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Restriction of a sheaf to an infinitely small neighbourhood of a closed submanifold: how to work with this ind-sheaf?
Let $X$ be a manifold, $i: Z\to X$ is a closed embedding.
For a sheaf $S$ (of abelian groups) on a manifold $X$ and each $\varepsilon>0$ we denote by $Z_\varepsilon$ the set of points of $X$ ...
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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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Generalized Beilinson spectral sequences
Assume we are workling on $\mathbb{P}^n$ for some $n\geq 1$ and we have a coherent sheaf $F$ on it.
Then there are two (well known?) spectral sequences $E_r^{p,q}$ with $E_1$-term:
$E_1^{p,q}=H^q(\...
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The Mayer-Viertoris exact sequence as a (Zariski) descent spectral sequence.
For certain 'spaces' $U,V$ (they are certain Henselizations of subvarieties) I would like to compute (certain etale) cohomology of $U\cup V$ in terms of the corresponding cohomology of the diagram $U\...
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sequence of sheaves for studying intersection
I'm studying intersection of curves with a fixed plane cubic, the first case I consider is of course lines, in particular lines intersecting the cubic at only one point. The problem is quite easy and ...
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Fine and acyclic sheaves on locales
Hey all. Here's the thing, so I have a measure space. According to Johnstone's 'Topos theory' (page 213), let $(X,\Sigma,\mu)$ be a measure space, we can define a Grothendieck pretopology on it (and ...
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Can etale $X$-schemes be lifted to $Y$, where $X$ is closed in $Y$?
For a closed embedding (of varieties) $X\to Y$ let $U/X$ be etale. Is is true that there necessarily exists an etale $U'/Y$ such that $U'_X=U$? If this is wrong in general, are there any assumptions ...
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Sheaf of sections and local triviality
This is probably not a research level question, I'm sorry if it is inappropriate. I'm reasking here this question on math.se.
Suppose that $\xi: E \to B$ is a bundle (by which I mean simply a ...
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Does one need to sheafify when defining the inverse image of a sheaf with respect to an embedding?
This seems to be a rather simple (stupid?:)) question; yet I was not able to find an answer quickly.
For a morphism $f:X\to Y$ of schemes (or topological spaces) and an (etale or topological) sheaf $...
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Nisnevich points
Here is a probably stupid question : If $F$ is a sheaf on the big Nisnevich site, then is the morphism $F(X) \to \amalg F(x)$ injective where the sum is over ALL the points of $X$ (not just the closed ...
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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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Sheafification of Arens-Michael algebra-valued presheaves
Let $\mathcal A$ be the category of Arens-Michael algebras, that is, projective limits of Banach algebras. Since $\mathcal A$ is a concrete category, an $\mathcal A$-valued presheaf $A$ admits a set-...
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Is restricting the support of an Artinian sheaf a closed condition?
Given a projective surface $S$, and a smooth projective curve $C\subset S$ over $\mathbb{C}$. Furthermore we have a locally free sheaf $E$ of rank $r$ on $S$.
Then for any $l\geq 1$, the projective ...
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Are presheaves of constant functions sheaves?
I was reading 'An introduction to homological algebra' by Rotman, and on page 279 in the section about sheaves, example 5.64, Rotman gives an example of a constant presheaf $\mathcal{P}$ that's not ...
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The "pullback presheaf" and the proper base change theorem in topology
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a continuous map of topological spaces and let $\mathcal{F}$
be a sheaf (say of abelian groups to fix the idea) on $Y$. Define the following rule on open sets of $X$:
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Does n-multiplication maps of cohomology groups vanish if it vanishes at the 0th cohomology?
In general, we know that a morphism $f=(f ^ {q})$ between universal (cohomological) $\delta$ functors $S=(S ^ {q}),T=(T ^ {q})\ $vanishes if and only if $f ^ {0} \ \colon \ S^{0} \to T^{0}$ vanishes....
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Question about the definition of a sheaf cohomology group for a sheaf using tensor products of sheaves
In Warner's 'Foundations of differentiable manifolds and Lie groups', in the section about axiomatic sheaf theory (page 178), when establishing the conditions necessary for the existence of a ...
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Behaviour of Morita equivalence in families of sheaves
Given a projective scheme $X$, say over $\mathbb{C}$, another $\mathbb{C}$-scheme $S$
and a coherent and torsion free (as an $O_X$-module) $M_n(O_X)$-module $F$.
Now we can use Morita equivalence to ...
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Does anyone understand the notation in this equation for the sheafification of a presheaf on a site?
Hi there, I'm trying to sheafify a constant presheaf on a site, I went to http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/sheafification, but can't understand the notation in the equation for W (in the proof for ...
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In what generality is the Verdier biduality map an isomorphism?
Let $X$ be a finite-dimensional, locally compact topological space, and consider the dualizing complex $K_X \in \mathbf{D}^b(X,k)$ (bounded derived category of $k$-sheaves, where $k$ is a noetherian ...
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Sequences of groups, exact not just in étale but also in the Zariski topology
Let $A=k[[x,y]]$, with say $k=\mathbb{C}$ and $X = \operatorname{Spec}(A)$. Let $B$ denote a free $A$-algebra of rank $e^2$; actually, we have $B=A[u,v]$ with $u^e=x$, $v^e=y$ and $uv = \xi_e vu$, ...
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Sheaves of $\mathbb Z$-modules = sheaves of abelian groups
In his "Algebraic Geometry", Hartshorne proves that for any ringed spaces $(X,\mathcal O_X)$, category $Mod(X)$ of sheaves of $\mathcal O_X$-modules has enough injectives. If we take $\...
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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):
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For an l-adic sheaf (F_n), why is the complex F_n of finite Tor dimension?
Let $X$ be a variety and let $\mathcal{F}=(\mathcal{F}_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a (constructible) $\ell$-adic sheaf on $X$. Let $K_n$ be the object in the derived category $D(X,\mathbf{Z}/\ell^{n+1})$ of ...
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Subsheaf of quotient of quasi coherent sheaves
We know that any submodule of a quotient module $\frac{M}{N}$ is of the form $\frac{K}{N}$, where $K$ is a submodule of $M$ containing $N$.
Now here is a question: Let $\cal F$ and ${\cal G}$
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Sheaves with isomorphic cohomology, but not quasi-isomorphic
Suppose I have two (constructible) sheaves of vector spaces $F$ and $G$ over the same base space that have isomorphic cohomology (degree by degree), but no sheaf map inducing this isomorphism (i.e. ...
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The behavior of pure sheaves under functor Hom( F, -)
We know that a submodule A of B is pure if and only if the functor $Hom(M, -)$ is exact on the sequence
$ 0 \rightarrow A \rightarrow B \rightarrow C \rightarrow 0$
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The tangent bundle to an infinite-dimensional manifold
Suppose that $A,B$ are smooth ($\mathrm C^\infty$) manifolds, and denote by $\hom(A,B)$ the set of $\mathrm C^\infty$-maps $A \to B$. It is a perfectly well-defined set, but often one wants more. ...
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Two definitions of Čech cohomology
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I have found different definitions of Čech complex for sheaf $F$ od abelian groups on topological space $X$ with respect to the cover $\mathcal U$. One in Gelfand-Manin says to take product of ...
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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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Exercise concerning locally constant presheaves [closed]
Let $\mathscr{F}$ be a presheaf of abelian groups on some topological space $X$. We say that $\mathscr{F}$ is locally constant if there exists an open cover $\mathcal{U}$ of $X$ (i.e. $X=\bigcup_{U\in\...
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Dualizing complex of the product of two locally compact spaces
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In the setting of locally compact Hausdorff spaces, I would like to understand the relation between the exterior product ${\mathbb D}_X\boxtimes{\mathbb D}_Y$ of the dualizing complexes of two ...
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When will the pushforward of a structure sheaf still be a structure sheaf?
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a morphism of schemes.
When $PicY\rightarrow PicX$ is an embedding and $f_{*}\mathscr{O}_{X}$ is invertible, it is the structure sheaf of $Y$.
In the proof of Zariski's Main ...
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Elementary short exact sequence of sheaves
This question arised when I was trying to use this answer to understand Reid's "Young Person's guide to Canonical Singularities". In particular page 352 when computing the blow-up $Y\rightarrow A^2/\...
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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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Inverse Image as the left adjoint to pushforward
This is a repost of a question on Math stackexchange. No one is biting at it there, so I guess it is harder than I thought.
Assume $X$ and $Y$ are topological spaces, $f : X \to Y$ is a continuous ...
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Is the direct image of a constant sheaf a constant sheaf?
Is the direct image of a constant sheaf a constant sheaf? I'm not an expert on sheaf theory and can't find this anywhere
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Can we relate Cech cohomology and derived functor cohomology even when the cover we choose isn't nice?
In my algebraic geometry class this semester, we've learned about Leray's Theorem, which states that for a sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on a topological space $X$, and $\mathcal{U}$ a countable cover of $X$, ...
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Classification of Sheaves of Q-modules over R
Every constructible sheaf of $\mathbb{Q}-$modules over $\mathbb{R}$ is the direct sum of indecomposable sheaves, which are either sheaves with stalk $\mathbb{Q}$ at a point or constant sheaves with ...
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Question on the interpretation of a presheaf category as a co-completion
The category of presheaves $Pre(C)$ on a small category $C$ is the category of functors $C^{op}\to Sets$. Since the category of sets is co-complete and every presheaf is a colimit of representable ...
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Extension of a first order deformation of a sheaf
Given a coherent and torsion free sheaf $F$ on a smooth projective scheme $S$.
Then we have a bijection between $Ext^1_S(F,F)$ and deformations of $F$ over $k[\epsilon]$, $\epsilon^2=0$.
Assume all ...
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Chern classes of the direct image of an ideal sheaf resp. skyscraper sheaf
Given a double cover $\pi: X\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^2$ of the projective plane by choosing a square root $S$ of $O_{\mathbb{P}^2}(Q)$, where $Q$ is a quartic in the plane.
Choose a closed point $p\...
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Interesting examples of flasque sheaves?
Does anyone know any interesting examples of flasque sheaves? Ideally, I would like to see one that both arises naturally and is geometric in some sense. On the other hand, I know so few examples ...
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On a proof of the existence of tubular neighborhoods.
Studying analysis on manifolds, I have found, in the proof of the existence of tubular neighborhoods, a reference to theorem 3.1.2 in "Topologie algebrique et theorie des faisceaux" of Godement.
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when a section descends?
Let $C$ be a (reduced, possibly reducible, complex) projective singular curve. Let $\nu: C'\to C$ a finite surjective birational morphism. (For example the normalization, but could be some ...
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If one wants to work with $Q_l$-adic sheaves, should the scheme be of finite type over a 1-dimensional one?
In section 6 of his 'Adic Formalism' T. Ekedahl states that $l$-adic sheaves 'behave nicely' for finite type separated schemes over $S$ that is regular of dimension $\le 1$. Is the dimension ...
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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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Naive question about constructing constructible sheaves.
In algebraic geometry, an etale sheaf on a Noetherian scheme is called constructible if the scheme has a finite stratification by locally closed subschemes such that the pullback of the sheaf to each ...
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Cohomology of Structure Sheaves: Algebraic, Constructible and more
I am not an algebraic geometer, but I am a topologist who uses sheaves. I have studied some algebraic geometry and am interested in what happens as I reduce the amount of rigidity in the structure ...
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