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vanishing theorems
I would be glad to know about possible generalizations of the following results:
1) (Grothendieck) Let $X$ be a noetherian topological space of dimension $n$. Then for all $i>n$ and all sheaves of ...
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Sheaf cohomology question
For a topological space $X$ and a sheaf of abelian groups $F$ on it, sheaf cohomology $H^n(X,F)$ is
defined.
Singular cohomology of $X$ can be expressed as sheaf cohomology if $X$ is locally ...
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Does the concept of a basis for a topology on a category exist?
If we want to define a sheaf F on a topological space X and we have a basis B for the topology of X, what we can do is to define objects and restrictions for guys in B, check that they satisfy the "B-...
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Functoriality of base change
Let $a:W\rightarrow X$, $c:X\rightarrow Z$, $b:W\rightarrow Y$ and $d:Y\rightarrow Z$ be a pull-back diagram in the category of topological spaces. Then one can construct a natural isomorphism $\kappa$...
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Natural morphism appearing in Grothendieck spectral sequence
Assume we are in the setting of the Grothendieck spectral sequence (Weibel, 5.8): $G : A \to B, F : B \to C$ are left exact functors such that $G$ sends injective objects to $F$-acyclic objects. Now ...
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De Rham decomposition theorem, generalisations and good references
De Rham decomposition theorem states that every simply-connected Riemannian manifold $M$
that admits complementary sub-bundles $T'(M)$ and $T''(M)$ of its tangent bundle parallel with respect to the ...
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Is Bredon's Topology a sufficient prelude to Bredon's Sheaf Theory?
I intend to try working through Bredon's seminal sheaf theory text prior to graduating (I am currently a second year undergraduate), but it is at a level which is far beyond my own (friends of mine ...
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Sheaf Cohomology on a Stone Space
Let $X$ be a stone space, i.e. a compact, totally disconnected hausdorff space. Then $H^1(X,\mathbb{Z}/2)=0$. Here's one way of proving this: $X$ with $\mathbb{Z}/2$ (the constant sheaf) is an affine ...
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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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References regarding a connection between recursion theory and sheaves
In Manin's A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians, he defines (p.201) a structure $(\mathcal{E},R)$ given an enumerable set $E \subset (\mathbb{Z}^+)^n$ by:
$\mathcal{E}$ is the set of all ...
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Why is continuity required for sheaf-theoretic definitions of a structure on a space
For example, I take differentiability, analyticity, and algebraicity(of a function).
All(more or less) imply continuity. So when we define a differentiable function on $\mathbb R^n$ or an analytic ...
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A question on a proof that fine sheaves are soft
Let's open R.O.Wells "Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds" p. 53 and have a look at the Proposition 3.5 stating that all fine sheaves are soft (over a paracompact Hausdorff $X$). In the proof ...
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Are two sheaves that are locally isomorphic globally isomorphic ?
Let $X$ be a topological space and let $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{G}$ be two sheaves over $X$.
Of course, if one has a morphism $f : \mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{G}$ such that for all $x\in X$, $f_x : \...
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What are the merits of the different finiteness conditions on quasi-coherent sheaves?
It's my understanding that there's no disagreement about the right way to define a quasi-coherence for a sheaf $F$ of $O_X$-algebras (over a scheme, locally ringed space, or even locally ringed topos)....
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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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Wikipedia's definition of constant sheaf is wrong [closed]
According to wikipedia (constant sheaf) the constant sheaf $\underline{S}$ for an object $S$ is given by defining $\underline{S}(U)$ to be the set of functions $U \to S$, which are constant on each ...
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Morphisms between pure complexes of sheaves
I would like to understand the theory of pure complexes of (etale?) sheaves (of geometric origin?). In particular, I would like to understand which conditions are realy necessary in (part 1 of) ...
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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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What is the Zariski topology good/bad for?
In a comment to this question the quotation "The Zariski Topology is the 'Wrong' topology for Algebraic Geometry" appears.
Well, so some spontaneous questions arise:
1) What is Zariski topology ...
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Question about hypercohomology / spectral sequence of a complex of "almost-acyclic" sheaves
I have a very particular situation involving a (non-exact) complex $K$ of coherent sheaves on a nonsingular projective variety $X$, and I need to compute the hypercohomology of the complex. The ...
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group cohomology and cohomology of classifying space [closed]
Let $G$ be a discrete group, and $BG$ is the classifying space.
It is well-known that the group cohomology of $G$-module M, is the same as the cohomology on $BG$ with coefficient in $\tilde{M}$, which ...
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Motivation for equivariant sheaves?
Hello everyone;
i'm looking for a motivation for equivariant sheaves (see http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/equivariant+sheaf) ~ Why are we interested in them?
More explicitely: Can I think of G-...
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The equivalence of category of equivariant sheaves on principal bundle and category of sheaves on base space
Let $\pi:P\to B$ is a $G$-principal bundle, which means $G$ acts on $P$ freely and $\pi$ is a locally trivial fibration. Here is a well-known theorem:
THeorem: The inverse image functor $\pi^{*}$ ...
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Category of copresheaves over commutative monoids
Let C be a symmetric monoidal category. Let Comm(C) be the category of commutative monoids in C. Consider the topos X = CoPSh(Comm(C)) of covariant functors from Comm(C) to the category Set of sets.
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How to characterize Abelian sheaves that are quasi-coherent?
Let $X$ be a scheme. Suppose you are given a sheaf of Abelian groups $\mathcal{A}$ over $X$. How can you determine if $\mathcal{A}$ is the underlying Abelian sheaf of a sheaf of $O_X$-modules? In ...
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Does this condition reduce to the correct notion of irreducibility on schemes?
Consider the category of sheaves (of sets) on the affine étale site. It's a well known fact that a morphism of schemes is a Zariski-open immersion if and only if it is an étale monomorphism, so we ...
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Closed monoidal structure on the derived category of sheaves
Given a topological space X, i'd like to find Der X - the derived category of sheaves of abelian groups on X - to be a closed monoidal category. Hom should be cohomological and the internal-hom should ...
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Internal hom of sheaves
Consider a topos, i.e. the category $Shv$ of sheaves on a Grothendieck site $T$ with values in abelian groups. The category $Shv$ is symmetric monoidal with $\otimes$, the tensor product in every ...
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Simplifying the definition of a geometric context using sieves?
On Pages 1-3 of Cours 2 of Toën's Master Course on Stacks, he defines the notion of a Geometric context with a rather extensive list of axioms (they take up about two pages over and above the ...
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Is there a "categorical" description of Grothendieck's algebra of differential operators?
First, pick a commutative ring $k$ as the "ground field". Everything I say will be $k$-linear, e.g. "algebra" means "unital associative algebra over $k$". Then recall the following construction due ...
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Sheaves and bundles in differential geometry
Because the theory of sheaves is a functorial theory, it has been adopted in algebraic geometry (both using the functor of points approach and the locally ringed space approach) as the "main theory" ...
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Is there a description of sheaf cohomology in algebraic-topological terms?
Is there a description of of sheaf cohomology for the sheaf of sections of a continuous function in terms of common constructions in Algebraic Topology?
In more detail: Any sheaf on a space X can be ...
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Cohomology with compact support for coherent sheaves on a scheme
Is there a notion (for schemes or just locally ringed spaces) of cohomology with compact support? I guess there is for algebraic schemes over $\mathbf{C}$, but what about schemes in general? Does ...
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O_X module with support Z \subset X vs O_S module?
Given a $O_X$ module $\cal F$ whose support is a closed subscheme $Z \subset X$. Under what conditions can we say that $ \cal F$ is an $O_S$ module ( how far off is $\cal F$ an $O_S$ module ? )
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Sheaves as full reflective subcategories
Hello everyone.
My question is concerned with the following statement.
"Having a grothendieck topology on a category C is equivalent to having a full reflective subcategory Sh(C) in the category PSh(...
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Cohomology of a sheaf of functions locally constant along a foliation
Take a smooth manifold $M^n$ with a smooth foliation $F$. Consider the sheaf $\cal F$ of $C^{\infty}$ functions on $M^n$, locally constant along the foliation $F$. What is known about Chech cohomology ...
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Stacks and sheaves
I'm a bit confused by the double role which sheaves play in the theory of stacks.
On the one hand, sheaves on a site are the obvious generalization of a sheaf on a topological space. On the other ...
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Sheaf condition and representability in the category Top
This is a rather nice question I got from this user via private communication.
Let $\mathcal{C} = Top$ the category of topological spaces. Let $\mathcal{C}^\prime$ be the category $Funct(\mathcal{C}^{...
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Relative version of sheaf cohomology?
Is there a relative version of sheaf cohomology?
EDIT: I rather mean the cohomology of pairs.
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Loop Spaces as Generalized Smooth spaces or as Infinite dimensional Manifolds?
There are two ways to define smooth mapping spaces and I want to know how they compare.
Let's take the concrete special case of free loops spaces. I think this is the most studied example so will ...
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Definition of sheaves in wikipedia
In wikipedia, sheaves were first defined in the case of concrete categories (with usual identity and gluing axioms), then in the general case. (writing it as an "exact" sequence)
Do these two ...
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What is the right version of "partitions of unity implies vanishing sheaf cohomology"
There are several theorems I know of the form "Let $X$ be a locally ringed space obeying some condition like existence of partitions of unity. Let $E$ be a sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_X$ modules obeying ...
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Equivalence of ordered and unordered cech cohomology.
Given a topological space X and a finite cover X = $\cup X_i$, one can define Cech cohomology of a sheaf of abelian groups F with respect to the cover $\{X_i\}$ in two different ways:
(Ordered): ...
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Sites which are stacks over themselves
A site C with pullbacks is subcanonical (all representable presheaves are sheaves) if and only if its codomain fibration $Arr(C) \to C$ is a prestack (all hom-presheaves are sheaves). Is there a ...
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A technical question about derivations of sheaves on group schemes
Let $G$ be a group scheme (for instance, over $k$ a field of characteristic 0).
Let $e$ be its unit.
I denote by $O_G$ the structural sheaf of $G$.
Let $D_e : O_{G,e} \to k$ a derivation.
I would ...
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Nature of Invertible Sheaves in which there are no global sections.
EDIT: Let me try to make the question clearer.
Consider the invertible sheaves $\mathcal{O}(d)$ over the projective space $\mathbb{P}^n$ where $d\in \mathbb{Z}$. Now, if $d>0$, among many ...
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Encoding fuzzy logic with the topos of set-valued sheaves
One of the canonical examples used by Barr & Wells in order to motivate the use of topoi is that we can construct a theory for fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory as set-valued sheaves on a poset (...
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Does sheafification preserve sheaves for a different topology?
Let $T_1$ and $T_2$ be two Grothendieck topologies on the same small category $C$, and let $T_3 = T_1 \cup T_2$ (by which I mean the smallest Grothendieck topology on $C$ containing $T_1$ and $T_2$). ...
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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 ...
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Heuristic explanation of why we lose projectives in sheaves.
We know that presheaves of any category have enough projectives and that sheaves do not, why is this, and how does it effect our thinking?
This question was asked(and I found it very helpful) but I ...
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