Bimodules #
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One frequently encounters situations in which several sets of scalars act on a single space, subject
to compatibility condition(s). A distinguished instance of this is the theory of bimodules: one has
two rings R
, S
acting on an additive group M
, with R
acting covariantly ("on the left")
and S
acting contravariantly ("on the right"). The compatibility condition is just:
(r • m) • s = r • (m • s)
for all r : R
, s : S
, m : M
.
This situation can be set up in Mathlib as:
variables (R S M : Type*) [ring R] [ring S]
variables [add_comm_group M] [module R M] [module Sᵐᵒᵖ M] [smul_comm_class R Sᵐᵒᵖ M]
The key fact is:
example : module (R ⊗[ℕ] Sᵐᵒᵖ) M := tensor_product.algebra.module
Note that the corresponding result holds for the canonically isomorphic ring R ⊗[ℤ] Sᵐᵒᵖ
but it is
preferable to use the R ⊗[ℕ] Sᵐᵒᵖ
instance since it works without additive inverses.
Bimodules are thus just a special case of module
s and most of their properties follow from the
theory of module
s. In particular a two-sided submodule of a bimodule is simply a term of type
submodule (R ⊗[ℕ] Sᵐᵒᵖ) M`.
This file is a place to collect results which are specific to bimodules.
Main definitions #
subbimodule.mk
subbimodule.smul_mem
subbimodule.smul_mem'
subbimodule.to_submodule
subbimodule.to_submodule'
Implementation details #
For many definitions and lemmas it is preferable to set things up without opposites, i.e., as:
[module S M] [smul_comm_class R S M]
rather than [module Sᵐᵒᵖ M] [smul_comm_class R Sᵐᵒᵖ M]
.
The corresponding results for opposites then follow automatically and do not require taking
advantage of the fact that (Sᵐᵒᵖ)ᵐᵒᵖ
is defeq to S
.
TODO #
Develop the theory of two-sided ideals, which have type submodule (R ⊗[ℕ] Rᵐᵒᵖ) R
.
A constructor for a subbimodule which demands closure under the two sets of scalars individually, rather than jointly via their tensor product.
Note that R
plays no role but it is convenient to make this generalisation to support the cases
R = ℕ
and R = ℤ
which both show up naturally. See also base_change
.
If A
and B
are also algebra
s over yet another set of scalars S
then we may "base change"
from R
to S
.
Equations
Forgetting the B
action, a submodule
over A ⊗[R] B
is just a submodule
over A
.
Forgetting the A
action, a submodule
over A ⊗[R] B
is just a submodule
over B
.
A submodule
over R ⊗[ℕ] S
is naturally also a submodule
over the canonically-isomorphic
ring R ⊗[ℤ] S
.
Equations
A submodule
over R ⊗[ℤ] S
is naturally also a submodule
over the canonically-isomorphic
ring R ⊗[ℕ] S
.