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Tagged with sheaf-theory at.algebraic-topology
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Under what generality are the compactly supported singular and sheaf cohomologies equal?
Edit: I have since resolved my question.
If X is locally compact Hausdorff in addition to being cohomologically locally contractible with coefficients in $A$ - eg it is a manifold or an open subset of ...
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Which sheaves are good for calculating extraordinary restriction?
Let $X$ be a sufficiently nice locally compact Hausdorff space and let $i:Y\subset X$ be the inclusion map of a sufficiently nice closed subspace. For example, one could take $X$ to be a locally ...
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Cohomology of the complement of a subvariety
Let $X$ be a complex manifold, $Y\subset X$ a subvariety, and $U:=X\setminus Y$ of codimension $d$. It is well known that the restriction map
$$
H^i(X,\mathbb Q)\to H^i(U,\mathbb Q)
$$
is an ...
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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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Bott & Tu differential forms Example 10.1
In Bott & Tu's "Differential forms", Example 10.1 states:
$\textbf{Example 10.1}$ Let $\pi: E \to M$ be a fiber bundle with fiber $F$. Define a presheaf on $M$ by $\mathcal F(U) = H^q(\...
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Equivalence of cohomology with compact support
Let $𝑋$ be a connected CW complex, $𝜌:\pi_1(𝑋)→\mathrm{Aut}(G)$ a representation, and $G_\rho$ the associated sheaf. It follows from here, that the following two cohomologies are isomorphic.
(1)The ...
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Spectral sequence generalizing Čech cohomology
Let $X$ be a 'nice' topological space. Let $\left(U_i\right)_{i\in I}$ be a finite open covering of $X$. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a sheaf of abelian groups.
For a subset $A\subset I$ denote $$U_A:=\cap_{...
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(Derived category of) sheaves over an infinite union
The short version of my question is:
Suppose $X$ is a (reasonably nice) topological space such that $X = \bigcup_{n \ge 1} X_n$ for an increasing sequence of (closed) subspaces $X_1 \subset X_2 \...
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Derived category of local systems of finite type on a $K(\pi,1)$ space: an explicit counterexample
Let $X$ be a nice enough topological space. I am mostly interested in smooth complex algebraic varieties. One may ask whether the bounded derived category of the category $\mathrm{Loc}(X)$ of local ...
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Equivariant perverse sheaves and orbit stratification
Let $X$ be a complex algebraic variety with an action of a connected algebraic group $G$.
The forgetful functor from the category of $G$-equivariant perverse sheaves on $X$ to the category of perverse ...
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Sheaves and gratings
A grating is a notion in algebraic topology from the 1940 introduced by Alexander. Cartan extended it as follows.
A grating (carapace in french) is defined by a topological space $X$, a module (or a ...
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Recommendations for getting into sheaves with emphasis on differential geometry and algebraic topology
I want to study the theory of sheaves from a categorical point of view with an emphasis on applications in algebraic topology and differential geometry and I'm looking for a good introductory book to ...
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Push-forward of a locally constant sheaf using two homotopic maps
Let $X,Y$ be compact smooth manifolds. Let $f,g\colon X\to Y$ be smooth submersions
(in particular, locally trivial bundles) which are homotopic to each other (in the class of smooth maps, not ...
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The site and the space
There is a (seemingly simple) statement in the literature on sheaf theory, namely,
If $E$ is the site of opens of a topological space $X$, the notion of sheaf over $X$ coincides with that of sheaf of ...
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Resolutions of unbounded complexes: Condition ($\ast$) in Spaltenstein's paper
In the paper "Resolutions of unbounded complexes" (Compositio Math., vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 121-154) N. Spaltenstein generalizes the 6 functor formalism to unbounded complexes of sheaves over ...
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Is there a Čech-like way of computing $H^\bullet(X,M^\bullet)$ or even $\mathsf{R}f_* M^\bullet$?
Let $X$ be a topological space (or a site) and let $M$ be a sheaf on $X$. If $X$ is paracompact, or if $X$ is a noetherian separated scheme and $M$ is quasi-coherent, or if $X$ is quasi-projective ...
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Dualizing complex of the cone over a manifold
Let $M$ be a smooth (or just topological) closed manifold. Let $C(M)$ denote the cone over $M$, i.e.
$C(M)$ equals to $M\times [0,\infty)$ with $M\times \{0\}$ contracted to a point. The image of $M\...
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Tensoring by a soft flat sheaf
Let $X$ be a paracompact Hausdorff space and $R$ a commutative ring. All sheaves below will be sheaves of $R$-modules on $X$. A sheaf $S$ is soft if every section of $S$ over a closed subset can be ...
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Question regarding affine fibre bundles
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a morphism of affine varieties such that it is a fibre bundle with fibre $F$. Let $\pi_1(Y)=\Gamma$ be a free group (non abelian) of finite rank and $\pi_1(F)$ is a finite group $G$ ...
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Fourier transform for constructible sheaves on spheres
Let $S_1 = S_2 = S^d$ be two copies of the $d$-dimensional sphere. Let $p_i : S_1 \times S_2 \to S_i$ be the projection, $j : U \to S_1 \times S_2$ the inclusion of the complement of the diagonal and $...
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Does the category of cosheaves have enough projectives?
Given a general topological space $X$ does the category $\mathbf{coShv}(X,\mathbf{Mod}_R)$ have enough projectives ? I know that under some conditions this is true, for example if $X$ is a cell ...
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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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Homotopy of sheaves
On a certain topological space $X$ I want to think about sheaves up to homotopy, i.e., homotopies in the space of sheaves over $X$, and then see what homotopy classes of sheaves I get. Is there a good ...
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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$$
in the derived category of "sheaves" over $S$, where ...
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Topology on cohomology of a sheaf of topological groups
Let $X$ be a topological space and $\mathcal{F}$ be a sheaf of commutative topological groups on $X$. I am interested in the following question:
Is there a natural way to introduce topology on $H^i(X,...
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What do nearby/vanishing cycles have to do with Fourier transforms?
Let $E$ be a vector bundle on some smooth algebraic variety and $E^*$ its dual. Suppose $A$ is a sheaf (constructible or a $D$-module) on $E$. Given a linear function $f$ on $E$, we may compute the ...
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Higher direct image with compact support of a constant sheaf
Let $f: X \to Y$ be a locally trivial fibration between locally compact spaces with fiber $F$. It is well known that for a constant sheaf $A_X$ on $X$, the higher direct images $R^n f_* A_X$ are ...
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How to motivate constructible sheaves
I'm writing some notes for some students which just finished a first course in scheme theory. There I would like to talk about constructible sheaves, but I found it hard to give a compelling ...
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Refinement of hypercovers by ordinary covers
I am asking for references and discussions of statements of the form
Every bounded hypercover can be refined by an ordinary cover
By "bounded" I mean "finite height". E.g., are ...
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commutativity of restriction and Gysin morphisms in a cartesian square
Let $X, Y, Z$ be compact topological manifolds $f: Y \to X, g: Z \to X$ be embeddings of submanifolds meeting transversely and let $W = Y \times_X Z$:
$$
\begin{array}{ccc}
Y & \to^f & X \\...
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Putting sheaves to work for algebraic topology?
This is cross-posted from math.se after receiving points and no answers. I apologise if this question is too basic for MathOverflow.
I'm refreshing my memory of ...
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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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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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Finding the right map between cohomology with local coefficients and Čech cohomology
Let $X$ be a space which is paracompact, Hausdorff, and sufficiently nice that it has a universal covering space (and map) $p:\tilde{X}\to X$. Also, let $\pi:=\pi_1(X)$ and $A$ some $\mathbb{Z}[\pi]$-...
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Subspace inclusion with non-vanishing higher direct images
I'm looking for concrete topological intuition for the derived pushforward.
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a continuous map. The derived pushforward $\mathbf Rf_\ast$ takes a sheaf $F$ to the sheafification of ...
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Explicit description of exponentials of étalé spaces
It is well known that the category $\mathit{Sh}(X)$ of sheaves of sets on a topological space $ X $ is a topos.
On the other hand, there exists a natural equivalence of categories between $\mathit{Sh}(...
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What is a morphism of ∞-sites?
Recall that a morphism of sites
is a covering-flat functor
that preserves covering families.
Morphisms of sites can be identified with those
geometric morphisms of induced toposes
for which the ...
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Characterization of degeneracy of spectral sequence of a fiber bundle at the second term
Let $f\colon E\to B$ be a fiber bundle of compact manifolds with fiber $F$. Assume that the push-forward $Rf_*(\underline{\mathbb{F}})$ in the derived category of the constant sheaf with coefficients ...
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Relative version of the cohomology product
Let $f\colon X\to Y$ be a continuous map of 'nice' topological spaces (e.g. $f$ is a smooth map of smooth manifolds; $f$ might be assumed to be proper although I am not sure it is relevant). Let $\...
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Pushforward in Compactly Supported Cohomology
Suppose $X,Y$ are locally compact Hausdorff spaces and $f:X\to Y$ is a topological submersion of relative dimension $n$. By this we mean that for all points $x\in X$, there exists an open neighborhood ...
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Is there a model category describing shape theory?
Is there a nice model structure on some category of topological spaces compatible with shape theory? In particular, weak equivalences should induce isomorphisms on sheaf cohomology.
As an example, ...
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Zero in colimit of sheaves category
This question is motivated by showing that the category $\mathbf{Sheaves} (X)$ from the open subset excluding the empty set category to the category of abelian group $\mathbf{Ab}$ has enough injective ...
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$G$-torsor for topological space compared to that for sheaf of groups
I just read about the definitions about torsor of sheaf of groups and get a bit confused.
How does the notion of $G$-torsor for a topological space compared to that of a sheaf of groups? Is there a ...
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On a weak notion of sheaves on topological spaces
First of all, I give my definition of weak sheaves:
By a weak sheaf on a topological space $ X $, we mean a presheaf
$F$ such that for all open covering $\{ U_i\}_{i\in I} $ of $X$ sheaf
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Serre spectral sequence for de Rham cohomology
Suppose we a given a fibration of manifolds $p\colon E\to M$ with a path connected fiber $F$ and simply connected $M$, then we have the Serre spectral sequence with
$$
E_2^{p,q} = H^p(M,\underline{H^...
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Homotopy cosheaf?
Let $C$ be a site, $\mathbf{S}$ some ($\infty$-? homotopy?) category of spaces.
Question. What do you call a (covariant!) functor $F:C\to \mathbf{S}$ enjoying the following property: for every ...
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How "commutative" are Cech cochains of a sheaf of commutative (dg) algebras?
Let $X$ be a topological space and $\mathcal{F}$ be a sheaf of commutative dg-algebras over $X$. Let $\mathfrak{U}$ be a fixed open covering of $X$ and $C^\bullet(\mathfrak{U},\mathcal{F})$ be the ...
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How to "intersect" or "refine" a pair of abstract simplicial complexes
Let $S,T$ be abstract simplicial complexes.
Is there a (unique) abstract simplicial complex that gives me the most of what is in common with $S$ and $T$?
I'm thinking of this as an "intersection," ...
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Continuous map with homeomorphic fibers whose associated $H^{k}_c$ sheaf is not a local system?
Let $ f: X \to Y$ be a continuous map between connected manifolds s.t. for all $y \in Y$ the fiber $f^{-1}(y)$ is homeomorphic to some fixed connected manifold $Z$.
Let $k$ be a ring and for every $...
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What is homology anyway?
Disclaimer: I don't feel qualified to ask this question and yet it's been troubling me for some time now and I lost my patience and decided to ask to get some kind of answer. If there are any stupid ...
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