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Sections of the conormal bundle
Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^N$ be a quadratic manifold. That is $I(X)$ is generated by quadratic polynomials $Q_1,...,Q_m$.
Let $\mathcal{I}_X$ be the ideal sheaf of $X$ and $\mathcal{I}_X/\mathcal{I}_X^...
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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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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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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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Thom-type isomorphism on sheaf cohomology
Let $X$ be a smooth, projective surface and $T$ a finite set of points in $X$ i.e., of codimension $2$ in $X$. Is it true that $H^i(\mathcal{O}_X)=H^i(\mathcal{O}_{X\backslash T})$ for $i \ge 1$?
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Etale homology via étale cosheaves
Can one develop a theory of étale homology via étale cosheaves? The hope is that this would, for example, return the Tate module (and not its dual) for an elliptic curve, and it would return group ...
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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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Local cohomology groups and linearity
I am reading local cohomology and am confused on a silly point. Let $U$ be an affine, non-singular variety and $Z \subset U$ a hypersurface section on $U$ (i.e., complete intersection in $U$ of ...
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Cohomology of sheaf extended by zero
Let $X$ be a projective scheme of pure dimension $1$. Let $U$ be a open subscheme and $j:U \to X$ the open immersion. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a coherent sheaf on $U$.
Denote by $j_!(\mathcal{F})$ the ...
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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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Global section of line bundle on anti-canonical rational surface
Let $X$ be an anti-canonical rational surface(i.e. $-K_X$ is effective) such that $K_X^2\geq 1$. Let $D$ be a $r$-class divisor ($D^2=r, D^2+D.K_X=-2$, the latter condition can be re-interpreted as $\...
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Axioms for sheaf cohomology
Let $R$ be a commutative ring and $X$ a topological space. Define a sheafy cohomology theory (see here) to be a collection of functors $\mathrm{H}^q:\mathrm{Sh}(X;R\mathrm{Mod})\to R\mathrm{Mod}$ such ...
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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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Sections of a sheaf of differentials on a weighted complete intersection
Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}(a_0,...,a_N)$ be a smooth $n$-dimensional weighted complete intersection in a weighted projective space $\mathbb{P}(a_0,...,a_N)$.
Is it true that if $q\geq 1$ then $H^0(X,\...
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$\operatorname{Ext}^2(O,\omega)$ as a higher extension on $\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$
Let $X = \mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^1$ over a field $k$ and consider $Ext^2(\mathcal{O}_X,\omega_X)\cong H^2(\omega_X) = H^2(\mathcal{O}_X(-2,-2)) = k$
Let $C = \mathbb{P}^1$.
By Kunneth $H^2(\...
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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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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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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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Deducing properness from $H^i(X, \mathcal{F})$ finitely generated over $\Gamma(O_X)$
Suppose that $X$ is a quasi-projective variety over a field $k$ and that we further know that for every coherent sheaf $\mathcal{F}$, $H^i(X,\mathcal{F})$ is finitely generated over $\Gamma(O_X)$. Is ...
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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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Birational Invariants
Let $X$ be a smooth rational variety of dimension $n$. We have $\dim H^0(X,\Omega_X^p) = \dim H^0(\mathbb{P}^n,\Omega_{\mathbb{P}^n}^p)$ for any $p$. These are Hodge numbers. I know that we can not ...
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Local cohomology with supports in a constructible set
Let $X$ be a topological space (I'm interested in the case of $X$ being a complex algebraic variety with the Zariski topology) and $Z$ a constructible subset (i.e. a finite union of locally closed ...
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Hartshorne Proposition III 8.1
In the proposition mentioned in the title, Hartshorne states that for each $i\geq 0$ the higher direct image sheaf $R^if_*\mathcal F$ is exactly the sheafification of the presheaf given by
$V \mapsto ...
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Cohomology of intersection of projective hyperplanes
I will change my original question a bit for a bounty:
Let $A$ be a reduced finitely generated $\bar{\mathbb{F}}_p$-algebra (integral, if you want). Let $X$ be a non-empty intersection of ...
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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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Homology in the sections of an infinite exact sequence of injective sheaves of $\mathcal O_X$-modules?
Let $(X, \mathcal O_X)$ be a scheme and the following an infinite, exact sequence of injective sheaves of $\mathcal O_X$-modules:
$$
\cdots \overset{f_5}\longrightarrow I_5\overset{f_4}\longrightarrow ...
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infinite grassmannian in algebraic geometry
Geometric realization of $B{\mathbb G}_{\mathfrak m}({\mathbb C})$ is ${\mathbb C}{\mathbb P}^\infty=\varinjlim_n~ {\mathbb C}{\mathbb P}^n_k$; what if one considers a separable field $k\neq {\...
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cohomology and $j_!$
I have a projective variety $X$ and an open immersion $j : U \to X$.
Say I have a sheaf, locally free in my case of interest, $\mathcal{S}$ on $U$. Is there any reasonable relationship between $H^i(X,...
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Does the higher cohomology of a quasi-coherent sheaf on a Stein manifold vanish?
It is a well-known result in algebraic geometry that if $X$ is an affine scheme and $\mathcal{F}$ is a quasi-coherent sheaf on $X$, then the higher cohomologies of $\mathcal{F}$ vanish, i.e.
$$
H^i(X,\...
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Canonicity of Čech cohomology
For a topological space $X$, consider the Leray covering $U_\lambda$ (i.e. $\cap U_\lambda$ is sufficiently fine, e.g. affine for Zariski topology) of $X$.
For a sheaf $F$ on $X,$ the cohomology $H^...
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Do general sheaves on P^2 have cohomology governed by their Euler characteristic?
Suppose $\xi$ is chern character on $\mathbb P^2$. Then there is a moduli space $M(\xi)$ of semistable sheaves of chern character $\xi$.
If $\xi$ has Euler characteristic 0, then apparently there is ...
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What is $h^0(\mathcal O_F)$ where $F$ is a fiber of a normal surface over a smooth curve?
Lately I am studying the bend-and-break, and I follow the proof in the following note written by Olivier Debarre:
http://www.math.ens.fr/~debarre/M2.pdf
There is a detail that I just cannot go ...
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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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First sheaf cohomology $H^1(\mathscr{O}_D, \mathbb{D})=0$
Given a finite divisor$$D=p_1+\dots +p_m -q_1 -\dots -q_n$$on the unit disk $\mathbb{D}$, does it necessarily follow that the first sheaf cohomology group equals zero, i.e.$$H^1(\mathscr{O}_D, \mathbb{...
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Higher cohomology of sheaves on a projective space
Let $S\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a finite set of $s$ reduced points. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be the ideal sheaf of $S$ in $\mathbb{P}^n$. We consider the sheaf
$$\mathcal{F}_k:=\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(kd)\...
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Example of non-vanishing of first cohomology of a torsion coherent sheaf on a curve
By a curve we mean a projective scheme of pure dimension one. Can some one give an example of a curve $C$ and a torsion coherent sheaf on $C$ such that its first cohomology group does not vanish?
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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 and proper base change
Let $\pi:\mathcal{X} \to B$ be a flat, projective surjective morphism over $\mathbb{C}$. Assume that $B$ is a smooth quasi-projective curve. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a coherent sheaf on $\mathcal{X}$, ...
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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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Are injective quasi-coherent modules acyclic?
Let $X$ be a scheme and $F$ be an injective object of $\mathrm{Qcoh}(X)$. Is it true that $F$ is acyclic with respect to the usual sheaf cohomology?
For noetherian schemes $X$ this is well-known; ...
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Deformation of vector bundle on projective space with same Hilbert polynomial as multiple of structure sheaf
Let $E$ be a vector bundle on projective space ${\bf P}^n$ whose Hilbert polynomial is the same as $\mathcal{O}^{{\rm rank}(E)}$.
Does there exist a vector bundle over ${\bf P}^n \times {\rm Spec}(R)$...
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cohomology of an intermediate extension of a local system
Let $V$ be affine $n$-space over a field $k$; and $j \colon U \to V$ an open subscheme of $V$. Let $L$ be an $\ell$-adic local system on $U$.
Suppose the cohomology of $H^{\bullet}(U,L)$ does not ...
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A functorial property of higher right derived functors
Let $f:X \to Y$ be a projective morphism of complex Noetherian schemes. Assume $Y$ is smooth and for all $y \in Y$, $f^{-1}(y)$ is of pure dimension $1$. Let $\mathcal{F}_1, \mathcal{F}_2$ and $\...
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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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l-adic cohomology and perverse sheaves
Let consider the map $tr:\mathbb{G}_{m}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{A}^{1}_{\mathbb{F}_{q}}$ given by the sum of the coordinates and let $\psi:\mathbb{F}_{q}\rightarrow\mathbb{Q}_{l}^{*}$ a non trivial ...
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Leray spectral sequence of the inclusion of an open subvariety
Let $X$ be a smooth variety over a field $k \subset \mathbb{C}$ and $Z$ a smooth subvariety. Let $U=X-Z$. I'm trying to understand what information do the Leray spectral sequences attached to the ...
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Cohomology of pushforward under the double cover
Given a double cover $\pi: C \to \mathbb P^1$, where $C$ is a genus $g$ curve over algebraically closed field, I want to compute the group $\mathrm H^1(\mathbb P^1, \pi_*\mathbb G_m)$ in flat topology....
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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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Global sections of twisting ideal sheaf of a smooth closed point on a projective space
Let $X = \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be a projective space over an algebraically closed field $k$ and $x$ be a closed point.
Given an integer $m$ and a positive integer $r$.
What are the global sections of $\...
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Restriction of sheaves on curves
Let $C$ be a scheme of pure dimension $1$. Let $C_1$ be a closed subscheme of $C$ of pure dimension $1$. Denote by $i:C_1 \hookrightarrow C$ a closed immersion. Given a sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on $C$, ...
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