ i have vanishing cohomology sheaves in degrees < -N. Next we use the spectral sequences
R^ pf_*H^ q(E) \Rightarrow R^{p + q}f_*E \quad \text{and}\quad R^ pf_*H^ q(E_ i) \Rightarrow R^{p + q}f_*E_ i
(Derived Categories, Lemma 13.21.3) to reduce to the case of a direct sum of quasi-coherent sheaves. This case is handled by Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.6.1.
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