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What is homology anyway?
Disclaimer: I don't feel qualified to ask this question and yet it's been troubling me for some time now and I lost my patience and decided to ask to get some kind of answer. If there are any stupid ...
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Example Wanted: When Does Čech Cohomology Fail to be the same as Derived Functor Cohomology?
I want to know exactly how derived functor cohomology and Cech cohomology can fail to be the same.
I started worrying about this from Dinakar Muthiah's answer to an MO question, and Brian Conrad's ...
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Singular Homology/Cohomology as a derived functor?
Hello,
Learning some Alg.geometry and Sheaf theory, I got used to the notion that cohomology arises naturally as a derived functor of some sort.
This has led me thinking, singular cohomology, from ...
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A spectral sequence for computing cohomology of a space from that of its strata
Let $X$ be a smooth complex variety (not necessarily compact) and let $D$ be a normal crossings divisors with components $D_1$, $D_2$, ..., $D_N$. For a set of indices $I$, let $D_I = \bigcap_{i \in I}...
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Equivalence of ordered and unordered cech cohomology.
Given a topological space X and a finite cover X = $\cup X_i$, one can define Cech cohomology of a sheaf of abelian groups F with respect to the cover $\{X_i\}$ in two different ways:
(Ordered): ...
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"Rotated" version of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
Let $G$ be a group, $X$ a topological space with $G$-action. For an Abelian group $A$, let $\mathcal{C}^n(X,A)$ be the group of $n$-cochains on $X$ with $A$ coefficients. We can treat this as a $G$-...
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A step in Toda's computation of a Cotor
I am trying to understand a proof from Toda's paper Cohomology of classifying spaces. The step I am stuck on is at page 96. Here is the setup.
We work with cohomology with $\mathbb{F}_2$ coefficients. ...
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Cohomology ring of classifying space of spin group $\mathrm{BSpin}(n)$
$\DeclareMathOperator\BSpin{BSpin}\DeclareMathOperator\Pin{Pin}\DeclareMathOperator\BSO{BSO}\DeclareMathOperator\BO{BO}\DeclareMathOperator\BPin{BPin}$In the answer for question: Homology of ...
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Is there a kind of Poincare duality for Borel equivariant cohomology?
Let $G$ be a finite (or discrete) group, $M$ a $d$-dimensional manifold with smooth $G$-action (I am interested in the case where the action is not free, so $M/G$ is not a manifold). For an Abelian ...
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Are all degree-1 cohomology operations Bocksteins?
I'm interested in cohomology operations (in ordinary cohomology)
$$H^i(-, G)\rightarrow H^{i+1}(-, H)\;,$$
that is, elements of
$$H^{i+1}(K(G, i), H)\;.$$
I know that $K(G, 1)=BG$, so for $i=1$, those ...
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Hodge dual of de Rham cohomology and singular cohomology
We know that the de Rham cohomology is isomorphic to the singular cohomology, does the Hodge dual of differential forms induce a dual operation on de Rham cohomology, hence also on singular cohomology?...
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Known results in the Cohomology of finite groups
I am learning to compute cohomology of finite groups and came across this survey article http://www.ams.org/notices/199707/adem.pdf "Recent Developments in the cohomology of finite groups" by ...
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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]
$$
\delta(u\cup_{i} v)=(-1)^{p+q-i}u\cup_{i-1}v+(-1)^{pq+p+q}v\cup_{i-1}u+\delta u\cup_{i}v+(-...
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Splitting of the Universal Coefficients sequence
The really beautiful way to prove the Universal Coefficients theorem, to my taste,
is to use the fibration sequence $K(\mathbb{Z}, n) \to K(\mathbb{Z}, n) \to
K(\mathbb{Z}/k, n)$ (I'm using $\mathbb{...
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Homological vs. cohomological dimension of a group/space
I have several related questions regarding homological vs. cohomological dimension of a space/group (this is not a duplicate of this).
The standard definition of the cohomological dimension $cd(X)$ ...
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generalized universal coefficient sequence
Take the familiar Universal Coefficient Theorem for ordinary homology with $\mathbb{Z}$-coefficients and ordinary cohomology with coefficients in some abelian group $A$:$$0\rightarrow \text{Ext}_\...
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Long exact sequences for parametrized cohomology
I'm reading Michael Shulman's articles on cohomology in HoTT here and here, as well as Floris van Doorn's thesis here.
Given $E: Z \to \mathsf{Spectrum}$ a family of spectra over a homotopy type $Z$, ...
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Differentials in spectral sequences and Massey products
Consider a multiplicative spectral sequence such as the cohomological Serre spectral. It is known that differentials will satisfy a Leibniz rule. Is there a clean statement involving differentials and ...
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mod $p$ homology module of unordered configuration spaces of the projective plane
Let $M$ be a manifold and $k$ be a positive integer. Let $F(M,k)$ be the $k$-th ordered configuration space over $M$, consisting of all ordered $k$-tuples of distinct points in $M$. Let $\Sigma_k$ be ...
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Steenrod squares in terms of chain maps
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sq{Sq}$The Steenrod squares $\Sq^i: H^n({-};\mathbb{F}_2) \to
H^{n+i}({-};\mathbb{F}_2)$ are fundamental cohomological
operations. By the Yoneda lemma, they induce a map between ...
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cohomology version of Cartan-Leray spectral sequence that deduces cup product
On page 338, A User's Guide to Spectral Sequences. 2nd Edition, by John McCleary, Theorem 8.9, there is a Cartan-Leray spectral sequence for homology:
If $X$ is a connected pace on which the group $\...
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A Poincare dual spectral sequence for equivariant cohomology: extension to generalized cohomology?
This question is a follow-up to my previous question:
"Rotated" version of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
In that question, I discussed two different spectral sequences for ...
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LES for relative cohomology via sheaves
I was unable to find a suitable answer for the following question:
Once one learns that singular cohomology is the same as cohomology with coefficients in locally constant sheaf, it is natural to try ...
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triviality of homology with local coefficients
Let $X$ be a manifold or a CW-complex.
Let
$\pi: \tilde X\longrightarrow X$
be a covering map.
Let $\pi_1(X)$ be the fundamental group of $X$ and let $\rho: \pi_1(X)\longrightarrow O(n)$ be an ...
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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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Homology with local systems
Let $X$ be a connected topological space with abelian fundamental group. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a $\mathbb{Z}$-valued local system on $X$.
Suppose that I know the full homology $H_*(X;\mathbb{Z})$. Are ...
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Poincaré dual of the Alexander dual of the fundamental class of a knot is given by a Seifert surface
Let $K\subset S^3$ be an oriented knot and let $F:\overline{B^2}\times K\rightarrow S^3$ be a thickening with self linking number $0$. I will denote $F(B^2\times K)$ by $(B^2\times K)$ for simplicity. ...
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Conjugation action on relative homology
Let $G$ be a group and $K$ be a subgroup. Suppose $g \in G$ commutes with every element of $K$. Is it true that conjugation by $g$ will act trivially on $H_*(G,K)$?
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Multi-variable cohomology operations
Intuitively, cohomology operations are ways to locally compute a cocycle $\alpha\in H^i(X, G)$ from any cocycle $\beta\in H^j(X, H)$. Formally, they are in one-to-one correspondence with homotopy ...
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Relation between $Tor_{C^*(BG;K)}(K,K) $ and $K^G$?
Let $K$ be an algebraically closed field and $G$ a group.
Given a dg-algebra $A$, a left $A$-module $M$ and a right $A$-module $N$
let $Tor_A(M,N)$ denote the homology of the derived tensor product $M ...
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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
$$
S^{n} \to \Omega S^{n+1}.
$$
Question 1: Is anyone aware of any references for ...
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References for bilinear forms on chain complexes?
I am looking for references that include general results and theorems for bilinear forms defined on chain complexes. That is, bilinear forms $\langle \cdot , \cdot \rangle_i : C_i \times C_i \to \...
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Poincaré dual of the generators of $H^d(\mathbb{RP}^5,\mathbb{Z}_2)$
We know $H^d(\mathbb{RP}^5,\mathbb{Z}_2)=\mathbb{Z}_2$. So there are two classes of $\mathbb{Z}_2$ generators, trivial and nontrivial, for $d=0,1,2,3,4,5$.
Wha are the Poincaré dual $(5-d)$-...
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Are there necessary and sufficient conditions for a chain complex $0 \to C_0 \to C_1 \to C_2 \to 0$ to be Poincare?
I am looking for necessary and/or sufficient conditions for the chain complex $0 \to C_0 \to C_1 \to C_2 \to 0$ over a principal ideal domain to be Poincare in the sense that $H_0 \cong H^2$, $H_1 \...
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can the actions of fundamental groups annihilate homology?
Let $X$ be a path-connected manifold (or a CW complex).
Let $\pi_1(X)$ be the fundamental group of $X$.
Let $\pi: \tilde X\longrightarrow X$ be a covering map.
For each $m\geq 0$, let $C_m(\tilde X)$ ...
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Eilenberg–Zilber-type theorem for Map([n],A), where the degeneracy maps for [n] are forgotten
The following statement should be immediately implied by Eilenberg–Zilber theorem if the sequences $(i_0,\ldots,i_k)$ below are only monotone. But I need the strict monotone version which I believe to ...
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A generalization of cochain complex: quasi-cochain complex
It appears that we can generalize cochain complex to quasi-cochain complex, that still allow us to define cohomology.
Definition:
A quasi-cochain complex is a sequence of commutative monoids $M_n$ ...
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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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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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