DUALITIES AND EQUIVALENCES OF THE CATEGORY OF RELATIVE COHEN-MACAULAY MODULES

We establish the global analogues of some dualities and equivalences in local algebra by developing the theory of relative Cohen-Macaulay modules. Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring (not necessarily local) with identity, and let a be a proper ideal of R. The notions of a-relative dualizing modules and a-relative big Cohen-Macaulay modules are introduced. With the help of a-relative dualizing modules, we establish the global analogue of duality on the subcategory of Cohen-Macaulay modules in local algebra. Lastly, we investigate the behavior of the subcategory of a-relative Cohen-Macaulay modules and a-relative generalized Cohen-Macaulay modules under Foxby equivalence.