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Formalization in Lean of faithfully flat descent of projectivity

Commutative Algebra 2026-03-05 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We formalize in Lean the following foundational result in commutative algebra: Let RSR \to S be a faithfully flat map of (not necessarily noetherian) commutative rings, and let PP be an arbitrary RR-module. Then PP is projective over RR if and only if SRPS\otimes_R P is projective over SS. This formalizes and verifies Perry's fix of a subtle gap in the classical work of Raynaud and Gruson, a result which is a key ingredient in the study of finitistic dimension of commutative noetherian rings.

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@article{arxiv.2603.04376,
  title  = {Formalization in Lean of faithfully flat descent of projectivity},
  author = {Liran Shaul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.04376},
  year   = {2026}
}

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