The Cartier divisor group of a Dedekind domain A with fraction field K, defined
algebraically as the units in the monoid of fractional ideals (cf. Def 30, Lec 14).
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The Cartier divisor group is a commutative group, inherited from the units of fractional ideals.
The Cartier divisor group is inhabited by the trivial divisor 1.
The tautological multiplicative equivalence between CartierDivisorGroup A K and the units
of fractional ideals.
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Forget the Cartier divisor wrapping to obtain the underlying unit fractional ideal.
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View a Cartier divisor as the underlying fractional ideal (forgetting invertibility).
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The principal divisor map Kˣ → CartierDivisorGroup A K sending a unit x to the
divisor of the principal fractional ideal (x).
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The Picard group of a Dedekind domain is the quotient of the Cartier divisor group by the subgroup of principal divisors; this realises it as the ideal class group.
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A Cartier divisor is principal iff its underlying fractional ideal is generated by a single
element of K.
Two Cartier divisors are linearly equivalent (i.e. equal in the Picard group) iff they differ by a principal divisor.
Promote a nonzero ordinary ideal of A to a Cartier divisor by viewing it as a fractional
ideal of K.