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Tensor product and semisimplicity of perverse sheaves

Let $X/\mathbb{C}$ be a smooth algebraic variety. Let $D_c^b(X,\bar{\mathbb{Q}}_{\ell})$ be the category defined in 2.2.18, p.74 of "Faisceaux pervers" (by Beilinson, Bernstein and Deligne). ...
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On the derived category of constructible étale sheaves

The derived category $D^{\flat}_{c}(X,R)$ of constructible sheaves of $R$-modules on $X_{et}$ is defined as the full subcategory of $D^b(X,R)$ whose cohomology sheaves are all constructible. Clearly, ...
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Beilinson's theorem for fixed stratifications

Beilinson's theorem states that for a variety $X$ and a field $k$ the realization functor $$\text{real}: D^b\text{Perv}(X,k)\to D_c^b(X,k)$$ is an equivalence of categories. If we only consider ...
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$\text{Ext}$-groups of perverse sheaves with a fixed stratification

Let $X$ be a complex variety with a good stratification $S$ and consider the category $Perv_S(X)$ of sheaves perverse with respect to the given stratification (with middle perversity) lying in $D^b_S(...
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Understanding an involution of the category of perverse sheaves on $\mathbb{C}$

It is well-known (for example: chapter 2 in [GGM] A. Galligo, M. Granger, P. Maisonobe. D-modules et faisceaux pervers dont le support singulier est un croisement normal. Ann. Inst. Fourier Grenoble, ...
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Perverse sheaves on the complex affine line

Show that a perverse sheaf on $\mathbb{A}^1(\mathbb{C})$ (the complex plane with the analytic topology) is a bounded complex $A$ of sheaves of $\mathbb{Q}$-vector spaces with constructible cohomology ...
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What's the definition of a microlocal sheaf?

I'm slowly becoming familiar with what microsupport of a sheaf is, but none of the references I've seen give a definition of what a microlocal sheaf should be in general. In this paper of ...
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Perverse sheaves and maximal genus Gopakumar-Vafa invariants

Let $f: X \to Y$ be a proper morphism between complex varieties (the varieties as well as the map may be non-smooth) and let $\phi \in \text{Perv}(X)$ be a perverse sheaf on $X$. Given this data, it ...
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So what exactly are perverse sheaves anyway?

Is there a way to define perverse sheaves categorically/geometrically? Definitions like the following from lectures by Sophie Morel: The category of perverse sheaves on $X$ is $\mathrm{Perv}(X,F):=...
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Stalks of perverse cohomology sheaves?

For a complex of sheaves $\cal{F}^{\bullet}$ on a variety $X$, a useful fact is that the stalks of the cohomology sheaves of $\mathcal{F}^{\bullet}$ agree with the cohomology groups of the complex of ...
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Does intermediate extension functor commutes with forgetful functor in equivariant derived category?

The forgetful functor from $D^b_G(X)$ to $D^b(X)$ carries $Perv_G(X)$ to $Perv(X)$ by definition $5.1$ in the book of Bernstein and Lunts. My question is do the following functors, intermediate ...
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Riemann Hilbert Correspondence with fixed stractification

Riemann Hilbert Correspondence states for complex manifold $X$, the bounded derived category of $D$ modules on $X$ with cohomology being regular holonomic is equivalent to the bounded derived category ...
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Espace étalé for derived category

It is known that for a sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on $X$, we can associate $X_\mathcal{F}$, the étalé space of $\mathcal{F}$ over $X$ such that section of $X_\mathcal{F}$ coincides with section of $\mathcal{...
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Convolution of $\ell$-adic sheaves is commutative if the group is commutative

[This is a duplicate of this question on Stackexchange] I am trying to figure out how to prove a very basic statement about convolution of $\ell$-adic/perverse sheaves in Katz's "Rigid local systems" ...
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Base change and the octahedron axiom

I am trying to understand "de Cataldo, Migliorini. The perverse filtration and the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem. Annals of Mathematics, 171(2010), 2089-2113." My question is about one detail in the ...
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Examples for Decomposition Theorem

There's an important piece of geometric knowledge usually quoted as Beilinson-Bernstein-Deligne. Here's a refresher: by $IC$ one means the intersection complex, which is just $\mathbb Q$ for a smooth ...
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on the Springer sheaf

Let $\pi:\tilde{\mathfrak{g}}\rightarrow \mathfrak{g}$, be the Grothendieck-Springer resolution, where $\mathfrak{g}$ is a semisimple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$. We know that $\pi$ is small thus $\...
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Perverse sheaves and tensor product

If $X$ is a connected algebraic variety of finite type over $k$ (with $k$ a field of positive characteristic) of dimension $d$, and if $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{G}$ are perverse sheaves on $X$ so $(\...
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flat descent for perverse sheaves

Let $E \in D^{b}_{c}(X,\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_{l})$ where $X$ is a $k$ scheme of finite type for a field $k$. Let $Y\rightarrow X$ a finite flat surjective morphism such that $f^{*}E$ is perverse and ...
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The associated graded of a mixed Hodge module

Unfortunately this question will be a bit vague, since the question revolves around a memory of something I may have heard in a talk (long time ago). Let $X$ be a smooth complex variety. Let $MHM(X)$ ...
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descent of a complex of sheaves

Let X a projective variety over an algebraically closed field on which an abelian variety $A$ acts freely. Then $X/A$ is a projective variety. Let $f:X\rightarrow X/A$ Let $K\in D_{c}^{\leq 0}(X,\bar{...
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Geometric intuition behind perverse coherent sheaves?

I would like to know an intuition behind perverse coherent sheaves. I am aware that it is induced by a heart of another t-structure on the derived category. Are there any better, probably more ...
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l-adic vs complex Perverse Sheaves

Let $X$ be a scheme of finite type over $Spec(\mathbb{C})$. Let $X_{an}$ denote the associated complex analytic space. After fixing an isomorphism $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_l\cong \mathbb{C}$, by $\S$6....