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What is the inverse image sheaf necessary for in algebraic geometry?
Given a continuous map $f \colon X \to Y$ of topological spaces, and a sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on $Y$, the inverse image sheaf $f^{-1}\mathcal{F}$ on $X$ is the sheafification of the presheaf
$$U \mapsto \...
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Affine scheme on spec(A) of a ring A as the sheafification of a pre-sheave on spec(A)?
It is obvious that there is a parallel between the definition of structure sheaf of $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$
versus the sheafification of a pre-sheaf.
The definition of the sheaf $\mathscr F^+$ ...
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Functorial characterization of open subschemes?
Given a morphism of schemes f: U → X, can one determine when f is an isomorphism of U onto an open subscheme of X in terms of some induced functors between the categories of quasicoherent modules ...
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Can $\mathcal O_X$ be recognized abstract-nonsensically?
This question has been asked by Teimuraz Pirashvili many years ago. I forgot about it after a while and remembered only now by accident. He probably knows the answer by now, but I still don't.
In the ...
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Is a direct sum of flabby sheaves flabby?
Consider a family of flabby (= flasque) sheaves $(\mathcal F_i)_{i\in I}$ of abelian groups on the topological space $X$.
My question : is their direct sum sheaf $\mathcal F=\oplus _{i\in I} \mathcal ...
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When is the push-forward of the structure sheaf locally free
Let $f:X\longrightarrow Y$ be a morphism of noetherian schemes. Under what conditions is $f_\ast \mathcal{O}_X$ a locally free $\mathcal{O}_Y$-module?
Example 1. Suppose that $f$ is affine. Then $f_\...
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Sheaf associated to presheaf Aut
Let $S$ be a scheme and let $C$ be the category of schemes flat and locally of finite presentation over $S$. Endow $C$ with the fppf topology (or perhaps any subcanonical topology). Let $\mathcal P$ ...
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When are free modules on sheaves of sets quasicoherent?
This question was previously asked over at math.SE.
Let $X$ be a scheme. Let $\mathcal{E}$ be a sheaf of sets on $X$. Then we can define $\mathcal{O}_X\langle\mathcal{E}\rangle$, the free module over ...
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Closed subschemes and pulling back the structure sheaf via the inclusion map
I would just like a clarification related to closed subschemes.
If $(X,{\cal O}_X)$ is a locally ringed space and $A\subset X$ is any subset with the subspace topology then $i^{-1}{\cal O}_X$ will be ...
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The Serre duality theorem intuition
It is a well known fact that proper scheme $X$ over $k$ has a up to isomorphism unique dualizing sheaf (EGA I, Hartshorne).
This dualizing sheaf $\omega_X$ comes with two striking properties:
(i) ...
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An apparent equivalence of the category of affine schemes over $S$ and the category of quasi-coherent $\mathcal{O}_S$-algebras
I had asked something very similar before on math.se (deleted now) but unfortunately it hadn't received a lot of attention. I decided to re-ask here.
Let $S$ be a fixed scheme. Is the following true?
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morphisms of affine schemes question
So, in chapter 2, section 2 of Hartshorne, (prop 2.3), he describes how if $\varphi : A\rightarrow B$ is a homomorphism of rings, then you get a morphism of (affine schemes):
$\newcommand{\Spec}{\...
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trying to understand the support of the sheaf of relative differentials
So I'm trying to understand a proof of Belyi's theorem from http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/29785/1/b45h1koe.pdf
specifically lemma 3.4.
The setup is as follows: Let $X/\mathbb{C}$ be a curve, and let $t ...
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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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Origin of the name Trace resp Integral symbol for the trace map of Dualizing Sheaf
Let $X \subset \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be a normal projective subscheme over $k$ of dimension $n$. The dualizing sheaf is in context of Serre duality a pair $(\omega_X,t)$ (which exists in that case) ...
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Dévissage of stratified structures in Grothendieck's "Esquisse d’un programme"
I have a question about the intuition behind Grothendieck's proposed notion of so called "Tame topology" in his Esquisse d’un programme. Grothendieck insisted that theory should admit “...
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Obstructions to abelian sheaf being quasi-coherent
Let $X$ be a Noetherian spectral topological space. A necessary condition for an abelian sheaf on $X$ to be quasi-coherent with respect to some affine scheme structure on $X$ is that its higher ...
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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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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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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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Basic question on projective bundles
Let $\mathcal{E}$ be a coherent sheaf on an irreducible scheme $S$ ($S$ can be pretty nice, say noetherian of finite type), and let $\mathbf{P}(\mathcal{E}):=\mathrm{Proj}(\mathrm{Sym}(\mathcal{E}))$ ...
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Ringed and locally ringed spaces
A pair $(X,O_X)$ is a ringed space if $X$ is a topological space and $O_X$ is a sheaf of rings. If every stalk $O_{X,x}$ is a local ring, then we say that $(X,O_X)$ is a locally ringed space.
In the ...
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Vector space structure on the tangent bundle of a scheme and relation to the tangent sheaf
First a word of warning: I am not a trained algebraic geometer, so it is possible (likely) that these questions are inappropriate for MO, if so: my apologies.
Said this: As far as I understand the ...
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Ampleness verifiable over faithfully flat cover
Let $X$ be a Noetherian scheme over a field $k$ and $\mathcal{L}$ an invertible sheaf. Recall $\mathcal{L}$ is called ample iff for every coherent $\mathcal{M}$ there exist a $n_0(M)$ such that for ...
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Dualizing sheaf and determinant of cohomology
Let $\pi:X\to S=\operatorname{Spec } O_K$ be an arithmetic surface in the sense of Arakelov geometry. Here $K$ is a number field $\pi$ is a flat map and $X$ is a projective surface. For any coherent ...
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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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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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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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Can not tell colimits from limits
Proposition 71 here reads:
Let $X$ be a concentrated scheme and $F$ a quasi-coherent sheaf of modules. The
following are equivalent:
(a) The functor $\mathrm{Hom}(F, −):Qco(X)\rightarrow Ab$ ...
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Cohomological Brauer group vs classical
Let $X$ be a smooth scheme over $\mathbb{C}$.
A $O_X$-algebra $A$ is called Azumaya algebra on $X$
if locally it's ismorphic to matrix algebra: ie for
every $p \in X$ there exist open $U \subset X$ ...
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Algebraic spaces in the étale topology (proof from Stacks project)
I have a question about the proof of Lemma 78.12.1 from Stacks Project. The aim of the last paragraph of the proof is to verify that the map of sheaves in the étale topology $F \to U/R$ is an ...
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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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On the definition of a principal ideal sheaf
In his book Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic Curves Qing Liu claims in Exercise 3.4, page 56, the following for a scheme $X$ and a global function $f\in \mathcal O_X(X)$:
"The map $U\mapsto f\...
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Sheaves on families of genus 2 curves in Hassett's paper
Sorry for a maybe stupid long question but I'm reading the paper "Classical and minimal models of the moduli space of curves of genus two" by Brendan Hassett and I'm not able to unravel a ...
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What are the sections of an ideal sheaf on a scheme?
Suppose $X$ is a scheme and $f_1,...,f_n\in \Gamma(X,\mathcal O)$ are global sections.
One often reads about the ideal sheaf $\mathcal I=\mathcal (f_1,...,f_n)\subset \mathcal O$, but I have never ...
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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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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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Locally free sheaves of algebras vs. algebra bundles
It is well known that there is a bijective correspondence between locally free sheaves of modules and vector bundles (cf. https://rigtriv.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/locally-free-sheaves-and-vector-...
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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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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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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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Idempotent completeness
We say a category $\mathcal{N}$ is exact if it is additive and is endowed with an exact structure. In brief, it is an additive category with a predetermined class of short exact sequences in its ...
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Joins of (closed) subschemes and Zariski-local Z-functors
$\newcommand\Aff{\mathrm{Aff}}\newcommand\cRing{\mathrm{cRing}}\newcommand\Sch{\mathrm{Sch}}$Equip $\Aff = \cRing^\text{op}$ with the Zariski Grothendieck-topology. There are nested categories:
$$\Aff\...
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Interesting property of a divisor contained in special fiber
Let $(A, \mathfrak{m}, \kappa=A/\mathfrak{m})$ be a local ring and $f:X \to \operatorname{Spec} (A)$
a scheme. Let $D \subset X$ a divisor on $X$ contained in special fiber $D \subset f^{-1}(\sigma_{\...
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Weaker version of smooth base change for étale sheaves
Consider the cartesian square of schemes
$$ \require{AMScd}
\begin{CD}
X' @>{g'}>> X \\
@V{f'}VV @VV{f}V \\
S' @>>{g}> S
\end{CD}
$$
and the base change map
$$ \eta : ...
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Support of a coherent sheaf over a fiber product scheme
I'm trying to prove the following fact which I don't know if it is true since I am not able to find a counterexample:
Let $X,S$ be two $K$-scheme of finite type with $K$ an algebraically closed field....
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Counit map surjective
Let $X \to Y$ a (set theoretically) surjective morphism of schemes, $L$ a line bundle/invertible sheaf on $X$ (maybe more generally a locally free coh sheaf, but let's stick firstly on invertible ...
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Quotient of $\text{Proj}(A)$ by the action of a finite group
Let $X$ be $ \operatorname{Proj}(A)$ for some graded ring A, and let $G$ be a finite group acting on $A$ with morphisms of graded rings; consequently $G$ acts on $X$.
I know I can write $X = \bigcup_{...
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Mistake in Hartshorne's Exercise II.1.1?
This is really an elementary question, but let me state it. Exercise 1.1 of the second Chapter of Hartshorne's Algebraic Geometry ask to prove that the sheaf associated to the presheaf sending every ...
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