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Do I know what "coherent sheaf" means if I know what it means on locally Noetherian schemes?
I've been trying to convince myself that "coherent sheaf" is a natural definition. One way I might be satisfied is the following: for modules over a Noetherian ring $A$, coherent and finitely ...
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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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A question on flasque sheaf
Let $0\to \mathscr{F}'\to\mathscr{F}\to\mathscr{F}''\to 0$ be an exact sequene of sheaves. It is well known that $\mathscr{F}$ flasque iff $\mathscr{F}''$ flasque provided $\mathscr{F}'$ is flasque. ...
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Isomorphism of sheaves
Given a smooth projective variety $X$ and a semiample and big $\mathbb{Q}$-divisor $D$.
We denote by $R:=\sum_{n\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}} H^0(X,\mathcal{O}_X(nD))$.
Denote by $\tilde R(n)$ the quasi-...
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Relationship between coherent toposes/coherent logic and coherent sheaves
I've heard it claimed that the adjective "coherent" in logic/topos theory (i.e. coherent logic, coherent toposes, coherent categories) was adopted to fit in with the terminology of coherent sheaves in ...
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Evaluation maps for moduli of stable maps
Let $\overline{M}_{0,n}(\mathbb{P}^N,d)$ be the moduli space of stable maps of degree $d$ from curves of genus zero with $n$-marked points to $\mathbb{P}^N$.
Consider the product of the evaluation ...
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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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Serre's Theorem for Coherent Sheaves
I recently heard a discussion about a certain of Serre which reconstructs the category of coherent sheaves of a variety $V$ as the category of modules over the homogeneous space of $V$ modulo modules ...
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Is a locally finitely generated sheaf of modules finitely generated on sections?
"Let $(X, \mathcal{O})$ be a ringed space. A sheaf of modules $\mathcal{F}$ on $X$ is finitely generated if for all $a \in X$ there exists a neighbourhood $U$ of $a$, an integer $n$ and a surjective ...
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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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Simplifying the definition of a geometric context using sieves?
On Pages 1-3 of Cours 2 of Toën's Master Course on Stacks, he defines the notion of a Geometric context with a rather extensive list of axioms (they take up about two pages over and above the ...
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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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A functorial isomorphism in derived category
This question is a direct continuation of Question 1 in this post: Two basic questions on derived categories
Let $f\colon \mathcal{A}\to\mathcal{B}$ be a left exact functor between two abelian ...
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Two basic questions on derived categories
Let $\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{B}$ be two abelian categories with sufficiently many injective objects (in my case these are categories of sheaves of vector spaces on a manifold).
Let $f_*\colon \mathcal{A}...
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Reference request: Book of topology from "Topos" point of view
Question: Is there any book of topology in the modern language of topos theory?
Motivation:
In "Sheaves in Geometry and Logic" Mac Lane and Moerdijk say: "For Grothendieck, topology became the ...
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Is the cokernel of a map of sheaves a seperated presheaf?
The cokernel of a map of sheaves is not necessarily a sheaf until you sheafify. In every example I have seen of the cokernel failing to be a sheaf it is the glueability axiom that fails while the ...
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Stalks of étale sheaves
I want to prove that $0 \to F\to G\to H \to 0$ is an exact sequence of étale sheaves. I understand that it is enough to show that $0\to F_{\bar{x}}\to G_{\bar{x}}\to H_{\bar{x}}\to 0$ is exact at ...
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Nearby cycles and specialisation - properties
I am looking for reference for properties of nearby cycles - specifically, commutation with non-characteristic pull-back (good enough - commutation with pull-back to closed subvariety which is ...
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Open subset of the moduli space of stable sheaves on a noetherian scheme
This is my question:
Given a projective noetherian scheme $X$, the structural sheaf $\mathcal{O}_X$ is a coherent sheaf, so every locally free sheaf is coherent. This means that the family of stable ...
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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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Cohomology group vs sheaf of cohomology group
Suppose $F$ is a coherent sheaf on a smooth (algebraic or complex) variety $X$. Then we can consider the cohomology groups $$H^p(X,F)$$ for all $i$. Now, let we consider the sheaf $$\mathcal{H}^p(X,F)$...
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Examples of nontrivial local systems in Decomposition Theorem
There is a proper map $f: X \rightarrow Y$ of projective varieties. The Decomposition Theorem of Beilinson–Bernstein–Deligne-Gabber states that
$$Rf∗IC_X \cong \oplus_a IC_{\bar{Y_a}}(L_a)[shifts]$...
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Canonical Sheaf of Projective Space
I am stuck on one step that occurs without explanation in several Algebraic geometry books.
Starting from the exact sequence
$$0\rightarrow \Omega_{\mathbb{P}^n}\rightarrow \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^...
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About the construction of the Universal Enveloping Lie Algebroid
Let $X$ be a reasonable smooth scheme over some base $S$. The tangent sheaf $T_X$ is a Lie algebroid, locally free as a $\mathcal{O}_X$ module, and its Universal Enveloping Lie Algebroid $\mathfrak{U}(...
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Idea of presheaf cohomology vs. sheaf cohomology
Let $X$ be a topological space and $U$ an open cover of $X$.
In this thread Angelo explained beautifully how presheaf cohomology (Cech cohomology) relates to sheaf cohomology:
The zeroth Cech ...
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Higher cohomology of sheaves on a projective space
Let $S\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a finite set of $s$ reduced points. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be the ideal sheaf of $S$ in $\mathbb{P}^n$. We consider the sheaf
$$\mathcal{F}_k:=\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(kd)\...
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Example for pullback of stable sheaf not stable
Suppose $C$ is a complete algebraic curve.
Define a coherent locally free sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ over $C$ to be stable if $\mu(\mathcal{E})<\mu(\mathcal{F})$ for any subsheaf $\mathcal{E}$, where $\...
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Sequences of groups, exact not just in étale but also in the Zariski topology
Let $A=k[[x,y]]$, with say $k=\mathbb{C}$ and $X = \operatorname{Spec}(A)$. Let $B$ denote a free $A$-algebra of rank $e^2$; actually, we have $B=A[u,v]$ with $u^e=x$, $v^e=y$ and $uv = \xi_e vu$, ...
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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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Unique decomposition of locally free sheaf
Below let's work over coherent sheaves on a smooth projective algebraic curve.
We call a subsheaf $\mathcal{F'}$ of $\mathcal{F}$ saturated if it $\mathcal{F/F'}$ is locally free.
We call a locally ...
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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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Natural morphism appearing in Grothendieck spectral sequence
Assume we are in the setting of the Grothendieck spectral sequence (Weibel, 5.8): $G : A \to B, F : B \to C$ are left exact functors such that $G$ sends injective objects to $F$-acyclic objects. Now ...
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Global to local for Ext groups and Sheaves
Let $X$ be a projective variety. The sheaf $\mathcal{E}xt^{1}(\Omega_{X},\mathcal{O}_{X})$ is supported on $Sing(X)$.
Now, there should be a theorem (perhaps by Schlessinger) that says that if $X$ ...
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Wikipedia's definition of 'locally free sheaf'
Let $R$ be a, say, noetherian ring and $M$ an $R$-module. The Wikipedia article on 'locally free sheaf' tells me that the following two statements are equivalent:
The module $M$ is locally free (Edit:...
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on the Zariski sheafification of Quillen's K-theory
Let $X$ be a smooth k-variety and denote by $K_n$ Quillen's K-theory sheaf, that is: the Zariski sheaf on $X$ associated to the presheaf $U \mapsto K_n(U)$.
The Bloch-Quillen formula says that $CH^n(...
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How to compute cohomology groups of a closed subscheme Z of projective space, defined by a homogeneous polynomial of degree d?
Let $Z = \mathrm{Proj}\,k[x_{0},x_{1},\ldots,x_{r}]/f$ be a closed subscheme of degree $d$, i.e., $f$ is a homogeneous polynomial of degree $d$, and $\mathcal{O}_{Z}(1)=i^{*}\mathcal{O}_\mathbb{P}(1)$....
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On morphisms to projective space arising from a linear system
Context: This question arose as I was reading the proof of Application 6.1 in Mumford's Abelian Varieties. However, I have extracted all of the relevant information below so this question should ...
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Birkhoff decomposition vanishing of the Chern numbers
Birkhoff decomposition vanishing of the Chern numbers of the holomorphic line bundles of the Birkhoff-Grothendieck decomposition, is some statement I read off in One of Connes papers. Without going ...
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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 every soft sheaf of countable $\mathbb Q$-vector spaces a direct sum of skyscraper sheaves?
Let $X$ be a finite-dimensional compact metrizable space (these properties might partially be irrelevant; on the other hand, the case $X=[0,1]$ is already interesting to me).
Let $\mathcal F$ be a ...
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Holomorphic logarithmic De Rham complex
Let $X$ be a complex variety of dimension $n$ and $D$ a smooth hypersurface.
Let $\Omega_X(logD)^*$ be the holomorphic logarithmic De Rham complex: $\omega\in \Omega_X(logD)^k$ is a form of degree $k$...
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Pullback of a constant sheaf
Let $\varphi:X\to Y$ be a surjective morphism of schemes which are connected and of finite type.
Let $A$ be an abelian group, $\mathscr{F}$ be the constant sheaf on $X$ with fibers $A$ and $\mathscr{...
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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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Minimal Destabilizing Quotient
For a pure $d$-dimensional sheaf $E$ on a projective algebraic variety over a field $k$, one has the Harder-Narasimhan filtration $$0\subset E_1\subset E_2\subset...\subset E_{l-1}\subset E_l:=E,$$ ...
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Representability of a certain group scheme quotient
Let $k$ be a field. Suppose we have an exact sequence of $k$-group schemes (not finite-type)
$$
1\to H\to G\to K\to 1
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In other words, the sheaf quotient $G/H$ is representable by a $k$-group ...
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Cohomology of tangent bundles
Let $X$ be a smooth scheme and $Z\subset X$ a smooth subscheme. Consider the blow-up
$$\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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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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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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relation between sheaf of hom and hom of sheaf
If $\mathcal{M，N}$ are the associated sheaf of $A$ modules $M$ and $N$ on $X=Spec A,$ then what is $\mathcal{Hom_{O_X}(M,N)}$？Is that the associated sheaf of $Hom(M,N)\ ?$
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Cohomology of Structure Sheaves: Algebraic, Constructible and more
I am not an algebraic geometer, but I am a topologist who uses sheaves. I have studied some algebraic geometry and am interested in what happens as I reduce the amount of rigidity in the structure ...
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