Kernels continued

Given a compact generator $P$ of $D(A)$ and a compact generator $Q$ of $D(B)$, we saw last time that $P \otimes_k Q$ is a compact generator for $D(A \otimes_k B)$.

Lemma. If $P$ and $Q$ are compact, there is a quasi-isomorphism $$\mathbf{R} \operatorname{End}(P) \otimes_k \mathbf{R} \operatorname{End}(Q) \to \mathbf{R} \operatorname{End}(P \otimes_k Q)$$

Next, we consider the functor $$M \to \Upsilon(M) := \mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(P, M \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B Q)$$ where $M$ is a $A$-$B$ bimodule. Let $$Q^\vee := \mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(Q,B)$$ as a right $B$-module. Since $Q$ is compact, the map $$Q^\vee \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B Q \to \mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(Q,Q)$$ is a quasi-isomorphism. The object $Q^\vee$ is a compact generator for $D(B^{op})$ as $$(-)^\vee : (\operatorname{perf} B)^{op} \to \operatorname{perf} B^{op}$$ is an equivalence. Thus, if we plug in the $P \otimes_k Q^\vee$ into the functor above we get a quasi-isomorphism between $$\mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(P, P \otimes_k Q^\vee \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B Q) \sim \mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(P,P) \otimes_k \mathbf{R} \operatorname{Hom}(Q,Q)$$ So we have $$\Upsilon : D(A \otimes_k B^{op}) \to D(\mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(P,P) \otimes_k \mathbf{R} \operatorname{Hom}(Q,Q)^{\op})$$

Now let’s assume that we have a compact generator $P$ of $D(A)$ and we take
$$B := \mathbf{R}\operatorname{End}(P)$$ Then $B \otimes_k P^\vee$ is a compact generator of $D(B \otimes A^{op})$. Applying $\Upsilon$ we get an equivalence $$\Upsilon : D(B \otimes_k A^{op}) \to D(B \otimes_k B^{op})$$ Thus, there is some object $U$ for which $$\mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(B, U \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B P) \sim \Delta_B$$

Since $$\mathbf{R}\operatorname{Hom}(B, U \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B P) \cong U \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B P$$ we see that $$U \overset{\mathbf{L}}{\otimes}_B P \cong B$$ as $B$-modules. Thus, $$\Phi_U : D(A) \to D(B)$$ takes the compact generator $P$ to the compact generator $B$. Moreover, it is fully-faithful on $P[l]$. Applying the proposition from the previous class, we have an equivalence.

Theorem. For two dg-algebras $A$-$B$, if $D(A) \cong D(B)$, then there exists a $U \in D(B \otimes_k A^{op})$ such that $$\Phi_U : D(A) \to D(B)$$ is equivalence.

Smoothness and properness

We can use bimodules to give a notation of smoothness.

Definition. A dg-algebra $A$ is called homologically smooth if $\Delta_A$ is a compact $A$-$A$ dg-bimodule.

Recall the global dimension of a ring is the maximal $n$ with $\operatorname{Ext}^n_R(M,N) \neq 0$ for some $M$ and $N$.

Lemma. Let $R$ be a ring. If $R$ is homologically smooth, then $R$ has finite global dimension.

Example. Consider $R = k[x]/(x^2)$. We try to resolve $\Delta_R$ as a bimodule. To start, we have $$k[y,z]/(y^2,z^2) \to k[x]/(x^2) \to 0$$ where $y,z \mapsto x$. The kernel is generated by $(y-z)$. Since $$y^2 - z^2 = (y+z)(y-z)$$ We see that $$(y-z) \cong k[y,z]/(y+z,y^2,z^2) \cong k[x]/(x^2)$$ This immediately implies that $$\operatorname{Ext}^l_{k[y,z]/(y^2,z^2)}(k[x]/(x^2),k[x]/(x^2)) \neq 0$$ for all $l \geq 0$. In particular, $\Delta_R$ cannot be perfect, hence compact. So $R$ is not homologically smooth.

Definition. A dg-algebra $A$ over a commutative ring $k$ is proper over $k$ if $A$ is perfect as a $k$ dg-module (chain complex).

In particular, we need that $H^i(A) = 0$ for all but finitely many $i$.