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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
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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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Restriction of scalars from an Azumaya algebra and preservation of perfect/compact objects of the derived categories
An Azumaya variety over a field is by definition a pair $(X,\mathcal A_X)$, where $X$ is an algebraic variety of finite type over that field and $\mathcal A_X$ is a sheaf of Azumaya algebras, namely ...
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Terminology for "global sections" when sheaf is valued in general category
Let $\mathcal F$ be a sheaf (say on a topological space $X$) valued in some category $\mathcal C$.
What do we call $\mathcal F(X)$?
When $\mathcal C$ is some vaguely linear category (e.g. the ...
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Chern Classes: two approaches
The following question is closely related to this one.
Let $X$ a non singular projective variety over $\mathbb C$, and let $\mathscr E$ a locally free sheaf of rank $r$ (an algebraic vector bundle), ...
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Lifting a local section to a global section along a homomorphism of quasi-coherent sheaves
If $X$ is a scheme, is it always possible to find a basis $\mathcal{B}$ for the topology of $X$ (for example, the affine open subsets) with the following property?
For every quasi-coherent sheaf $M$...
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Double dual of ample sheaf
Let $X$ be a projective manifold. Then we can define ample sheaves on $X$, and many results of ample vector bundles still hold in this more general case (See K. Kubota, Ample sheaves).
Now I was ...
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local universal sheaf (moduli of stable sheaves)
I do not know much about moduli of sheaves and I wanted to shows that for a smooth (projective) family over a discrete valuation ring of mixed characteristics (relative dimension 3), the locally free ...
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Surjectivity locus of a morphism of families of sheaves
Let $X$ and $T$ be schemes and assume we have two coherent sheaves $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{G}$ on $X\times T$ which are flat over $T$, that is these are families of sheaves parametrized by $T$.
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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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on geometric Satake and functions
Let $G(F)/G(O)$ the affine grassmanian with $F=k((t))$ where $k$ is a finite field.
For $\lambda$ a dominant cocharacter, we have by Cartan decomposition the schubert strata $\overline{Gr^{\lambda}}$....
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Does mapping cylinder category have enough injectives?
Let $A, B$ be two abelian categories, and $\tau : A \to B$ a left exact functor.
We define a category $C$ as follows:
objects: triples $(M, N, \varphi)$ where $M\in A, N\in B$ and $\varphi: N\to \...
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What are the easiest cases of base change (for sheaves on sites)?
I have a closed embedding of schemes $i:X'\to X$, and for each of them I consider three Grothendieck topologies for the category of the corresponding (relatively) \'etale schemes: the \'etale one, the ...
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Do inverse images respect flabby sheaves?
Let $i:Y\to X$ be a closed embedding of varieties, and let $S$ be a flabby \'etale (or Nisnevich) sheaf of abelian groups on $X$. Is $i^*S$ flabby also? I am mostly interested in the case when $S=i_{x*...
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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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Methods of sheaf theory for solving Diophantine equations
What are some examples of sheaf theory used to either provide solutions to Diophantine equations, or to state that no such solutions exist?
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Dual of stable vector bundle on a Fano threefold
Let $E$ be a rank $2$ stable vector bundle on a prime Fano threefold of genus $8$, with Chern numbers $c_1=1, c_2=6, c_3=0$.
Question. Is it true that $E(-1)=E^*$?
What I am able to show is that ...
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Computing Ext sheaves over complex projective plane
Let $X:=\mathbb{P}^2_K$ with $K$ algebraically closed field. Take $p\in X$ a point and $\mathcal{I}_p$ its ideal sheaf. One can prove (using Serre Duality and the exact sequence defining $\mathcal{I}...
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Action on group $\operatorname{Ext}^i(\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M})$ by scalar multiplication
Let $X$ be a proper scheme over field $k$ and $\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}$ two invertible $\mathcal{O}_X$-modules. Then $Hom_{\mathcal{O}_X}(\mathcal{L}, \mathcal{M}) \cong Hom_{\mathcal{O}_X}(\mathcal{...
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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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Vanishing of higher morphisms for pair moduli
Consider a moduli scheme $P$ of sheaves $F$ on a Calabi-Yau n-fold $X$ with a section $s\in H^0(F)$. Alternatively, such objects can be described as maps $\mathcal{O}_X \xrightarrow{s} F$ called pairs....
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flatness of restriction of structure sheaf over ring of global sections
Let $X$ be an affine scheme. $U \subseteq X$ open. Then I want to show that $\mathcal{O}_X(U)$ is flat over $\mathcal{O}_X(X)$.
But I want to prove it only by knowing the definition of structure sheaf ...
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Direct image of reflexive sheaf via finite, flat map
Suppose $f: X \rightarrow Y$ is a finite, flat (hence locally free) morphism of curves (i.e. schemes of dimension 1, not smooth or even reduced). Suppose $L$ is a reflexive sheaf on $X$, locally free ...
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When is a ring or algebra a ring/algebra of functions?
Note: For the record, exterior algebras and derivations are irrelevant to my question. However, I have a hard time assessing what I want to ask and I find it is the easiest to do so using a direct ...
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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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Field of fractions of etale stalk of Dedekind domain (Example from Milne's LEC)
Let $X=\operatorname{Spec}(A)$ be an affine Dedekind domain with field of fractions $K$. Let $\widetilde{A}$ be the integral closure of $A$ in separable closure $ K^{\text{sep}}$. A closed point $x$ ...
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Chern class of torsion sheaf support on a point
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface. Let $p$ be a closed point of $X$. Let $k(p)$ be the corresponding skyscraper sheaf, then actually we could use Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch to calculate the Chern ...
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Pullback map on global sections surjective
Let $X,Y$ be two irreducible, projective $k$-schemes. $k$ is assumed to be algeraically closed. Consider a dominant morphism $f: X \to Y$ between them which is not an isomorphism!
Let $\mathcal{L}$ ...
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An ideal and its J-radical
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$ and $I$ be an ideal of $R$. Now let $J=\cap_{I\subseteq m\in Max(R)}m$. Set $A:=\{p\in Spec(R): I\subseteq p\}$ and $B:=\{p\in Spec(R): J\subseteq p\}$, where $...
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Sheaf Hom and the functor Hom
Let $\varepsilon: 0\to A\to B \to C\to 0$ be an exact sequence of ${\cal O}_X$-modules with $X$ a quasi-compact space. $\varepsilon$ is called pure if the induced sequence
$0\rightarrow Hom(F,A)\...
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Realizing a restriction as direct/inverse image of sheaves
Consider the inclusion $j$ of ${\mathbb{R}}$ as the real axis of ${\mathbb{C}}$. On ${\mathbb{C}}$ I have a real polynomial algebra ${\mathbb{R}}[x,\bar{x}]$, where $\bar{x}$ denotes conjugation. ...
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The fiber of the sheaf of invariants
Let us suppose the the group $G:=\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}=(1,i)$ freely act on a smooth projective variety/$k$ $X$ and denote by $Y$ the G.I.T. quotient $X/G$. Let $\pi:X\longrightarrow Y$ the quotinet ...
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Subbundle generated by linearly dependent sections
On $\mathbb{P}^1$ consider the trivial bundle $\mathcal{O}\oplus \mathcal{O}$, and the subbundle $\mathcal{L}_{a,b}\subset\mathcal{O}\oplus \mathcal{O}$ that on an open subset $U$ of $\mathbb{P}^1$ is ...
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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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Sheaves on the site of $\pi$-sets
Let $\pi$ be a group, and let $\mathcal{C}$ be the site whose underlying category is that of $\pi$-sets (with $\pi$-linear maps as morphisms). The covers are jointly surjective families of such $\pi$-...
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