Definition
Sheaf of differential operators
The filtered sheaf D_X generated locally by functions and vector fields acting as differential operators.
Let be a smooth algebraic variety over a field of characteristic . The sheaf of differential operators is the sheaf of associative algebras generated locally by and the tangent sheaf . Its relations include multiplication in , the -module structure on , and
for local functions and vector fields . Equivalently, is the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebroid .
It has the order filtration , and the associated graded algebra is canonically .
Left and right conventions
Left and right -modules are equivalent after twisting by the canonical line bundle, but formulas for pullback and pushforward depend on the choice. A geometric-Langlands statement must fix one convention.
References
- Victor Ginzburg, Lectures on D-modules, §2.1, Definition 2.1.5 and Corollaries 2.1.7–2.1.8 (generators and order filtration); §2.5.2, Proposition 2.5.3 (left and right modules).