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In algebraic geometry, the Zariski tangent space is a construction that defines a tangent space at a point P on an algebraic variety V (and more generally). It does not use differential calculus, being based directly on abstract algebra, and in the most concrete cases just the theory of a system of linear equations.

Motivation

For example, suppose given a plane curve C defined by a polynomial equation

F(X,Y) = 0

and take P to be the origin (0,0). Erasing terms of higher order than 1 would produce a 'linearised' equation reading

L(X,Y) = 0

in which all terms X^aY^b have been discarded if a + b > 1.

We have two cases: L may be 0, or it may be the equation of a line. In the first case the (Zariski) tangent space to C at (0,0) is the whole plane, considered as a two-dimensional affine space. In the second case, the tangent space is that line, considered as affine space. (The question of the origin comes up, when we take P as a general point on C; it is better to say 'affine space' and then note that P is a natural origin, rather than insist directly that it is a vector space.)

It is easy to see that over the real field we can obtain L in terms of the first partial derivatives of F. When those both are 0 at P, we have a singular point (double point, cusp or something more complicated). The general definition is that singular points of C are the cases when the tangent space has dimension 2.

Definition

The cotangent space of a local ring R, with maximal ideal m is defined to be

$\mathfrak{m}/{\mathfrak{m}}^2$

where m² is given by the product of ideals. It is a vector space over the residue field k := R/m. Its dual (as a k-vector space) is called tangent space of R.

This definition is a generalization of the above example to higher dimensions: suppose given an affine algebraic variety V and a point v of V. Morally, modding out m² corresponds to dropping the non-linear terms from the equations defining V inside some affine space, therefore giving a system of linear equations that define the tangent space.

The tangent space $T_P(X)$ and cotangent space $T_P^{*}(X)$ to a scheme X at a point P is the (co)tangent space of ${\mathcal{𝒪}}_{X,P}$. Due to the functoriality of Spec, the natural quotient map $f:R\to R/I$ induces a homomorphism $g:{\mathcal{𝒪}}_{X,f^{-1}(P)}\to {\mathcal{𝒪}}_{Y,P}$ for X=Spec(R), P a point in Y=Spec(R/I). This is used to embed $T_P(Y)$ in $T_{f^{-1}P}(X)$. Since morphisms of fields are injective, the surjection of the residue fields induced by g is an isomorphism. Then a morphism k of the cotangent spaces is induced by g, given by

${\mathfrak{m}}_P/{\mathfrak{m}}_P^2$

$\cong ({\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}/I)/(({\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}^2+I)/I)$

$\cong {\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}/({\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}^2+I)$

$\cong ({\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}/{\mathfrak{m}}_{f^{-1}P}^2)/\mathrm{K}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}(k).$

Since this is a surjection, the transpose $k^{*}:T_P(Y)\to T_{f^{-1}P}(X)$ is an injection.

(One often defines the tangent and cotangent spaces for a manifold in the analogous manner.)

Analytic functions

If V is a subvariety of an n-dimensional vector space, defined by an ideal I, then R = F_n/I, where F_n is the ring of smooth/analytic/holomorphic functions on this vector space. The Zariski tangent space at x is

m_n / ( I+m_n² ),

where m_n is the maximal ideal consisting of those functions in F_n vanishing at x.

In the planar example above, I = <F>, and I+m² = <L>+m².

Properties

If R is a Noetherian local ring, the dimension of the tangent space is at least the dimension of R:

dim m/m² ≧ dim R

R is called regular if equality holds. In a more geometric parlance, when R is the local ring of a variety V in v, one also says that v is a regular point. Otherwise it is called a singular point.

The tangent space has an interpretation in terms of homomorphisms to the dual numbers for K,

K[t]/t²:

in the parlance of schemes, morphisms Spec K[t]/t² to a scheme X over K correspond to a choice of a rational point x ∈ X(k) and an element of the tangent space at x. Therefore, one also talks about tangent vectors. See also: tangent space to a functor.

See also

• Tangent cone
• Jet (mathematics)

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External links

• Zariski tangent space. V.I. Danilov (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics.