be a commutative diagram of commutative ring homomorphisms, η (resp. η′) making
A (resp. A′) into a K-algebra (resp. K′-algebra). There exists one and only one A-linear mapping v:ΩK(A)→ΩK′(A′) rendering commutative the diagram
AdA/K↓ΩK(A)uvA′dA′/K′↓ΩK′(A′)
dA′/K′∘u is a K-derivation of A with values in the A-module ΩK′(A′); the existence and uniqueness of v then follow from Proposition 18 of no. 11.
The mapping v of Proposition 19 will be denoted by Ω(u); if there is a commutative diagram of commutative ring homomorphisms
Kη↓AσuK′η′↓A′σ′u′K′′η′′↓A′′
it follows immediately from the uniqueness property of Proposition 19 that
Ω(u′∘u)=Ω(u′)∘Ω(u).
Since ΩK′(A′) is an A′-module, from Ω(u) we derive canonically an A′-linear mapping
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Ω0(u):ΩK(A)⊗AA′→ΩK′(A′)
such that Ω(u) is the composition of Ω0(u) and the canonical homomorphism iA:ΩK(A)→ΩK(A)⊗AA′. For every A′-module E′, there is a commutative diagram