Questions tagged [cohomology]
A branch of algebraic topology concerning the study of cocycles and coboundaries. It is in some sense a dual theory to homology theory. This tag can be further specialized by using it in conjunction with the tags group-cohomology, etale-cohomology, sheaf-cohomology, galois-cohomology, lie-algebra-cohomology, motivic-cohomology, equivariant-cohomology, ...
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Structure of the variety of $n$-tuples of $m \times m$ matrices with zero product
Consider the functor sending a commutative ring $R$ to $\{(A_1,\dots,A_n) \in ( M_m(R) )^n | A_1 \dots A_n =0 \}$ which defines a scheme over $\mathbb Z$, let $X$ be its base change to $\mathbb C$.
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An exact complex of tensor families
Given a field $\mathbb{K} = \mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$, some natural numbers $q,n,m$ with $q \leq n$ and $m < n$ and a polynomial algebra $S := \mathbb{K}[\eta_1, \dots, \eta_n]$. We can consider $...
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Conjectures of Peter Scholze about q-de Rham complex: examples
Peter Scholze formulated several conjectures about $q$-de Rham complex in the paper
Canonical $q$-deformations in arithmetic geometry, Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse Math. (6) 26 (2017), no. 5, pp 1163–...
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Homology of the universal cover
$k$ is a field. Let $X$ be a connected pointed $CW$-complex such that the homology
$H_{n}(X;k)$ is a finite dimensional $k$-vector space for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Suppose that we have continuous ...
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A cohomology associated to a vector field on a Riemannian manifold
Edit: Accoring to the comment of Asura Path I revise the question.
Let $X$ be a vector field on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. So we have a $1$-form $\beta$ with $\beta(Y)=\langle Y,X\...
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Comparing cohomology using homotopy fibre
I have a question, which might be very basic, but I don't know enough topology to answer.
Suppose you have a map of topological spaces (or homotopy types) $f : X \to Y$, with homotopy fibre given by ...
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Cokernel of section of a general coherent sheaf
Given a scheme $X$ and an $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-module $\mathscr{E}$, we know that a section $s \in H^{0}(X, \mathscr{E})$ is equivalent to a morphism $s :\mathcal{O}_{X} \to \mathscr{E}$. It is the ...
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Cohomology of $\operatorname{SO}(p,q;\mathbb{Z})$ with $p=3,q=19$
I would like to understand the topology of the moduli space of Einstein orbifold metrics on the $K3$-surface. It is known that this space is given by the bi-quotient $SO(3,19;\mathbb{Z})\setminus SO(3,...
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Teaching cohomology via everyday examples
This question is a "sequel" to my similar questions about the fundamental group and homology. All of these questions were inspired by seeing a talk, by Tadashi Tokieda, about the interesting physics ...
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Hodge-theoretic criterion for smoothness
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of any characteristic. Is it possible to give an equivalent condition for a $k$-variety to be smooth using only the cohomology of the variety (and whatever ...
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Is there a systematic way to "bound" the $d_n$'s of ASS's by "pairing" them with elements in the $n$-line of the $E_2$ of the ASS of the sphere?
All details in the question are for the case $p=2$ though I expect the answer shouldn't be that different for odd primes.
Adams showed (i think it was him) the following statement:
The element $...
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Legendrian surgery and invertible elements in zeroth degree symplectic cohomology
Is there anything known about the relation between Legendrian handle attachment and invertible elements in $\mathit{SH}^0(M)$?
As the simplest interesting case, take $M_0$ to be the cotangent bundle $...
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Decompose $MT(E(d)\times_{\mathbb Z_2} SU(2))$ as the wedge sum or smash product of spectra
Consider the extension
$$1\to SU(2)\to X\to O\to1,$$
there are 4 possibilities for $X$:
$X=O\times SU(2)$ or $E\times_{\mathbb{Z}_2}SU(2)$ or $Pin^+\times_{\mathbb{Z}_2}SU(2)$ or $Pin^-\times_{\...
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Difference between local cohomology and cohomology with support in a family
Let $X$ be a topological space. A collection of closed subsets of $X$ is called a family of supports (in the sense of Cartan) if: (1) the union of any two elements of $\Phi$ is an element of $\Phi$, ...
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Ádem relations for the Steenrod and the Dyer–Lashof algebra
In this paper by Nondas Kechagias, the Steenrod algebra and the Dyer–Lashof algebra are compared. The rough difference ist:
The Steenrod algebra arises by dividing out the “cohomological” Ádem ...
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Dual Steenrod squares
Fix the ground ring $\mathbb{F}_2$ and let $X$ be a space with finite homology. Then we have an isomorphism $\Phi^i_X:H_i(X)\to H^i(X)^*,a\mapsto \langle-,a\rangle$ which allows us to define the dual ...
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What is the geometrical meaning of higher Chern forms and classes?
Let $M$ be a complex manifold, $R^{\nabla}$ be the curvature operator for connections $\nabla$.
Consider a polynomial function $f:\operatorname M_n(\mathbb{C})\to\mathbb{C}$. For the gauge group $\...
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Wu formula for manifolds with boundary
The classical Wu formula claims that if $M$ is a smooth closed $n$-manifold with fundamental class $z\in H_n(M;\mathbb{Z}_2)$, then the total Stiefel-Whitney class $w(M)$ is equal to $Sq(v)$, where $v=...
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Properties of coefficients of cohomology theories [closed]
Coefficients of cohomology theories can come from a variety of categories: fields, rings, sheaves ...
I wonder: what are the properties an object must satisfy in order to be a legitimate candidate ...
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Direct comparison zig-zag between cochain theories
In the paper
Cochain multiplication, Am. J. Math 124 (2002) pp 547–566, doi:10.1353/ajm.2002.0017
Mandell gives axioms for a cochain-level characterisation of ordinary cohomology theory, lifting ...
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$A_{\infty}$ multiplications on Morse cochain complex
Can the higher order $A_{\infty}$ multiplications defined by Fukaya be made trivial(by perturbing gradient trees) when Morse cochain complex is isomorphic to Morse cohomology, in which case the cup ...
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Betti numbers of non-projective compact algebraic varieties
Are there examples of complex smooth compact algebraic varieties (necessarily non-projective) with vanishing second Betti number?
If not, are there such examples whose Betti numbers do not satisfy ...
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Eilenberg-Moore spectral Sequence calculation
I want to use the cohomology Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence to calculate the cohomology of the fibre of the map
$$
S^{n} \to \Omega S^{n+1}.
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Question 1: Is anyone aware of any references for ...
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Use of Steenrod's higher cup product and the graded-commutativity
In Steenrod's ``Products of Cocycles and Extensions of Mappings (1947),'' which derives [Theorem 5.1]
$$
\delta(u\cup_{i} v)=(-1)^{p+q-i}u\cup_{i-1}v+(-1)^{pq+p+q}v\cup_{i-1}u+\delta u\cup_{i}v+(-...
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Cohomology ring with non-commutative coefficient ring
Let A be a non-commutative algebra and let X be some geometric space (such as a topological space or an algebraic variety or scheme). Is there a notion of cohomology ring of X with coefficients in A? ...
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Applications of one of Serre's Theorems
This theorem is due to Serre:
Let $G$ be a profinite group, $p$ prime. Assume that $G$ has no
element of order $p$ and let $H \leq G$ be an open subgroup. Then
$cd_p(G) = cd_p(H)$.
Where $cd_p(...
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Defining a graded ring structure on $\bigoplus_{i} \text{Ext}^i (A,A)$
I read that, using the fact that $\text{Tot}^{\prod}(\text{Hom}(P_{\bullet} ,Q_{\bullet}))$ can by used to compute $\text{Ext}^* (A,B)$ (which I understand), we can give $\bigoplus_{i} \text{Ext}^i (A,...
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Atiyah class and coboundary map
Let $L$ be a line bundle on a smooth algebraic variety $X$. Let $\sigma_i:U_i \times \mathbb{C} \to L_{|U_i} $
be its local trivializaations and $u_{ij}$ the transition functions satisfying $\sigma_j=...
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Generalized cohomology of CW complex is direct limit?
Let $E$ be a (pre)spectrum (in the most classical sense, i. e. the sequence of CW complexes $E_n$ and maps $SE_n \to E_{n+1}$). Then we have the generalized cohomology theory $E^*$.
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On the classification of $\mathrm{SU}(mn)/\mathbb{Z}_n$ principal bundles over 4-complexes
In
The Classification of Principal PU(n)-bundles Over a 4-complex, J. London Math. Soc. 2nd ser. 25 (1982) 513–524, doi:10.1112/jlms/s2-25.3.513
Woodward proposed a classification of $\mathrm{PU}...
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non zero differential in a spectral sequence
This is the situation:
Let $A = R_* \otimes C_*$ be an $R$-module where $C_*$ is a finitely generated graded ($*\geq 0$) vector space over a field $F$ which is also bounded above, and $R$ is a ...
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A question about Poincare duality
Let $k$ be a field. Let $C$ be a small category and assume that for every $i\geq 0$ we have a functor $H^i:C\rightarrow FinDimVect_k$. Assume that there is a function $dim:Obj(C)\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}...
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Second Bounded Cohomology of a Group: Interpretations
Suppose we have a group $\Gamma$ acting on an abelian group $V$. Then it is well-known that the second cohomology group $H^2(\Gamma,V)$ corresponds to equivalence classes of central extensions of $\...
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About Kan-Thurston theorem
The Kan-Thurston theorem obsesses me recently, which is proved by Daniel Kan and William Thurston, Every connected space has the homology of a K(π,1), Topology Vol. 15. pp. 253–258, 1976. Later, there ...
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Mixed Hodge Polynomial for Algebraic Stacks
Let $X$ be a complex algebraic variety. The numerical invariants associated with the Mixed Hodge Structure of $X$ can be encoded in a polynomial in three variables called the mixed Hodge polynomial $H(...
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Cohomology of a chain complex over a polynomial ring
I asked this on SE but I did not get any answer; I got some progress but I hope here I can find some help to finish the problem out.
Let $R = F[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$ be a polynomial ring over a field $...
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Iwasawa theory and cohomological $p$-dimension of Inertia
Let $E$ be a elliptic curve without complex multiplication over a number field $F$. Let $F_n=F[E_{p^n}]$ and $F_{\infty}=F[E_{p^\infty}]$. So by a well know theorem of Serre, the Galois group $Gal(F_\...
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Cohomological indices VS cup-length, Lusternik-Schnirelmann category, betti sum in critical point set theory
Let $M$ be a (closed) manifold acted on by a compact Lie group $G$. For any characteristic class $\alpha \in H^*(BG)$, one can define a so-called cohomological index of $M$ as follows:
$$\text{ind}_{\...
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Generalize Wu formula to general Bockstein homomorphisms
The classical Wu formula claims that
$$Sq^1(x_{d-1})=w_1(TM)\cup x_{d-1}$$
on a $d$-manifold $M$, where $x_{d-1}\in H^{d-1}(M,\mathbb{Z}_2)$.
I wonder whether there is a generalization of the ...
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Alternating property of H_2(T, Z)
Let us consider the torus $T = S^1_X \times S^1_Y$, where the former $S^1_X$ has the coordinate $X$, whereas the latter $S^1_Y$ has $Y$. We have an alternate property $dX \wedge dY = - dY \wedge dX \...
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A relation between Hochschild cohomology of a $C^*$ algebra and its bidual
Let $A$ be a $C^*$ algebra and $A''$ be its bidual with the Arens product.
Is there any relation between the Hochschild cohomolgy of $A$ with complex coefficients and the Hochschild cohomology of $A''$...
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Alternate property of H^2(T, Z) [closed]
Let us take $T = S^1_X \times S^1_Y$, which is a torus, where the former $S^1_X$ has the coordinate $X$, whereas the latter $S^1_Y$ has $Y$. If we consider the generator $dX \wedge dY \in H^2(T, {\Bbb ...
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The sheafification of taking cohomology is trivial?
Consider the Nisnevich site of a noetherian scheme $S$ of finite Krull dimension (the objects are schemes $U$ smooth and of finite type over $S$), let $A$ be a sheaf of abelian groups on this site. I ...
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What is prismatic cohomology?
Prismatic cohomology is a new theory developed by Bhatt and Scholze; see, for instance, these course notes. For the sake of the community, it would be great if the following question is discussed in ...
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Gysin morphism of blow up
Let $X$ be a smooth, projective variety and $i:Y \hookrightarrow X$ a smooth divisor. Let $Z \subset X$ be a proper, closed subvariety disjoint from $Y$. Let $\pi:\widetilde{X} \to X$ be the blow-up ...
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Invariants in relative cohomology and compact support cohomology of the quotient
Let $\cal H$ be the Poincare upper half-plane and $\overline {\cal H}$ the union of $\cal H$ with the set of cusps $\bf P^1 (\bf Q)$, provided with its usual topology. Let $\Gamma$ a congruence ...
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Topology of connected subsets of the $3$-torus
Consider the $3$-torus $Y=T^3$, a subset $\Sigma\subset Y$, and $\Sigma^*=Y\setminus\overline\Sigma$.
We assume both $\Sigma$ and $\Sigma^*$ to be open, connected, and smoothly bounded.
I am ...
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Is the following variant of the Universal Coefficient Theorem valid?
A version of the Universal Coefficient Theorem that relates the integer cohomology of a group $G$ to its cohomology with coefficients in an abelian group $M$ is as follows:
$H^n(G,M) = H^n(G,\mathbb ...
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About Hom and weight space of nilpotent Lie algebra cohomology
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a complex semisimple Lie algebra. Denote by $\Phi$
the root system of $(\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{h})$ and denote by $\mathfrak{g}_\alpha$ the root subspace of $\mathfrak{g}$ ...
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Convergence of the Lyndon-Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence as an algebra
Consider a short (not necessarily split) exact sequence of groups
$1 \rightarrow N \rightarrow G \rightarrow Q \rightarrow 1$
and suppose we wish to find the cohomology of $G$ with coefficients in a ...
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