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Locality in Grothendieck Topologies

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a category and $\mathcal{J}$ be a Grothendieck topology on it (i.e., $(\mathcal{C},\mathcal{J})$ is a site). Then what is a good notion of locality in it? I came up with the ...
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How does one compute the Chern classes of the dual sheaf from the Chern class of the original sheaf?

Let $X$ be a smooth projective 4-fold (over $\mathbb{C}$). Let $Z \subset X$ be a codimension two subscheme. Let $I_{Z}$ denote the ideal sheaf of $Z$. How does one compute the Chern classes of $I_Z^{...
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A question about the adjunction between pushforward and pullback of sheaves

I am reading this article: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.5978.pdf. In definition 2.6 on page 4 there is claim that is made and I don't see why it is true. I will recall it here: Let $X$ be an integral ...
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Defining Inertia Stack

Let $X$ be a topos and $F: \zeta \rightarrow X$ a stack on $X$. Now in the paper http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0411337v2.pdf ( Definitions 2.1.1.5 and 2.1.1.1) of Lieblich, he describes the inertia stack ...
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Which sheaves on a projective bundle are flat over the base scheme?

Assume $X$ is a noetherian scheme over $\mathbb{C}$ and $E$ a locally free sheaf of finite rank on $X$. Denote the the associated projective bundle by $f: \mathbb{P}(E)\rightarrow X$. Are there any ...
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Can we extend a homotopy invertible chain morphisms between complexes of sheaves from a closed subspace to the whole space?

Let $X$ be a (say, topological) space and $i: Z\hookrightarrow X$ be a closed subspace. Let $Sh(X)$ and $Sh(Z)$ denote the categories of sheaves of abelian groups on $X$ and $Z$ respectively. ...
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Elementary examples on sheaf extension

Let $V\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a projective variety and $C_V$ its conormal subvariety in $T^\ast\mathbb{P}^n$. Denote by $\mathscr{O}_{C_V}$ its structure sheaf, then when will the condition $\mathit{...
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Is this diagram of sheaves actually Cartesian as claimed?

The question is about Corollary 1.6.2 (b) in the book by Laumon and Moret-Bailly on algebraic stacks. There we have a scheme $S$ and morphisms $X \xrightarrow{f} Y \xrightarrow{g} Z$ of sheaves on a (...
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What kind of ringed space $X$ has the property that a locally free sheaf is projective in Qcoh$(X)$?

It is well known that for an affine scheme $X$, every finitely generated locally free sheaf $\mathcal{E}$ is projective in the category Qcoh$(X)$. i.e. the functor $\text{Hom}_{\text{Qcoh}(X)}(\...
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Coherence of $\mathcal O_X[T]$

Let $X$ a complex manifold, and $\mathcal O_X$ the sheaf of holomorphic functions. Oka Coherence Theorem states that $\mathcal O_X$ is coherent (as $\mathcal O_X$-module). How to prove that also the ...
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Two functorial definitions of schemes

I have been reading a bit about the "functor of points" theory for schemes. There seem to be two ways of going about defining schemes this way: Equip the category $\textbf {Psh}=\operatorname{Fun}(\...
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Monodromy along strata of a pushforward

Work with complex varieties and constructible sheaves on the complex analytic site. All functors will be tacitly derived. Let $X$ be a variety acted upon by a connected linear algebraic group. Let $X ...
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Pull back of D-modules and Koszul resolution

Consider an holonomic D-module on a smooth algebraic variety $X$ over a field $k$ of caracteristic 0. Let $i: Y \hookrightarrow X$ be a regular embedding. $Li^* M = \mathcal{D}_{Y\to X} \otimes^L_{...
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Does this property of subgroups (or sheaves of ideals) already have a name?

I'm constructing an example of a group which has a particular property on its subgroups, and the property looks like something that might have been considered before. Fix a group $G$ and a pair of ...
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The "pullback presheaf" and the proper base change theorem in topology

Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a continuous map of topological spaces and let $\mathcal{F}$ be a sheaf (say of abelian groups to fix the idea) on $Y$. Define the following rule on open sets of $X$: $$ V\...
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Restriction of Ext sheaves on closed subschemes

Let $f:X\rightarrow C$ be a morphism, where $C$ is a smooth curve. For $t\in C$ let $i_t:X_t = f^{-1}(t)\rightarrow X$ be the inclusion of the fiber of $f$ over $t$, and let $\mathcal{F}$ a coherent ...
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details of a dévissage argument for constructible sheaves

I am working on the following Künneth-type isomorphism from [SGA5, exposé III, 2,3]: $\mathrm{Settings}.$ Let $X_1, X_2$ be separated finite type schemes over the spectrum of a field $S=\mathrm{Spec}...
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Hodge bundles associated to a family of complex manifolds

I'm reading Voisin's books on Hodge theory. In the first volume she claimed but didn't prove this theorem: Theorem 10.10 (Voisin) Let $\varphi:\chi\rightarrow B$ be a family of compact complex ...
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Compact generators of $\mathcal{D}\text{-Mod}$ via Mayer Vietoris

Let $X$ be a complex variety (or any space for whom a category of sheaves with the six functors is defined), and $$i\ :\ Z\ \to\ X\ \leftarrow\ U\ :\ j$$ be complementary open and closed embeddings. ...
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Do we have $\underline{\operatorname{Ext}}^i_\text{fppf}(\widehat{\mathbb{G}}_a,\mathbb{G}_m)=0$ for $i>0$?

Let $k$ be a characteristic zero field and consider the category $(\mathsf{Sch}/k)_\text{fppf}$ of schemes over $k$ with the fppf topology. I know that $\underline{\operatorname{Hom}}(\mathbb{G}_a,\...
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Global sections of relative characteristic of log-smooth curves

$\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$I am currently learning about log-geometry and try to understand the theory in the example of curves with basic log-structure over a general base $S$. Especially, I am ...
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Is this double quotient of $\operatorname{SL}_2$ representable by an algebraic space or a scheme?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup (upper triangular matrices), and let $\Gamma := \langle \sigma\rangle$ be the group generated by a (hyperbolic) element of $\SL_2/\mathbb{Q}_p$ ...
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Canonicity in split sequence in cotangent spaces

Let $X$ be a locally ringed space. We have for a point $p$ the exact sequence $$0\to \mathfrak{m}_p^2\to \mathfrak{m}_p\to \mathfrak{m}_p/\mathfrak{m}_p^2 \to 0$$ where $\mathfrak{m}_p$ is the maximal ...
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On the generalization of a Cech-to-sheaf type spectral sequence

Let $(X,O_{X})$ be a ringed space and $\mathcal{F^{\bullet}}$ be a bounded below complex of $O_{X}$-modules on $(X,O_{X})$. On [Stacks Project 20.25.1][1] it is shown that there is a weakly convergent ...
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Norm of sections on $T$-invariant subspace of a homogenous space over $\mathbb{Q}_p$

Let $K=\mathbb{Q}_p$ and $G$ a split reductive group over $K$ with split maximal torus $T$. Furthermore, $X$ is a smooth projective variety over $K$ with a free $G$-action. Let $U \subset X$ be a $T$-...
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Two natural morphisms of sheaves with the same source and target; do they agree?

Suppose we have a diagram $\require{AMScd}$ \begin{CD} A @>a>> B\\ @V b V V @VV c V\\ C @>>d> D @>e>> E \\ @VfVV @VVgV @VVhV \\ F @>>i> G @>>j> H \end{CD}...
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Criteria for a sheaf to be locally free over subvariety

Let $X$ be a compact complex manifold and $\mathcal{F}\to X$ a sheaf. Is there a regularity criteria (or a condition) for $\mathcal{F}$ that determines whether we there exists a closed subvariety $i:...
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Explicit construction of a presentation of a constructible sheaf of $\mathbb{Z}$-modules

This question was prompted by the two following: Constructible étale sheaves on X are étale algebraic spaces over X Naive question about constructing constructible sheaves If I have a ...
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How to deduce Künneth from its relative version (in cohomology of sheaves)

Let $p:X\to S$ and $q:Y\to S$ be morphisms of "spaces" over $S$. We have an isomorphism $$f_!(M\boxtimes N)=p_! M\otimes q_!N$$ in the derived category of "sheaves" over $S$, where ...
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Why does nearby cycles of a local system on $\mathbb{G}_m$ have same monodromy as local system?

Apologies if this belongs on MSE, but none of the tags I wanted existed, so I took it as a hint to post on MO. Edit: here is my definition of nearby cycles. Suppose $X$ is a complex analytic space ...
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Torsors for nonabelian groups and maps to contracted products

$\newcommand\op{\mathrm{op}}$My question concerns torsors for a sheaf of groups $G$ that is not commutative, and left/right are messing me up. A left $G$-torsor is equivalent to a right $G^{\op}$-...
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High direct image of dualizing sheaf

I'm reading the paper "High direct image of dualizing sheaf" of professor Kollar. I summarizing my questions as follows: Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be surjective projective morphism between ...
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Cone of morphism in families

I am working in derived category $D^b(X)$ of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective varitey. Let $E,F$ be two sheaves on $X$, with $\mathrm{R}Hom(E,F)=k\oplus k[-1]$, I consider the following ...
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Local freeness of $\pi_*F(r)$ from flatness of $F$

In 'Fundamental Algebraic Geometry' by Fantechi there is a lemma in section 5.3.2, page 119: LEMMA 5.5 Let $S$ be a noetherian scheme and let $F$ be a coherent sheaf on $\mathbb{P}^n_S$. Suppose there ...
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Small sheaves on big sites

Background: If one works with sheaves on small etale site over a fixed scheme (which is really an essentially large category), one can instead work with sheaves on the affine etale site (which turns ...
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Degree of a divisor along a subscheme

I'm curious about a computation of Prop2.3 in The gonality conjecture on syzygies of algebraic curves of large degree by Ein and Lazarsfeld. Let $C$ be a smooth projective curve carrying a pencil $\...
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$m$-regularity of sheaves

This is Lemma 1.4 on Green and Lazarsfeld's Some results on the syzygies of finite sets and algebraic curves. Let $X$ be a closed subscheme of $\mathbb{P}^r$. Suppose the ideal sheaf $\mathcal{I}$ of $...
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Direct image functor commuting with infinite direct sum of sheaves

Normally I would think this kind of question doesn't belong on overflow, but I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere else, so perhaps it is not so trivial. Let $f: X \rightarrow Y$ be a ...
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Direct sums of invertible sheaves commuting with global sections and the functor of points approach

I am looking at the Stacks Project's treatment of the functor of points for projective space. Let's restrict to the case that $S$ is a graded ring, generated by $S_{1}$ as an $S_{0}$ algebra. The ...
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Any vector bundle can be twisted to have sections

Let $X$ be an integral scheme proper over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $V$ be a locally free $\mathcal{O}_X$-module of positive finite rank. Does there necessarily exist a locally free $\mathcal{O}_X$-module of ...
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Compact generation of quasicoherent sheaves on mapping stack

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $0$, and let $\mathcal{C}= \mathbf{Vect}_k^{\leq 0}$ be the $\infty$-category of vector spaces concentrated in degrees $\leq 0$. Consider the category $\mathbf{Pr}(...
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Defineing a Sheaf of rings over a topological space

Let $X$ be a topological space and let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$ such that for each $x\in X$ there exists a multiplicatively closed subset $S_x$ of $R$ such that for each $a\in R$ if $\frac{a}...
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Usage of Leray spectral sequence

Maybe this is an elementary stuff for experts, I could not figure it out by myself. Let $\pi:G\to S$ be an elliptic curve with zero section $e:S\to G$. Take $\mathcal{H}=(R^1\pi_*\mathbb{Q}_\ell)^\vee$...
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Singularities of reflexive sheaves

I am studying reflexive sheaves (on $\mathbb{P}^3$) by the Hartshorne's paper ''Stable reflexive sheaves''. As far I understood, reflexive sheaves fail to be locally free at a finite number of points (...
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epimorphism of fppf sheaves is an fppf morphism

I asked this question on math.stackexchange (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2693471/epimorphism-of-fppf-sheaves-is-an-fppf-morphism) but didn't get an answer. Maybe someone here can help. ...
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Support of étale sheaves

Let $X$ be a scheme, $i: Z\to X$ a closed subscheme, $j: U\to X$ its complement in $X$. Assume the codimension of $Z$ in $X$ is large (at least $2$). Let $A$ be an étale sheaf on $U$, $B$ an étale ...
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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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Sheaves of functions on open semi-algebraic sets

Let $U\subsetneq\mathbb{R}^n$ be an open semi-algebraic set which is not Zariski open (the case I have in mind is that of an open ball $B(0,1)$). A function $f:U\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is called (1) ...
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If the set of non-0 stalks of F is relatively open, is the same true of its Verdier dual?

Let $X$ be a complex manifold, $F$ a bounded complex of $\Bbb C_X$-modules with constructible cohomology. If the set $\{x: F_x\neq0\}$ is relatively open (i.e. open in its closure), is the same true ...
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Proj construction and pushforward of line bundles

Let $X$ be a variety of dimension $d \geq 2$ (over a field), consisting of two irreducible components meeting transversely in a divisor $D$. (We can assume these components and $D$ are as nice as we ...
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