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Divisors whose restriction is big
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a flat morphism of smooth projective varieties, and $\mathcal{L}$ an effective and ample line bundle on $Y$. For a divisor $A\in H^0(Y,\mathcal{L})$ set $X_A := f^{-1}(A)$.
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The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for Sheaves
Euler Characteristic of Sheaves and the Generalized Gauss-Bonnet Theorem
Consider a sheaf $\mathscr{F}$ over a site $\mathscr{(C,J)}$, where $\mathscr{C}$ is a small category with a coverage $\mathscr{...
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First cohomology of tangent sheaf of rational curve
Let $C$ be a reduced, connected, projective and purely one-dimensional scheme of finite type over a field $k$.
Suppose that $C$ is rational, i.e. that the normalisation of $C$ is a disjoint union of ...
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Log canonical counterexample to Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing
I found in the literature that, in characteristic 0, Kodaira vanishing holds for log-canonical pairs. On the other hand, the usual statement for Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing talks about a klt pair $(X,\...
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First Chern class of torsion sheaves
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety, $\mathscr T$ a torsion sheaf with irreducible support of codimension $1$, say $Z$. Then the first Chern class $c_1(\mathscr T)$ is of form $r[Z]$. Is there ...
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Sheaf cohomology on non paracompact topological spaces
I have some confusion on the subject of sheaf cohomology on non-paracompact topological spaces, i hope you can help me.
My reference is Godement's book "Topologie algebrique et theorie dex faisceaux"....
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Cohomology of coherent sheaves on Deligne Mumford stacks
Suppose that $\cal X$ is tame Deligne Mumford stack with generic trivial inertia. Let $X$ be its muduli space and $f:{\cal X}\to X$ the projection.
Let $\cal F$ be a coherent sheaf on $\cal X$.
Is it ...
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Coherent cohomological dimension and affine morphisms
For simplicity, all varieties in this question are quasiprojective varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$.
The coherent cohomological dimension $cd(X)$ of a variety $X$ is ...
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Does the higher cohomology of a quasi-coherent sheaf on a Stein manifold vanish?
It is a well-known result in algebraic geometry that if $X$ is an affine scheme and $\mathcal{F}$ is a quasi-coherent sheaf on $X$, then the higher cohomologies of $\mathcal{F}$ vanish, i.e.
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H^i(X,\...
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Sheaf Cohomology on Zariski-Riemann Spaces
Can sheaf cohomology on the Zariski-Riemann spaces give some sort of classification for field extensions (even just for function fields)? If not, are there any significant or useful results (e.g. for ...
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Sheaves with no cohomology
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety of dimension $d$ over a field $k$. Suppose $\mathcal F$ is a coherent sheaf on $X$ such that $H^i(X,\mathcal F) = 0$, for all $i$. What can one say about $\...
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Different definition of sheaf cohomology
It could be related to my previous question here.
Let $\mathcal F$ be a sheaf on a topological space $X$. Hartshorne in his book on Algebraic geometry defines the sheaf cohomology by
$$
H^i(X, \...
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Is the higher direct image sheaf of a locally free sheaf over $\mathbb{P}^1$ locally free?
Let $f:X \to \mathbb{P}^1$ be a projective flat morphism, $X$ is a projective scheme. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a locally free sheaf on $X$. Are the higher direct image sheaves $R^if_*\mathcal{F}$ locally ...
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H. Cartan's "Variétés analytiques complexes et cohomologie"?
Does anyone know where I might find an online version (for free or purchase, translated or in french) of this paper by Henri Cartan from 1953? I know it was published in Colloque sur les fonctions de ...
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Explicit examples presheaves associated to higher direct images which fail to be sheaves
So I would like to have a few simple examples where the presheaf associated to higher direct image of sheaf fails to be sheaf. So I'm looking for two (natural and simple) topological spaces $X$ and $Y$...
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Cohomology of divisors on Hirzebruch surfaces
Consider the Hirzebruch surface $\mathbb{F}_n = \mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^1$. The Picard group of $\mathbb{F}_n$ is generated by ...
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Sheaf cohomology commutes with colimits of sheaves
Let $X$ be a Noetherian scheme over a Noetherian ring $R$ and $(F_{\alpha})_{\alpha \in I}$ a direct system of $O_X$-module sheaves on $X$. I'm looking for source literature where I can find a proof ...
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Computation of cohomology of ideal sheaves
Let $j: X \to Y$ be a closed embedding. Let $I_{X/Y}$ be the ideal sheaf of this closed embedding. Then there is a exact sequence
$$ I_{X/Y} \to \mathcal{O}_Y \to j_{*}\mathcal{O}_X \to 0$$
One use ...
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If $f: X \to Y$ is a finite flat morphism of schemes, $g: Y \to Z$ is a proper morphism of relative dimension one, $Z$ is affine and $E$ is a vector bundle on $Y$ with $R^1g_*E=0$ then $H^1(X,f^*E)=0$?
Let $f: X \to Y$ and $g: Y \to Z$ be morphisms of schemes* such that f is flat and finite, g is proper and $R^{> 1}g_*E=0$ for all sheaves and Z is affine.
Let E be a vector bundle on Y such that $...
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Boundness of torsion in $R^i\pi_*\mathcal F$ for a smooth $\pi:X\rightarrow S$
Let $\pi:X\rightarrow S$ be a smooth scheme over $S$ and let's assume for simplicity that $S=\mathrm{Spec} R$ is affine, Noetherian and regular. Let $\mathcal F$ be a coherent sheaf on $X$ and let's ...
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Does the nearby cycle functor commute with the Verdier duality?
I would be interested to know the answer to the above question for the constructible bounded derived category on complex analytic or complex algebraic manifolds (or some other context). A reference ...
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Surjectivity of certain cohomology groups on hypersurfaces of high degree
I had been reading an article by Spencer Bloch. There is a remark in this text which states the surjectivity of a particular map between cohomology groups without explaining further. I had been trying ...
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Removing Noetherian condition from cohomology and base change
This question is related to a question I asked a few days ago. Since there seems to be no (at least for me) satisfying reference for cohomology and base change as stated by Vakil in his script in ...
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Leray's theorem up to some degree
I am interested in the proof of Leray's theorem that relates Čech cohomology and sheaf cohomology.
The theorem states that if we have a space $X$, a sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ and a covering of $X$ such ...
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Relating deformations of a scheme to deformations of its singular locus
Let $X$ be a normal scheme with quotient singularities and $Y\subset X$ its singular locus. The first order deformations of $X$ are parametrized by $\mathcal{E}xt^{1}(\Omega_{X},\mathcal{O}_{X})$. ...
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Exact functor in syntomic cohomology
By Tag 04C4 of the Stacks Project, for $f:X\rightarrow Y$ a closed immersion of schemes, the pushforward $f_*$ is exact for abelian sheaves on the big syntomic site.
Is it also true for a finite flat ...
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Type vs degree of a polarized abelian variety
Let $(A,L)$ be a polarized abelian variety. I know that the degree of the polarization is the Euler characteristic of $L$, so that
$d = \chi(L) = \dim H^0(A,L)$
since $L$ is ample.
I've read in a lot ...
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Yoga on coherent flat sheaves $\mathcal{F}$ over projective space $\mathbb{P}^n$
I'm reading Mumfords's Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface (jstor-link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1b9x2g3)
and I found in Lecture 7 (RESUME OF THE COHOMOLOGY OF COHERENT SHEAVES ON
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Etale cohomology of a nodal (cuspidal) curve
Let $k$ be a separably closed field, and $X/k$ be a curve (not necessarily complete) with a single singularity, a simple node $x$. Suppose $\ell$ is a prime number invertible in $k$, how do we compute ...
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Does cohomology and base change hold if supported at a point?
I have a flat, quasicompact, and separated map $p : X \to \mathbb{A}^1$ and I know that $R^i p_* \mathcal{O}_X$ vanishes everywhere except possibly $0 \in \mathbb{A}^1$.
Q1: Does "cohomology and ...
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Exact sequence in example in Grothendieck's Tohoku paper resulting from the Cech-to-derived-functor spectral sequence
Grothendieck gives in his Tohoku paper in example 3.8.3 an example for that $\check{\mathrm{H}}^{2}(X,\mathcal{F}) \neq \mathrm{H}^{2}(X,\mathcal{F})$.
In the beginning he states that there exisits ...
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Theta divisor on compactified jacobian of nodal curve
Let $X$ be a Nodal curve. Let $\bar{J}(X)$ be compactified Jacobian (rank one torsion free sheaf of degree one) and $\Theta$ denote the theta divisor in $J$.
How to compute $H^0(\bar{J}(X);\Theta^k)$, ...
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Does hypercohomology of the Koszul complex compute sheaf cohomology?
Let $i:X \to \mathbb{P}^n$ be a smooth projective variety defined by the vanishing locus of polynomials $(\underline{f}) = (f_1,\ldots,f_k)$ which have degrees $>0$ and are pairwise coprime, ...
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Sheaf Cohomology as Glueing of Local Data
For some time I've been trying to find an answer to the question "why do we care about or compute sheaf cohomology". As far as I can tell books like Hartshorne treat this as something we already want ...
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Proper base change for non-quasicoherent sheaves
For a proper flat map $f: X \to Y$ (of reasonable schemes) and a closed embedding $i: Y' \to Y$, we know by EGA the base change quasi-isomorphism, where $f'$ and $i'$ are the pullbacks of $f$ and $i$:
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Cohomology of $Sym^m Q \otimes Sym^k Q \otimes L^p$
Let $V$ be a complex vector space. Let $L=\mathcal{O}(-1)$ and $Q=V/L$ be the quotient bundle over $\mathbb{P}V$.
I'm trying to compute the cohomologies with coefficients in $Sym^m Q \otimes Sym^k Q \...
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Cohomology of a sheaf with only one stalk
Let $X$ be a proper scheme over a henselian discrete valation ring. I have a Nisnevich sheaf $F$ of which has only one stalk at the generic point of $X$ (and all other stalks vanish).
I believe that ...
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Weil Kostant Integrality Result as Stated by Brylisnki
I'm reading through Brylinski's "Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes and Geometric Quantization" and I am stuck on a piece of Theorem 2.2.15, which asserts that If $K$ is a closed complex-valued 2-...
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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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Extension between vector bundles inducing non-zero map on cohomology
Let $X$ be a projective variety over a field $k$ equipped with a very ample line bundle $\mathcal{O}_X(1)$. Suppose that $E, F$ are locally free sheaves of finite rank on $X$ and $c\in \mathrm{Ext}^i(...
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Elementary way to compute Hodge numbers of Grassmanian
I know that by using Hodge decomposition and the fact that Schubert cells are Hodge cycles you can compute the Hodge numbers of Grassmanian but is there a more elementary way to compute sheaf ...
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Application of sheaves theory in ring theory
Is there any text that gives some applications of sheaves theory in commutative ring theory? In the other word, is any results in commutative ring theory that be verified by sheaves method?
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What's $H^*(X - \{x_1,\ldots,x_n\},\mathcal{O})$, when $X$ is a projective smooth surface?
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface over a field $k$. Is there a way to compute $H^1(X - \{x\},\mathcal{O}_{X-\{x\}})$ in terms of similar invariants for $X$? Actually I'd like to remove even ...
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Is any element in $H^2_{et}(X,\mathcal{O}_X^*)$ locally trivial in the Zariski topology?
Let $X$ be an algebraic variety over a field $k$ and we consider the cohomological Brauer group $H^2_{et}(X,\mathcal{O}_X^*)$.
For any element $\alpha \in H^2_{et}(X,\mathcal{O}_X^*)$ and any closed ...
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Compare global sections of restriction and pullback of sheaves
Let $X$ be a projective scheme and $X \subset \mathbb{P}^n$ for some positive integer $n$. Let $j:Z \hookrightarrow X$ be a closed subscheme. Is it true that $H^0(j^*\mathcal{N}_{X|\mathbb{P}^n}) \...
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Topological information via cohomology of sheaves
On a projective smooth variety $X$ over complex numbers (or rather compact Kahler) we have a specific set of sheaves, namely sheaves of holomorphic forms ${\mathcal \Omega}^p$ of various degrees. The ...
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Čech-like cohomology with the “other nerve”
Let $X$ be a space and $\mathcal U$ a cover of $X$. Instead of Čech cohomology, I would like to take the following construction:
let
$$I= \{ \text{finite nonempty intersections of elements of }\,\...
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Degeneration of Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence, exactness of a pairing and the trace morphism
If $X\longrightarrow S$, where $S=\operatorname{Spec}(k)$, is a proper smooth morphism of dimension $p$ between $\mathbb{F}_{p}$ schemes with Frobenius $F$, then there is an exact pairing $\wedge:\...
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For what kind of sheaves can we always extend a sheaf map from a closed subset to the whole space?
Let $X$ be a topological space. We know that a sheaf on $X$ is call soft if for any closed subset $Z$ of $X$, a section on $Z$ can be always extend to a section on $X$.
Now we consider a similar ...
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Cohomology of the complement of a subvariety
Let $X$ be a complex manifold, $Y\subset X$ a subvariety, and $U:=X\setminus Y$ of codimension $d$. It is well known that the restriction map
$$
H^i(X,\mathbb Q)\to H^i(U,\mathbb Q)
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