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The Stacks project

Lemma 87.4.3. Let R be a topological ring. Let M be a linearly topologized R-module. Let N \subset M be a submodule. Then

  1. 0 \to N^\wedge \to M^\wedge \to (M/N)^\wedge is exact, and

  2. N^\wedge is the closure of the image of N \to M^\wedge .

Proof. Let M_\lambda , \lambda \in \Lambda be a fundamental system of open submodules. Then N \cap M_\lambda is a fundamental system of open submodules of N and M_\lambda + N/N is a fundamental system of open submodules of M/N. Thus we see that (1) follows from the exactness of the sequences

0 \to N/N \cap M_\lambda \to M/M_\lambda \to M/(M_\lambda + N) \to 0

and the fact that taking limits commutes with limits. The second statement follows from this and the fact that N \to N^\wedge has dense image and that the kernel of M^\wedge \to (M/N)^\wedge is closed. \square


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