Lemma 21.22.2. Let $I$ be an ideal of a ring $A$. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a site. Let

$\ldots \to \mathcal{F}_3 \to \mathcal{F}_2 \to \mathcal{F}_1$

be an inverse system of $A$-modules on $\mathcal{C}$ such that $\mathcal{F}_ n = \mathcal{F}_{n + 1}/I^ n\mathcal{F}_{n + 1}$. Let $p \geq 0$. Given $n$ define

$N_ n = \bigcap \nolimits _{m \geq n} \mathop{\mathrm{Im}}\left( H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^ n\mathcal{F}_{m + 1}) \to H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^ n\mathcal{F}_{n + 1}) \right)$

If $\bigoplus N_ n$ satisfies the ascending chain condition as a graded $\bigoplus _{n \geq 0} I^ n/I^{n + 1}$-module, then the inverse system $M_ n = H^ p(\mathcal{C}, \mathcal{F}_ n)$ satisfies the Mittag-Leffler condition1.

Proof. The proof is exactly the same as the proof of Lemma 21.22.1. In fact, the result will follow from the arguments given there as soon as we show that $\bigoplus N_ n$ is a graded $\bigoplus _{n \geq 0} I^ n/I^{n + 1}$-submodule of $\bigoplus H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^ n\mathcal{F}_{n + 1})$ and that the boundary maps $\delta _ n : M_ n \to H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^ n\mathcal{F}_{n + 1})$ have image contained in $N_ n$.

Suppose that $\xi \in N_ n$ and $f \in I^ k$. Choose $m \gg n + k$. Choose $\xi ' \in H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^ n\mathcal{F}_{m + 1})$ lifting $\xi$. We consider the diagram

$\xymatrix{ 0 \ar[r] & I^ n\mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[d]_ f \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[d]_ f \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_ n \ar[d]_ f \ar[r] & 0 \\ 0 \ar[r] & I^{n + k}\mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_{n + k} \ar[r] & 0 }$

constructed as in the proof of Lemma 21.22.1. We get an induced map on cohomology and we see that $f \xi ' \in H^{p + 1}(\mathcal{C}, I^{n + k}\mathcal{F}_{m + 1})$ maps to $f \xi$. Since this is true for all $m \gg n + k$ we see that $f\xi$ is in $N_{n + k}$ as desired.

To see the boundary maps $\delta _ n$ have image contained in $N_ n$ we consider the diagrams

$\xymatrix{ 0 \ar[r] & I^ n\mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[d] \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_{m + 1} \ar[d] \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_ n \ar[d] \ar[r] & 0 \\ 0 \ar[r] & I^ n\mathcal{F}_{n + 1} \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_{n + 1} \ar[r] & \mathcal{F}_ n \ar[r] & 0 }$

for $m \geq n$. Looking at the induced maps on cohomology we conclude. $\square$

[1] In fact, there exists a $c \geq 0$ such that $\mathop{\mathrm{Im}}(M_ n \to M_{n - c})$ is the stable image for all $n \geq c$.

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