In algebra, a commutative k-algebra A is said to be 0-smooth if it satisfies the following lifting property: given a k-algebra C, an ideal N of C whose square is zero and a k-algebra map , there exists a k-algebra map such that u is v followed by the canonical map. If there exists at most one such lifting v, then A is said to be 0-unramified (or 0-neat). A is said to be 0-étale if it is 0-smooth and 0-unramified. The notion of 0-smoothness is also called formal smoothness.

A finitely generated k-algebra A is 0-smooth over k if and only if Spec A is a smooth scheme over k.

A separable algebraic field extension L of k is 0-étale over k.[1] The formal power series ring is 0-smooth only when and (i.e., k has a finite p-basis.)[2]

I-smooth edit

Let B be an A-algebra and suppose B is given the I-adic topology, I an ideal of B. We say B is I-smooth over A if it satisfies the lifting property: given an A-algebra C, an ideal N of C whose square is zero and an A-algebra map   that is continuous when   is given the discrete topology, there exists an A-algebra map   such that u is v followed by the canonical map. As before, if there exists at most one such lift v, then B is said to be I-unramified over A (or I-neat). B is said to be I-étale if it is I-smooth and I-unramified. If I is the zero ideal and A is a field, these notions coincide with 0-smooth etc. as defined above.

A standard example is this: let A be a ring,   and   Then B is I-smooth over A.

Let A be a noetherian local k-algebra with maximal ideal  . Then A is  -smooth over   if and only if   is a regular ring for any finite extension field   of  .[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura 1989, Theorem 25.3
  2. ^ Matsumura 1989, pg. 215
  3. ^ Matsumura 1989, Theorem 28.7
  • Matsumura, H. (1989). Commutative Ring Theory. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Translated by Reid, M. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36764-6.