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Global sections of relative characteristic of log-smooth curves
$\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$I am currently learning about log-geometry and try to understand the theory in the example of curves with basic log-structure over a general base $S$. Especially, I am ...
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When morphism of complexes is homotopic to 0?
Let $f\colon A^\bullet\to I^\bullet$ be a morphism of bounded below complexes in an abelian category. Assume all $I^i$ are injective objects. Assume also that $f$ induces the zero map on cohomology.
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Geometric interpretation of sheaf cohomology
Please forgive me for the informal and naïve nature of my question, as I am a beginner in algebraic geometry.
In the famous book by Hartshorne, sheaf cohomology is defined as a certain derived functor....
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References on principal $\mathbf{C}$-bundles, where $\mathbf{C}$ is a category?
Is there any treatment on principal "categorical" bundles - principal $\mathbf{C}$-bundles, where $\mathbf{C}$ is some (topological) category?
I know that one can define "categorical ...
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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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Is this double quotient of $\operatorname{SL}_2$ representable by an algebraic space or a scheme?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup (upper triangular matrices), and let $\Gamma := \langle \sigma\rangle$ be the group generated by a (hyperbolic) element of $\SL_2/\mathbb{Q}_p$ ...
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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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Subobject classifier for sheaves on large sites with WISC
Let $\mathsf{C}$ be a possibly large category with a Grothendieck topology satisfying the Weakly Initial Set of Covers condition: there is for each $X$ a set (not a proper class) of covering families ...
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What is $\text{Hom}(\mathcal{F}\times\mathcal{G}, \mathbb{A}^1)$?
Let $S$ be an affine scheme and let $\text{Aff}(S)$ be the site of affine $S$-schemes. Let $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{G}$ be a pair of sheaves on $\text{Aff}(S)$, and let $\mathbb{A}^1_S$ be the ...
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Is this functor $\mathcal{F}: \text{Sch}/\mathbb{Q}\longrightarrow \text{Sets}$ a sheaf?
Consider the functor $\mathcal{F}: \text{Sch}/\mathbb{Q}\longrightarrow \text{Sets}$, defined by sending a scheme $X$ with coordinate ring $\mathcal{O}(X)$ to the set of orbits $B(\mathcal{O}(X))\...
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Why does the associated sheaf vanish?
I am learning local cohomology from Hartshorne’s book Local Cohomology.
My question is about understanding a line in the proof of proposition 1.11 in this book.
The set-up for proposition 1.11 is that ...
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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 stack $\operatorname{GL}_2/B$
Let $F$ be the functor from the category of affinoid Tate algebras over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ to the category $\mathrm{Sets}$, which maps an affinoid $\operatorname{Spm} R$ to the set of orbits $\...
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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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Using higher topos theory to study Cech cohomology
It seems to me that many classical statements about Cech cohomology should without much effort follow from Lurie's HTT, but I am struggling to fill out the details. I want to show that, given an ...
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About the support of a holonomic D-module
Let $X$ be a smooth algebraic variety over $\mathbb{C}$ and let $M^\bullet\in\mathsf{D}^b_\text{h}(\mathcal{D}_X)$ be a complex of D-modules with holonomic cohomologies. We define the support of $M^\...
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"Quasi-coherent" vector spaces in Sch/S
$\DeclareMathOperator\Vec{Vec}\newcommand\Sch{\mathrm{Sch}}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}$Let $S$ be a base scheme. Let me write $\Vec(S)$ to denote the category of $\mathbb A_S$-vector space objects ...
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Singular cohomology to cohomology of quasi-coherent sheaf
Let $X$ be a projective nonsingular variety (integral Noetherian scheme of finite type that is proper over a field $k=\overline{k}$ such that $\Omega^1_X$ is locally free). Suppose one knows the ...
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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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Isbell duality between algebras and sheaves
nLab says on Isbell duality, the following:
A general abstract adjunction
$(\mathcal{O} \dashv \operatorname{Spec}) : \mathrm{CoPresheaves} \leftrightarrows \mathrm{Presheaves}$
relates (higher) ...
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Do the covariant maps of a sheaf with transfer automatically satisfy a dual gluing axiom?
I'm interested in describing a notion of equivariant sheaves that uses Mackey functors on topoi. We can describe a genuine G-spectrum as a spectral Mackey functor on the topos of finite G-sets. If we ...
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What is the functor of points of the moduli scheme of stable sheaves?
Let $\Bbbk$ be an algebraic closed field of characteristic zero. Let $(\mathrm{Sch}/\Bbbk$ denote the category of locally Noetherian schemes. Let $B$ be a projective scheme over $\Bbbk$. Let $L$ be an ...
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Subsheaves of Spec K, K a field
$\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}\newcommand\Ring{\mathrm{Ring}}\newcommand\op{^\text{op}}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}\DeclareMathOperator\Sh{Sh}$In the category of schemes the objects of the form $\...
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What do we know about a sheaf $M$ if we know its derived fibers $\mathsf{L}x^* M$, for $x\in X(k)$?
Let $X$ be a scheme over a field $k$. (Feel free to assume that $X$ is an algebraic variety, if needed.) Also, let $M^\bullet$ be a complex in the derived category of quasi-coherent sheaves $\mathsf{D}...
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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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Canonicity in split sequence in cotangent spaces
Let $X$ be a locally ringed space. We have for a point $p$ the exact sequence
$$0\to \mathfrak{m}_p^2\to \mathfrak{m}_p\to \mathfrak{m}_p/\mathfrak{m}_p^2 \to 0$$
where $\mathfrak{m}_p$ is the maximal ...
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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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When the sheaf of principal parts is reflexive?
Following EGA IV, we can construct the sheaf of principal parts of a sheaf $\mathcal{E}$ over a scheme $X$ by $\mathcal{P}_X^n(\mathcal{E}) = \mathcal{P}_X^n \otimes \mathcal{E}$, where $\otimes$ is ...
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Does the (Vistoli-)sheafification induce isomorphism?
Given a presheaf, in Angelo Vistoli's 2007 Notes on Grothendieck topologies,
fibered categories
and descent theory
there is a construction of the sheafification (Proof for theorem 2.64).
Note: In ...
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On the generalization of a Cech-to-sheaf type spectral sequence
Let $(X,O_{X})$ be a ringed space and $\mathcal{F^{\bullet}}$ be a bounded below complex of $O_{X}$-modules on $(X,O_{X})$. On [Stacks Project 20.25.1][1] it is shown that there is a weakly convergent ...
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Norm of sections on $T$-invariant subspace of a homogenous space over $\mathbb{Q}_p$
Let $K=\mathbb{Q}_p$ and $G$ a split reductive group over $K$ with split maximal torus $T$. Furthermore, $X$ is a smooth projective variety over $K$ with a free $G$-action. Let $U \subset X$ be a $T$-...
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Is the Grothendieck topology equivalent to its Singleton Grothendieck topology?
I'm using the definition of a Grothendieck topology in Angelo Vistoli’s 2007 Notes on Grothendieck topologies,
fibered categories
and descent theory and I found on nLab about superextensive site, that ...
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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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Some question about (semi-)stable sheaves
Let $X$ be a projective normal variety over $\mathbb C$, I have several questions about semi-stable sheaves:
Question 1. Suppose that $E$ is a pure sheaf such that $HN_*(E)$ is the Harder-Narasimhan ...
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Is the determinant line bundle of a coherent sheaf functorial (between sheaves of the same rank)?
The determinant line bundle of a coherent sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on an $n$-dimensional (smooth) analytic space is defined as
\begin{equation}
\det \mathcal{F} := \bigotimes_i^n (\det \mathcal{E}_i)^{⊗...
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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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Is $\mathbb{C}^*$ not irreducible, or is every locally constant sheaf on $\mathbb{C}^*$ constant?
I am running into contradiction from the following set of definitions, propositions, and assumptions. Can anyone spot where I'm off?
Definition A sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on a topological space $X$ is ...
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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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Concrete sheaves
On the nLab, given a local $S$-topos $E$, a concrete sheaf is defined as an object that is separated with respect to the local isomorphisms (the morphisms that are inverted by the global sections ...
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Chern class of torsion sheaf support on a point
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface. Let $p$ be a closed point of $X$. Let $k(p)$ be the corresponding skyscraper sheaf, then actually we could use Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch to calculate the Chern ...
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Johnstone's Elephant - Lemma C2.1.7 confusion
I don't understand the proof of (ii) in the Johnstone's Elephant:
Lemma 2.1.6 is:
Now consider $\bigcup_{f \in R} f \circ f^*(S)$. This is my notation for the sieve Johnstone references in the proof ...
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NSR superstring as a map of supermanifolds
On one hand, I know that the NSR superstring is described by a map $\Phi: \Sigma \to X$, where $\Sigma$ is a supermanifold with local coordinates $(\sigma,\theta)=(\sigma^0,\sigma^1 | \bar{\theta},\...
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Zorn's lemma for Grothendieck sites
In every treatment of Grothendieck sites I can find, flasque sheaves are not defined in the way one would naïvely expect from ordinary sheaf cohomology; namely instead of saying that "restriction ...
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Why is $1$ not a dense sub-site in a group with the trivial Grothendieck topology?
A friend of mine had the following question while reading the section "C2.2 The topos of sheaves" in "Sketches of an Elephant".
Let $G$ be a group (considered as a category with ...
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Proof without sieves: Equivalent grothendieck topologies have the same sheaves
I'm currently learning about sheaf theory with Angelo Vistoli’s 2007 Notes on Grothendieck topologies,
fibered categories and descent theory. And in page 35, there is the following definition of a ...
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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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Is the right adjoint to presheaf direct image interesting?
Let $X\overset{f}{\to}Y$
be a continuous map. It induces on presheaves a classical adjunction inverse image ⊣ direct image. However, the direct image functor has a further right adjoint, defined by ...
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Where can I find a definition of $\underline{H}^p(X, \mathscr{F})$?
Let $X$ be a topological space and $\mathscr{F}$ a sheaf on $X$. In the paper Tropical cycle classes for non-archimedean spaces and weight decomposition of de Rham cohomology sheaves by Yifeng Liu, ...
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Compatibility of pullbacks with an equivalence relation
This question was originally posted last week in Math Stack Exchange (see here).
I'm currently working on the proof of the existence of the sheafification in Angelo Vistoli’s 2007 Notes on ...
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Stalks of Sheaves
I saw a statement in a paper like what follows:
Let $X=\text{Spec} A$ be an affine scheme, and let $\mathscr{F}$ be a sheaf of $\mathscr{O}_X$-modules on $X$. For each geometric point $x$ of $X$ we ...
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