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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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Donaldson-Thomas Theory and "Quantum Foam" for Mathematicians
Let $X$ be a smooth, projective Calabi-Yau threefold. From an algebro-geometric perspective, the Donaldson-Thomas invariants $\text{DT}_{\beta, n}(X)$ are virtual counts of ideal sheaves on $X$ with ...
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Sheaf cohomology and inverse limits
In proving the formal function theorem, Grothendieck uses a rather technical lemma in EGA 0-III.13:
Lemma: Let $\mathcal{F}_n$ be an inverse system of sheaves on a space $X$ with surjective ...
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Is the morphism of sheaves $(R \mapsto GL(R((h)))) \rightarrow (R \mapsto PGL(R((h))))$ surjective in Zariski topology?
Consider two functors given by $R \mapsto GL(R((h)))$ and $R \mapsto PGL(R((h)))$ for a ring $R$. It is easy to see that these functors are sheaves in Zariski topology (in fact for any affine variety $...
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How to model (affine) schemes with a large sketch?
Guitart states in "Toute theorie est algebrique et topologique" as Proposition 17 that the category $\mathbf{Sch}$ of schemes is the category of models of a large mixed sketch. Presumably, ...
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intuition about perverse sheaves
firstly, I would know if my very basic intuition on perverse sheaves is correct .
secondly, I would have some clarification in what perverse sheaves behaves better than regular sheaves .
my intuition ...
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Is there any notion of "smoothification" from $\mathbb{R}$-schemes to generalized smooth spaces?
I will write $\operatorname{Diff}$ to denote a category of generalized smooth spaces e.g. $Sh(\mathsf{CartSp})$. Is there a version of $\operatorname{Diff}$ for which there exists a functor $\mathcal{...
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Trying to understand "Shtukas"
I'm studying Goss' Basic structures of function field Arithmetic, chapter 6 about Shtukas. I'm trying to understand some details about some concepts. This chapter is based on a Mumford's paper An ...
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Who introduced the notion of ringed spaces?
My question is very concise, please forgive it.
Who introduced the concept of ringed space?
My first try would be that they were introduced by Cartan in his study of analytic functions with sheaves. ...
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Stalks of limit sheaves
Let $\{\mathcal{F}_i\}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}$ be an inverse system of sheaves of abelian groups on a space $X$. Then for any $x\in X$ we have a natural map
$$\left(\lim_i \mathcal{F}_i\right)_x\rightarrow ...
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Sheaf whose singular support is not Lagrangian
For constructible sheaves $\mathcal F$ on real analytic manifolds $X$, there is a notion of the singular support $SS(\mathcal F)$ which is a radially invariant singular Lagrangian subset of the ...
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What is the geometric intuition for the sheaf-theoretic terms "soft", "fine", and "flabby"?
The sheaf-theoretic terms "soft", "flabby", and "fine" are of an obviously geometric character, and suggest opposition with "hard", "rigid", and "coarse" sheaves (I'm just inventing these terms here).
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sheaves on thickened nodal cubics
Suppose F is an algebraically closed field (of any characteristic) and that h in F[x,y,z]
is an irreducible cubic form defining a plane curve C with a node. A lot is known about
sheaves on C; for ...
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Algebraic model for the abelian category of descent data for modules in the non-affine case
Let $f: X \to Y$ be a morphism of schemes. I'd like to have a completely algebraic description of the belian category of descent data for modules along $f$. Here's my attempt:
The category of quasi-...
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Is there a simple counterexample to étale proper base change on the unbounded derived category?
The best non-derived version of proper base change on the étale site of a scheme I know is that for $f : X \to Y$ proper and $g : Y' \to Y$ arbitrary, the base change morphism $g^{-1} R f_\star \...
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Line bundle whose pushforward is a complex of vector bundles
If $E\to X$ is a holomorphic vector bundle, it is well known that the tautological line bundle $\mathcal{O}_E(1)$ over the projectivization $\pi:\mathbb{P}(E^*)\to X$ satisfies
$$\pi_*\mathcal{O}_E(1)=...
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About the left adjoint of $f^*$
In lots of different cases (Verdier duality, Grothendieck duality, étale cohomology, ...) the very existence of a (right) adjoint to the sheaf functor $f_!$ gives useful information. (I'm going to ...
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Formality of a category of constructible sheaves
Let $X= S^1 \wedge S^1$ be a wedge of circles. Then $X$ admits a natural stratification $\mathcal{S}$ as a union of two disjoint open intervals $I_1, I_2$ and a point $\{*\}$.
Let $D_{\mathcal{S}}(X)$ ...
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Coherent cohomological dimension and affine morphisms
For simplicity, all varieties in this question are quasiprojective varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$.
The coherent cohomological dimension $cd(X)$ of a variety $X$ is ...
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What is an example of a cokernel $B/\phi(A)$ in group schemes which does not have $A=\mu_d$ and requires the fppf topology to be a sheaf?
Let $S$ be affine. A bit of background: Let us think of $S$-group schemes as abelian sheaves over a given site (etale, Zariski, fppf, etc). When we take a cokernel of a morphism $\phi$ this category: $...
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How to construct the espace étalé (space of sections) for an arbitrary category?
I want to consider the sheaf valued in an arbitrary category (not only of sets, groups, modules and so on) on a topological space, using the language of étalé space.
In all references I am reading (...
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Injective sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_X$ modules
I am trying to verify that:
A sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_X$ modules $\mathcal{F}$ is an injective object in the category of $\mathcal{O}_X$ modules iff its local rings $\mathcal{F}_x$ are injective $\...
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Extension of ample vector bundles is ample
As I read Huybrechts-Lehn's book on Moduli of Sheaves, it is making a claim that extensions of several (at least 2) ample vector bundles (on curves) is again ample. Somehow, I am unable to see this ...
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Do 'change of coefficients' functors for sheaves commute with the four functors (formalism)?
For a morphism $f$ of varieties over a field of characteristic $\neq l$ I can consider the functors $Rf_*$, $f^\ast$, $f_!$, and $f^!$ both for the corresponding derived categories of 'all' (...
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Sheaf Cohomology on Zariski-Riemann Spaces
Can sheaf cohomology on the Zariski-Riemann spaces give some sort of classification for field extensions (even just for function fields)? If not, are there any significant or useful results (e.g. for ...
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Splitting of counit-trace map for $\ell$-adic sheaf $\Bbb Q_{\ell}$
I have a question about following argument on page 3 in paper arxiv.org/abs/1702.04404 by Will Sawin (Proposition 3):
The claim is that for a finite, dominant map $f:X \to Y$ between varieties $X,Y$ ...
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When inverse image presheaf is already a sheaf
Following proof from Milne's Étale Cohomology (page 94) contains an equality I not understand.
Setting: assume $X$ is a variety (=absolutely reduced, irreducible scheme of finite type over base field ...
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Are manifolds "naturally" ringed or locally ringed spaces?
My question is about whether it's more natural to see manifolds as ringed spaces or as locally ringed spaces. I think I have arguments for both points of view.
On the one hand, it's reasonable to ...
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Is the restriction of an injective sheaf on a closed subscheme still injective?
Let $X$ be a Noetherian scheme, and let $i:Z\to X$ be the inclusion of a closed subscheme $Z$. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be an injective sheaf of modules on $X$.
Question. Is $i^*\mathcal{I}$ still an ...
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Example of pseudocoherent complex which is not locally quasi-isomorphic to a strict pseudocoherent one
I ask this question here even if I posted it also on math.stackexchange (recieving no answer so far) because I have read some analogous question but for perfect complexes on this site, even though ...
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Sheaf-type property for Derived Categories?
Suppose $X$ is a finite dimensional complex space (I'm happy to restrict to $X$ being a scheme of finite type over $\mathbb C$ as well). I'm wondering if the following sheaf-like properties hold for ...
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How is the restriction of the dualizing sheaf to an irreducible component related to the dualizing sheaf of the component?
$\DeclareMathOperator{\Spec}{Spec} \DeclareMathOperator{\hom}{\mathcal{Hom}} \DeclareMathOperator{\ox}{\mathcal{O}_X}$Let $f:X \to Y$ be a proper morphism. In section 6.4. of Liu's book he introduces ...
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Weierstrass model of an elliptic curve: a line bundle over the base
Let $S$ be a Weierstrass model of an elliptic surface (for me it works better to understand it as an elliptic fibration), that is a map $\pi : S \to C$ where $C$ is a compact Riemann surface.
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Reference request: sheaf-theoretic operations in the classical topology?
Like many graduate students before trying to learn something about étale cohomology and Deligne's proof(s) of the Riemann hypothesis part of the Weil conjectures, I am hunting for references detailing ...
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When is a coherent subsheaf determined by its global sections
I am reading an article in which a proof is based on defining a subsheaf by only giving its global sections.
The exact setting is that, one has a surjective finite morphism $f:Y\to X$ between ...
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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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Homotopy-theoretic measure of operations on sheaves failing to be sheaves
Here's something I've been wondering about for a few weeks:
Consider a topological space $X$ and a sheaf of rings $\mathscr O_X$ on $X$. Suppose $\mathscr{F}$ and $\mathscr{G}$ are $\mathscr O_X$ ...
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When a fully faithful functor from an abelian category to itself will be an equivalence
Let $A$ be an abelian category. Suppose $i:A\to A$ is a fully faithful functor from $A$ to itself. I wonder when the functor will be an equivalence.
If $A$ is a "nice" category, I think $i$ ...
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Category of sheaves of vector spaces on BG
Let $G$ be an affine group scheme over $\mathbb{C}$. I am interested in understanding the differences between different notions of sheaves on the stack $pt/G = BG$. For any algebraic stack $X$ one can ...
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How to read the definition of Grothendieck Pretopology in SGA4?
In SGA4, the first axiom of a Grothendieck pretopology is given as:
PT0: Pour tout objet $X$ de $C$, les morphismes des familles de morphismes de $Cov(𝑋)$
sont quarrables. (Rappelons qu’un morphisme ...
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When the sheaf of principal parts is reflexive?
Following EGA IV, we can construct the sheaf of principal parts of a sheaf $\mathcal{E}$ over a scheme $X$ by $\mathcal{P}_X^n(\mathcal{E}) = \mathcal{P}_X^n \otimes \mathcal{E}$, where $\otimes$ is ...
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Flasque sheaves on a site
This is a cross-post from MathStackexchange.
We define a flasque sheaf on a site as one whose first Čech cohomology vanishes for every covering of every object of the site. I know this definition is ...
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Do rationally contractible presheaves have rationally contractible injective resolution
Given a presheaf $\mathcal{F}: Sm/k\rightarrow Ab$ we define a new presheaf $C\mathcal{F}= \varinjlim\limits_{X\times \{0,1\}\subset U \subset X\times \mathbb{A}^1}\mathcal{F}(U)$. The presheaf $\...
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Saturation of sheaves
Let $(X, \mathcal{O}_X)$ be a complex manifold, which we can take to be projective. A coherent subsheaf $\mathscr{F}$ of some sheaf $\mathscr{G}$ is said to be saturated in $\mathscr{G}$ if the ...
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Does isomorphism on local rings imply the global isomorphism for the sheaf of spectra?
Let's assume we have a sheaf of spectra on some scheme. As an example I will assume that we are working with the $K$-theory sheaf. There are certain local to global spectral sequences, like descent ...
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What's wrong with higher dimensional nearby cycles?
Suppose we have a complex algebraic variety $X$ with a map $f: X \to \mathbb{C}$ with $Y=f^{-1}(0)$. Let $\overset{\sim}{\mathbb{C}}$ be the universal cover of $\mathbb{C}-\{0\}$ and consider the ...
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Image of Obstruction Map for Relative Quot-scheme
Let $f: X \to S$ be a projective morphisms between finite-type projective schemes, and $\mathcal{O}_{X}(1)$ an $f$-ample line bundle. Given an $S$-flat coherent $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-module $\mathcal{H}$ ...
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What is the logical progression in algebraic tools for studying spaces (varieties -> schemes, sheaves, topos etc.)?
Some algebraists (Cartier, Weil, Atiyah, etc.) sometimes speak of geometry as a long history of essentially asking the same question—"what is space, and how would one describe a space uniquely". ...
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Equivariant sheafs and $G$ actions on modules
I am reading Simpson's paper on The Hodge filtration on nonabelian cohomology. In particular Chapter 5 (p.24) and I am confused about the notion of a group acting on an equivariant sheaf.
The set up ...
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Quotient of a sheaf by group action and representabillity
Let $X$ be a scheme and $S$ be a sheaf of sets over the fppf topology of $X$. Let $G$ be a group scheme over $X$ and there is an action of $G$ on $S$. Now, I want to look at the quotient $G \setminus ...
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