Questions tagged [sheaf-cohomology]
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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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Equivariant Sheaves, Local system
Let $(G,m)$ be a group scheme unipotent, and $L$ a local system of rank 1 on $G$ such that:
$m^*(L) \simeq L \boxtimes L $.
Then why is $L$ an equivariant sheaf on $G$ with the action the ...
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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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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 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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Why Cech cohomology does not compute sheaf cohomology on an open annulus
Let $A=\{z\in\mathbf{C}:1/2<|z|<1\}$ be an open annulus. Let us cover $A$ by 3 open sets:
$U_0,U_1$ and $U_2$ which we assume to be all homeomorphic to a 2 dimensional open disc. Moreover, we ...
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Cech cohomology.
Let us consider the scheme $X$ and the coherent sheaf $\cal F$ on it. We consider finitely many affine open covers $U_{\lambda}$ with $\lambda \in \Lambda$. When I calculate Cech cohomology with $U_{\...
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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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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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Pull-back of globally generated sheaves
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$, $D=\sum_i n_iD_i$ an effective Cartier divisor. Let $C$ be a smooth irreducible curve on $X$. Denote by $i:C \hookrightarrow X$ is the closed ...
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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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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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The Existence of Pure Resolutions, Given a Degree Sequence?
I have been trying to understand the proof of the following theorem for the last month, I read some basics of sheaves theory and their cohomology, but still can't get the idea of this important ...
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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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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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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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Convolution of DQ-Modules
On page 92 of Deformation Quantization Modules Kashiwara and Schapira define two different convolution products for DQ-modules that differ by whether one uses $Rp_{13*}$ or $Rp_{13!}$ to push forward....
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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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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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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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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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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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Sheaf cohomology with compact supports (and Verdier duality?)
Consider a manifold and a complex where cochains are sections of vector bundles and coboundary maps are differential operators, which are locally exact except in lowest degree (think de Rham complex). ...
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Euler Characteristic of Coverings via Sheaf Theory
Let $X$ be a nice space (compact $CW$-complex or triangulated space, compact manifold, whatever works),
$f:Y\to X$ be a finite covering of degree $n$, and $\chi(X)$ be the euler characteristic.
By the ...
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Terminology: complex of sheaves with cohomology sheaves concentrated in degree zero
What is the proper terminology for a complex of sheaves $\mathcal F^\bullet$ whose homology sheaves $\mathcal H^i\mathcal F^\bullet$ vanish for $i\ne 0$?
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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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When does the sheaf cohomology of a topological space vanish?
The question is in the title. A more precise formulation is:
Let $X$ be a topological space. When does $H^i(X,F) = 0$ for all $i > 0$ and all abelian sheaves $F$ on $X$?
The obvious example is a ...
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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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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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When does sheaf cohomology commute with arbitrary direct sums?
It is well known and more or less proven in Hartshorne's 'Algebraic Geometry' (p. 209) that for every noetherian scheme $X$ and every collection of abelian sheaves $\mathcal{F}_i$ the canonical map
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Cohomologically trivial stacks
The following theorem of Serre is well-known:
A noetherian scheme $X$ is affine if and only if $H^i(X; \mathcal{F}) = 0$ for all quasi-coherent sheaves $\mathcal{F}$ on $X$ and all $i>0$. (...
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Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms of sheaf cohomology
Cohomology of a space is often defined axiomatically: a cohomology theory is a functor
from pairs of spaces to abelian groups
satisfying the Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms. Is there a similar ...
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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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Vanishing of Ext group
Let $C$ be a cartier divisor on a smooth projective surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$. Then we get the short exact sequence $$0 \to \mathcal{O}_X(-C) \to \mathcal{O}_X(-C_{red}) \to F \to 0$$
for some sheaf $...
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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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Cohomology of line bundles
For sure answers to my questions are well known - but I never saw them anywhere.
Let $X$ be a smooth projective (or just proper) variety over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $A_i$ be the ...
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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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Cohomology groups interpreted as sheafs
Hi Folks,
I just came across a few lines where a (sheaf-)cohomology group of a scheme is treated as a sheaf. I've never seen this in Hartshorne.
Could you give any reference for this?
Thanks
Steven
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Top cohomology detecting compactness
I am looking for a reference for the fact that the top cohomology $H^n(X;A)$ of an $n$-dimensional manifold $X$ is non-trivial precisely when $X$ is compact.
I tried to ask this question on Math....
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How to Draw Complex Line Bundles
I am giving a presentation soon on the Classification of Complex Line Bundles and I would like to have some very "basic" visualizations to use as examples.
Background and Context
I am considering ...
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why is the local field Q_l not an etale sheaf over a scheme X?
I would like to know the reason why the local field Q_l is not an etale sheaf over a scheme X while its ring of integers Z_l can be regarded as a constant etale sheaf?
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Is this Sequences of Complexes of Sheaves Exact?
So in another question of mine there is a sequence of complexes of sheaves which the author asserts is exact.
Let $K^{\bullet} = \underline{\mathbb{C}}^* \ \underrightarrow{d\ log} \ \underline{...
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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 a cochain complex of acyclic sheaves
Ok, sort of as a follow up to my previous question, let's recall the de Rham-Weil theorem:
Let $F$ be a sheaf on a topological space $X$ and let $\mathcal{L}^{\bullet}$ be an acyclic resolution of $F$....
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Sheaf cohomology invariant of weak homotopy type?
Is sheaf cohomology an invariant of the weak homotopy type? More precisely let $R$ be a commutative ring and $f:X\rightarrow Y$ a weak homotopy equivalence. Does it follow, that the induced maps $H^n(...
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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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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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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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sheaves for which the derived (compact or not) pushforward is zero
Conventions: sheaf = complex of constructible sheaves (in the l-adic setup with etale tplg or in the complex coefficients setup with analytical tplg).
I would like to understand if there is an ...
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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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