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Cohomology of tangent bundles
Let $X$ be a smooth scheme and $Z\subset X$ a smooth subscheme. Consider the blow-up
$$\pi:\widetilde{X}:=Bl_{Z}X\rightarrow X$$
of $X$ along $Z$.
What is the relation between the cohomology of the ...
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Pull back of D-modules and Koszul resolution
Consider an holonomic D-module on a smooth algebraic variety $X$ over a field $k$ of caracteristic 0.
Let $i: Y \hookrightarrow X$ be a regular embedding.
$Li^* M = \mathcal{D}_{Y\to X} \otimes^L_{...
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global sections of higher direct images of étale sheaves
Is there a useful criterion for when $\Gamma(X, R^qf_*F) = H^q(X',F)$, $f: X' \to X$, $F$ an étale sheaf on $X'$?
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relation between sheaf of hom and hom of sheaf
If $\mathcal{M，N}$ are the associated sheaf of $A$ modules $M$ and $N$ on $X=Spec A,$ then what is $\mathcal{Hom_{O_X}(M,N)}$？Is that the associated sheaf of $Hom(M,N)\ ?$
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$\mathcal{F}$-- twists of Lie algebras
I am trying to figure out with Drindfel's Opers. Let us consider Lie group $G$ and $G$ -- bundle $\mathcal{F}$ on the smooth algebraic curve $Y$. Can anybody help me and clarify definition of the $\...
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Pure Quotient and pure sub-object
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be the category of modules over a ring.
Let also $\mathcal{F}$ be a class of objects in $\mathcal C$ closed under pure subobject (pure quotient) and direct limit. Is $\mathcal{F}$ ...
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Sheaves on the site of $\pi$-sets
Let $\pi$ be a group, and let $\mathcal{C}$ be the site whose underlying category is that of $\pi$-sets (with $\pi$-linear maps as morphisms). The covers are jointly surjective families of such $\pi$-...
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Holomorphic logarithmic De Rham complex
Let $X$ be a complex variety of dimension $n$ and $D$ a smooth hypersurface.
Let $\Omega_X(logD)^*$ be the holomorphic logarithmic De Rham complex: $\omega\in \Omega_X(logD)^k$ is a form of degree $k$...
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Serre duality for sheaves of logarithmic differentials
This question is motivated by a comment of Donu Arapura here dimension of compact support cohomology
Let $D$ be a divisor with normal crossings on some smooth projective (complex algebraic) variety $...
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local systems, duals, cohomology
Let $U=\mathbb{P}^1-\{p_1, \ldots, p_n\}$ be a Zariski open subset of the projective line. Consider a rank $r$ local system of complex vector spaces $V$ on $U$ and assume that the monodromy ...
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Is every soft sheaf of countable $\mathbb Q$-vector spaces a direct sum of skyscraper sheaves?
Let $X$ be a finite-dimensional compact metrizable space (these properties might partially be irrelevant; on the other hand, the case $X=[0,1]$ is already interesting to me).
Let $\mathcal F$ be a ...
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Why is there no stack of $\ell$-adic sheaves on a curve?
One of the main players in the categorical geometric langlands correspondence is the moduli stack of rank n integrable connections on a complex curve. The reason for considering such objects is that ...
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Sheaf cohomology in non-commutative setup
Let $X$ be a topological space and $A$ a sheaf of noncommutative associative algebras over a fixed field $k$. My questions are:
1) Does the category of modules over A have enough injective?
2) If we ...
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$f^{-1}\mathcal I \cdot \mathcal O_X$ vs $f^\ast \mathcal I$
Let $X$ ad $Y$ be (noetherian) schemes and let $\mathcal I \subseteq \mathcal O_Y$ be a sheaf of ideals on $Y$. Let $f \colon X \to Y$ be a morphism of schemes. In general the sheaf $f^\ast \mathcal I$...
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Sheaves on Contractible Analytic Spaces
Let $(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$ be a contractible complex analytic space. Suppose that $\mathcal{F}$ is a coherent sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_X$-modules. Can we invoke the fact that $X$ is contractible to conclude,...
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Families of local rings coming from a locally ringed space
Let $X$ be a topological space. For every point $x \in X$ let $R_x$ be a local ring. Under what (necessary / sufficient / necessary and sufficient) conditions is there a sheaf ${\cal O}_X$ such that $(...
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Homotopy-theoretic measure of operations on sheaves failing to be sheaves
Here's something I've been wondering about for a few weeks:
Consider a topological space $X$ and a sheaf of rings $\mathscr O_X$ on $X$. Suppose $\mathscr{F}$ and $\mathscr{G}$ are $\mathscr O_X$ ...
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Locally free extension of locally free sheaf
Given a coherent sheaf $F$ on a smooth variety $X$, we know that $F$ is locally free on an open subset $U$ in $X$ outside a codimension two subset. Say the rank is $k$.
Is there a locally free sheaf $...
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Hypercohomology of a complex via Cech cohomology
Let $X$ be a reasonable topological space. If $\mathcal{F}$ is a sheaf of abelian groups then Cech cohomology gives us a method to compute the cohomology groups $H^p(X, \mathcal{F})$ - the main input ...
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Coboundaries and Gluing in Cech Cohomology - Intuition?
I'm trying to develop an intuition for Cech cohomology geometrically, but am currently failing. A lot of people seem to say that the groups $H^n$ measure obstructions to gluing local sections to get ...
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Stability of $T_{\mathbb{P}^2}$ and $\Omega_{\mathbb{P}^2}$?
How can one prove that the tangent bundle $T_{\mathbb{P}^2}$ and its dual $\Omega_{\mathbb{P}^2}$ are stable vector bundles with respect to $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^2}(1)$? Similarly, is it true that $...
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on geometric Satake and functions
Let $G(F)/G(O)$ the affine grassmanian with $F=k((t))$ where $k$ is a finite field.
For $\lambda$ a dominant cocharacter, we have by Cartan decomposition the schubert strata $\overline{Gr^{\lambda}}$....
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Understanding Adjointness of Sheaves in Algebraic Geometry
Pushforward and pullback are very basic operations in algebraic geometry, as is the adjointness between them. I worked out a very careful of adjointness of sheaves (below) when I was working out of ...
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Minimal Destabilizing Quotient
For a pure $d$-dimensional sheaf $E$ on a projective algebraic variety over a field $k$, one has the Harder-Narasimhan filtration $$0\subset E_1\subset E_2\subset...\subset E_{l-1}\subset E_l:=E,$$ ...
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On morphisms to projective space arising from a linear system
Context: This question arose as I was reading the proof of Application 6.1 in Mumford's Abelian Varieties. However, I have extracted all of the relevant information below so this question should ...
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Sheaf Hom and the functor Hom
Let $\varepsilon: 0\to A\to B \to C\to 0$ be an exact sequence of ${\cal O}_X$-modules with $X$ a quasi-compact space. $\varepsilon$ is called pure if the induced sequence
$0\rightarrow Hom(F,A)\...
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restriction and pullback of representable etale sheaf along closed immersion
I find that the restriction and pullback of representable etale sheaf along closed immersion are very confusing. I think they are different in general, I hope some experts can confirm my understanding ...
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Are the global sections of a vector bundle a projective module?
Given a scheme $X$ with structure sheaf $\mathcal{O}_X$, we can associate to each $\mathcal{O}_X$-module $\mathcal{F}$ its global sections $\Gamma(\mathcal{F})$, which gets the structure of a $\Gamma(\...
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morphisms in the construction of the moduli space of curves by mumford
Hi fellow mathematicians,
I'm just studying mumfords proof of the existence of a coarse modulispace for curves of genus $g$in his great GIT book. On page 102 (in the proof of proposition 5.2) he ...
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How can one compute the cohomology of $i'^*C$, for $i':\mathbb{A}^{N-1}\setminus \{0\}\to \mathbb{A}^{N}\setminus \{0\} $?
For an (etale or 'topological', constructible bounded) complex of sheaves $C$ on $X'=\mathbb{A}^{N}\setminus \{0\} $, $i'$ being the embedding $\mathbb{A}^{N-1}\setminus \{0\}\to \mathbb{A}^{N}\...
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Does this property of subgroups (or sheaves of ideals) already have a name?
I'm constructing an example of a group which has a particular property on its subgroups, and the property looks like something that might have been considered before.
Fix a group $G$ and a pair of ...
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Interpreting $f^*f_*$
For a morphism of schemes $f: X\rightarrow Y$, one often considers the function $f^*f_*$ on sheaves. For example, this appears in adjunction for sheaves of $\mathcal{O}_X$-modules, the projection ...
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Fpqc sheafification and localisation
I am slightly confused about sheafification at the moment.
I first learned sheaves defined as a subcategory of presheaves, then I was told that sheaves are also a localisation of presheaves, then I ...
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Inclusion of logarithmic de-Rham complex into differentials
Let $X$ be a complex manifold and $D$ a normal crossing divisor. Let $U = X - D$ and $j: U \rightarrow X$ the natural map. Voisen observes that there is a natural inclusion $$\Omega^k_X(\log D) \...
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Tensor product of sheaves separated?
Let $(X, O_X)$ be an arbitrary scheme and $\mathcal{F}$ a presheaf of $O_X$-modules. The presheaf $\mathcal{F}$ is said to be separated if the natural map to it's sheafification $\mathcal{F}^+$ is an ...
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cohomology and $j_!$
I have a projective variety $X$ and an open immersion $j : U \to X$.
Say I have a sheaf, locally free in my case of interest, $\mathcal{S}$ on $U$. Is there any reasonable relationship between $H^i(X,...
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Representable Presheaf
I have a very quick question. Is there an easy example of a representable presheaf on a site that is not a sheaf? This certainly can't happen on a small FPPF site so I would expect a counterexample to ...
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Coverage, itself considered as a presheaf
A coverage $J$ on a category $C$ assigns to an object $U$ of $C$ a set of covering families $J(U)$. The covering families are required to be stable under pullback, which amounts to requiring that for ...
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Does mapping cylinder category have enough injectives?
Let $A, B$ be two abelian categories, and $\tau : A \to B$ a left exact functor.
We define a category $C$ as follows:
objects: triples $(M, N, \varphi)$ where $M\in A, N\in B$ and $\varphi: N\to \...
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Carving out subsheaves of local hom-sheaves of stacks of categories
Recall from my previous question the definition of a local hom-sheaf of a stack of categories. I am interested in stacks of categories such that the underlying stack of groupoids is a moduli stack.
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Explaining Mukai-Fourier transforms physically
A core concept in mathematics, engineering, and physics is the Fourier Transform (FT) and its many variants (Generalized Fourier Series, Green's Function, Pontryagin duality).
The basic algorithm is ...
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left adjoint to restriction functor
We know that for an immersion $j:U \to X$ the restriction functor $j^*:{\cal O}_X-mod \to {\cal O}_u-mod$ has a left adjoint $j!$.
I am looking for some condition to deduce that $j!$ takes its values ...
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What are the benefits of viewing a sheaf from the "espace étalé" perspective?
I learned the definition of a sheaf from Hartshorne—that is, as a (co-)functor from the category of open sets of a topological space (with morphisms given by inclusions) to, say, the category of sets. ...
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trying to understand the support of the sheaf of relative differentials
So I'm trying to understand a proof of Belyi's theorem from http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/29785/1/b45h1koe.pdf
specifically lemma 3.4.
The setup is as follows: Let $X/\mathbb{C}$ be a curve, and let $t ...
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Is $H^i(X,F)$ finitely generated over $\Gamma(O_X)$ if $F$ is coherent?
Suppose $\mathcal{X}$ is a smooth quasi-projective variety over $\mathbb{C}$ (I apologize if these hypotheses have little to do with the question at hand). Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a coherent sheaf on $\...
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Do 'change of coefficients' functors for sheaves commute with the four functors (formalism)?
For a morphism $f$ of varieties over a field of characteristic $\neq l$ I can consider the functors $Rf_*$, $f^\ast$, $f_!$, and $f^!$ both for the corresponding derived categories of 'all' (...
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Euler characteristic and inclusion-exclusion
Define the Euler characteristic of a scheme to be the Euler characteristic of its structure sheaf. I remember being told that for curves, this invariant satisfies inclusion-exclusion. That is, if $C_1,...
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Affine scheme on spec(A) of a ring A as the sheafification of a pre-sheave on spec(A)?
It is obvious that there is a parallel between the definition of structure sheaf of $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$
versus the sheafification of a pre-sheaf.
The definition of the sheaf $\mathscr F^+$ ...
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Is the stalk of the (co)limit of sheaves equal to the (co)limit of the stalks?
More precisely, if $\mathcal F_i$ is a system of sheaves, is it the case that
$$
(\lim \mathcal F_i)_p = \lim ((\mathcal F_i)_p)
$$
and similarly for colimits? I can see how to get a map
$$
(\lim ...
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When do adjunctions preserve equivalence?
Let $\mathcal{C}'$ and $\mathcal{D}'$ be categories so that $\mathcal{C} \subseteq \mathcal{C}'$ and $\mathcal{D} \subseteq \mathcal{D}'$ are full subcategories. Suppose the forgetful functors $F_{\...
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