Locally free module of rank n: there is a finite set S ⊆ R generating
the unit ideal such that for each f ∈ S, the localization M[f⁻¹] is a free
R[f⁻¹]-module of rank n. This is the algebraic version of "locally free
sheaf trivializes on the principal open cover {D(f) : f ∈ S}".
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A locally free module is flat: flatness is a local property, and free modules over the localizations are flat.
Tensoring with a locally free module preserves exactness (right tensor
version): if F' → F → F'' is exact and L is locally free, then
F' ⊗ L → F ⊗ L → F'' ⊗ L is exact.
Tensoring with a locally free module preserves short exact sequences:
0 → F' → F → F'' → 0 exact and L locally free imply
0 → F' ⊗ L → F ⊗ L → F'' ⊗ L → 0 is exact.
Left-tensor version of locally_free_tensor_exact: tensoring on the left
with a locally free module preserves exactness.
Invertible sheaves preserve exactness: tensoring an exact sequence with
a line bundle (locally free of rank 1) preserves exactness. This is the
algebraic shadow of the fact that twisting by O(D) is an exact functor.