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Lemma 17.26.1. Let $X$ be a ringed space. Let $0 \to \mathcal{E}' \to \mathcal{E} \to \mathcal{E}'' \to 0$ be a short exact sequence of finite locally free $\mathcal{O}_ X$-modules. Then there is a canonical isomorphism

\[ \det (\mathcal{E}') \otimes _{\mathcal{O}_ X}\det (\mathcal{E}'') \longrightarrow \det (\mathcal{E}) \]

of $\mathcal{O}_ X$-modules.

Proof. We can decompose $X$ into disjoint open and closed subsets such that both $\mathcal{E}'$ and $\mathcal{E}''$ have constant rank on them. Thus we reduce to the case where $\mathcal{E}'$ and $\mathcal{E}''$ have constant rank, say $r'$ and $r''$. In this situation we define

\[ \wedge ^{r'}(\mathcal{E}') \otimes _{\mathcal{O}_ X} \wedge ^{r''}(\mathcal{E}'') \longrightarrow \wedge ^{r' + r''}(\mathcal{E}) \]

as follows. Given local sections $s'_1, \ldots , s'_{r'}$ of $\mathcal{E}'$ and local sections $s''_1, \ldots , s''_{r''}$ of $\mathcal{E}''$ we map

\[ s'_1 \wedge \ldots \wedge s'_{r'} \otimes s''_1 \wedge \ldots \wedge s''_{r''} \quad \text{to}\quad s'_1 \wedge \ldots \wedge s'_{r'} \wedge \tilde s''_1 \wedge \ldots \wedge \tilde s''_{r''} \]

where $\tilde s''_ i$ is a local lift of the section $s''_ i$ to a section of $\mathcal{E}$. We omit the details. $\square$


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