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Is there a useful theory of D-modules on smooth (non-analytic) manifolds?

D-modules are related to flat connections on vector bundles, end hence local systems. The theory of D-modules (and related notions such as crystals etc.) seems to be very popular in complex analytic ...
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Dual of slope semistable vector bundle on higher dimensional variety

Recall the definition of slope semistability, taken from section 1.2 of Huybrechts and Lehn's "Geometry of Moduli Spaces of Sheaves" book. Let $X$ be a projective $\mathbb{C}$-scheme and $E \...
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Understanding spaces is the same as understanding (sheaves of) functions on the space

I'm trying to understand Ravi Vakil's FOAG. In chapter 2 it is written: [...] understanding spaces is the same as understanding (sheaves of) functions on the spaces, and understanding vector bundles (...
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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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Sheafification of presheaf of trivial vector bundles is the stack of vector bundles

This is a deliberately vague question, possibly obvious to experts. Let $F$ be a field. Over the (say, fpqc) site of $F$-schemes, we may define a presheaf $T^{\textrm{pre}}$ that takes a scheme $S$ ...
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The conormal sheaf is the sheaf of sections of the conormal bundle for smooth manifolds

$\def\sO{\mathcal{O}} \def\d{\mathrm{d}}$In ringed spaces theory, there is a notion of “conormal sheaf of an immersion” (mainly used in scheme theory), whereas in smooth manifold theory, there is the ...
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Normal bundle of a linear subspace

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^N$ be a smooth scheme theoretical complete intersection, and $H\subset X$ a linear subspace. Denote by $N_{H,X}$ the normal bundle of $H$ in $X$. If $\dim(H) = 1$, that is $H$ ...
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Resolution of the pushforward of a vector bundle

Let $i:Z\hookrightarrow X$ be a subvariety of a compact Kahler manifold. Assume that $Z$ can be realize as the zero locus of a section $s$ of a holomorphic vector bundle $E\to X$ of rank $r$. The ...
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Criteria for a sheaf to be locally free over subvariety

Let $X$ be a compact complex manifold and $\mathcal{F}\to X$ a sheaf. Is there a regularity criteria (or a condition) for $\mathcal{F}$ that determines whether we there exists a closed subvariety $i:...
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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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Geometric meaning of coherent sheaves $\mathcal{F} \otimes \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(d)$ over $\mathbb{P}^n$

Maybe it sounds like a silly question but I'm not able to figure out in my head the geometric meaning of "twisting" vector bundles (or more generaly coherent sheaf) over $\mathbb{P}^n$. I ...
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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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Disjoint union of clopen sets such that the fibers has constant cardinality [closed]

Let $Z$ a compact set and $X$ a locally compact set. Let $p:Z\to X$ a local homeomorphism. Show that there exists $n≥1$ and $U_1,…,U_n$ open and closed sets of $X$ such that : $X=\sqcup_{i=1}^{n}U_i$ ...
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Schur's lemma for sheaves with different reduced Hilbert polynomials

Recall Schur's Lemma for Gieseker-semistable sheaves, in particular the injectivity statement: Let $\psi : F \to G$ be a morphism of Gieseker-semistable sheaves. If $p(F)=p(G)$ and $F$ is stable, ...
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Push-out in the category of coherent sheaves over the complex projective plane

I'm trying to deal with an example of a rank two vector bundle over the complex projective plane which is non slope-stable (because the associated sheaf of sections has a coherent subsheaf of equal ...
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Flat familiy of coherent sheaves over a scheme

I'm studying the moduli problem of locally free sheaves over a connected smooth projective curve on an algebraically closed field, from the Lecture Notes of Victoria Hoskins, and I cannot fully ...
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Locally free sheaves and vector bundles over smooth connected projective curve

Let $X$ be a connected smooth projective curve over an algebraically closed field $K$. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a locally free sheaf on $X$ and $\mathcal{E}$ a subsheaf of $\mathcal{F}$, which is again ...
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Donaldson and DT invariants

Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface. Then, using the compactified moduli space of anti self-dual connections or torsion free sheaves we can construct Donaldson invariants of $X$. Similarly, one can ...
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Swan-like theorem and covering spaces

Let $X$ be a finite CW complex. Swan's theorem provide an equivalence $$ {\rm Vec}(X)\xrightarrow\sim{\rm ProjMod}(\mathop{\rm hom}\nolimits_{\rm Top}(X,\mathbb{R})) $$ between the category of finite ...
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Recipe for resolving a coherent sheaf

Let $X$ be a complex manifold and let $V\subset X$ be a subvariety. Let $F\rightarrow V$ be a holomorphic vector bundle over $V$ and let $\mathcal{S}=\Gamma(F)$ be the sheaf of holomorphic section of $...
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$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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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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A coherent sheaf is a vector bundle over subvariety?

Over a complex manifold, can every coherent sheaf be seen as a holomorphic vector bundle over an analytic subset? Thanks in advance.
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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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example of rank 2 torsion free sheaf with no global sections that is not stable

Ìn the book "Vector bundles on complex projective spaces" the authors prove in Chapter 2 Lemma 1.2.5 that, if $E$ is a rank $2$ reflexive sheaf on $\mathbb{P}^n$, then $E$ is stable if, and only if, $...
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On sections into Banach bundles over a compact manifold

Let $M$ be a smooth, compact manifold and $\xi: \mathcal B \to M$ a smooth complex Banach bundle over $M$. Here, smooth is understood to be in the Fréchet-sense. Further, let $p: V \to M$ be an ...
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Can we use sheaf cohomology to say anything interesting for vector bundles with non-flat connections?

Given a vector bundle $E \to M$ with connection $\nabla$, we get a twisted de Rham sequence using the exterior covariant derivative: $$0 \to \mathcal{E} \xrightarrow{d^\nabla} \Omega^1_M \otimes \...
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Sheaf (Gieseker) compactification of moduli space of vector bundles

I am given to understand that the moduli space $M_k^G$ of $G$ vector bundles with second Chern class $c_2=k$ over an algebraic curve/variety (for me a Riemann surface is enough/projective space for ...
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Analytic-Local Germs of "General" Sections

Let $C$ be an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $0$, and let $\mathcal{L}$ be a base-point-free line bundle on $C$. Furthermore, let $p \in C$ be a smooth point, ...
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Relative version of de Rham cohomology with local coefficients

Given a vector bundle $E \to M$ with connection $\nabla$, we get a twisted de Rham sequence using the exterior covariant derivative: $$\mathcal{E} \xrightarrow{d^\nabla=\nabla} \Omega^1_M \otimes_{\...
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Can we always extend a vector bundle on an open subset of a ringed space with soft structure sheaf?

Let $(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$ be a ringed space with soft structure sheaf. Moreover let $X$ be paracompact. Let $U$ be an open subset on $X$ and let $E$ be a finite dimensional vector bundle on $U$, i.e. $...
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Canonical (tautological) section of a family of sheaves

A couple of months ago, i saw a construction, that somehow looks like the construction of the tautological section of the pullback of a vector bundle to its total space, i am trying to piece it ...
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Sections of inverse image sheaf of sheaf of sections of vector bundle

Let $\eta \colon Y \to Z$ be holomorphic map between complex manifolds, $E$ holomorphic vector bundle over $Z$, $\eta ^\ast E$ its pullback over $Y$, ${\cal O}_E$ sheaf of sections of $E$, and $\eta^{-...
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Construction of a Hermitian metric on a locally free subsheaf which is not a subbundle

Assume $X$ is a smooth projective curve over $\mathbb{C}$ and let $\mathcal{E}$ be a locally free sheaf of rank 2 on $X$. We pick a closed point $x\in X$ and a surjection $f: \mathcal{E}\rightarrow k(...
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Modules, Sheaves and Vector bundles

Given a graded ring $S$ and a graded S-module $M$ we can carry out a construction in order to get $\tilde{M}$, which is a sheaf over the scheme $\mathrm{Proj}~ S$. With this in view, I have an ...
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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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Is a submodule of the sheaf of sections of a smooth vector bundle necessarily finitely generated?

Let $X$ be a finite-dimensional smooth manifold, $\mathcal C^\infty(X)$ its algebra of smooth functions, $V\to X$ a finite-dimensional smooth vector bundle, and $\Gamma(V)$ the space of smooth ...
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What is a section?

This question comes out of the answers to Ho Chung Siu's question about vector bundles. Based on my reading, it seems that the definition of the term "section" went through several phases of ...