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Lemma 21.17.17. Let (\mathcal{C}, \mathcal{O}) be a ringed space. Let a : \mathcal{K}^\bullet \to \mathcal{L}^\bullet be a map of complexes of \mathcal{O}-modules. If \mathcal{K}^\bullet is K-flat, then there exist a complex \mathcal{N}^\bullet and maps of complexes b : \mathcal{K}^\bullet \to \mathcal{N}^\bullet and c : \mathcal{N}^\bullet \to \mathcal{L}^\bullet such that

  1. \mathcal{N}^\bullet is K-flat,

  2. c is a quasi-isomorphism,

  3. a is homotopic to c \circ b.

If the terms of \mathcal{K}^\bullet are flat, then we may choose \mathcal{N}^\bullet , b, and c such that the same is true for \mathcal{N}^\bullet .

Proof. We will use that the homotopy category K(\textit{Mod}(\mathcal{O})) is a triangulated category, see Derived Categories, Proposition 13.10.3. Choose a distinguished triangle \mathcal{K}^\bullet \to \mathcal{L}^\bullet \to \mathcal{C}^\bullet \to \mathcal{K}^\bullet [1]. Choose a quasi-isomorphism \mathcal{M}^\bullet \to \mathcal{C}^\bullet with \mathcal{M}^\bullet K-flat with flat terms, see Lemma 21.17.11. By the axioms of triangulated categories, we may fit the composition \mathcal{M}^\bullet \to \mathcal{C}^\bullet \to \mathcal{K}^\bullet [1] into a distinguished triangle \mathcal{K}^\bullet \to \mathcal{N}^\bullet \to \mathcal{M}^\bullet \to \mathcal{K}^\bullet [1]. By Lemma 21.17.6 we see that \mathcal{N}^\bullet is K-flat. Again using the axioms of triangulated categories, we can choose a map \mathcal{N}^\bullet \to \mathcal{L}^\bullet fitting into the following morphism of distinghuised triangles

\xymatrix{ \mathcal{K}^\bullet \ar[r] \ar[d] & \mathcal{N}^\bullet \ar[r] \ar[d] & \mathcal{M}^\bullet \ar[r] \ar[d] & \mathcal{K}^\bullet [1] \ar[d] \\ \mathcal{K}^\bullet \ar[r] & \mathcal{L}^\bullet \ar[r] & \mathcal{C}^\bullet \ar[r] & \mathcal{K}^\bullet [1] }

Since two out of three of the arrows are quasi-isomorphisms, so is the third arrow \mathcal{N}^\bullet \to \mathcal{L}^\bullet by the long exact sequences of cohomology associated to these distinguished triangles (or you can look at the image of this diagram in D(\mathcal{O}) and use Derived Categories, Lemma 13.4.3 if you like). This finishes the proof of (1), (2), and (3). To prove the final assertion, we may choose \mathcal{N}^\bullet such that \mathcal{N}^ n \cong \mathcal{M}^ n \oplus \mathcal{K}^ n, see Derived Categories, Lemma 13.10.7. Hence we get the desired flatness if the terms of \mathcal{K}^\bullet are flat. \square


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Comment #10064 by Anonymous on

Typo: distinghuised


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