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A question about the adjunction between pushforward and pullback of sheaves
I am reading this article: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.5978.pdf. In definition 2.6 on page 4 there is claim that is made and I don't see why it is true. I will recall it here:
Let $X$ be an integral ...
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Defining Inertia Stack
Let $X$ be a topos and $F: \zeta \rightarrow X$ a stack on $X$. Now in the paper http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0411337v2.pdf ( Definitions 2.1.1.5 and 2.1.1.1) of Lieblich, he describes the inertia stack ...
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Which sheaves on a projective bundle are flat over the base scheme?
Assume $X$ is a noetherian scheme over $\mathbb{C}$ and $E$ a locally free sheaf of finite rank on $X$. Denote the the associated projective bundle by $f: \mathbb{P}(E)\rightarrow X$.
Are there any ...
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Can we extend a homotopy invertible chain morphisms between complexes of sheaves from a closed subspace to the whole space?
Let $X$ be a (say, topological) space and $i: Z\hookrightarrow X$ be a closed subspace. Let $Sh(X)$ and $Sh(Z)$ denote the categories of sheaves of abelian groups on $X$ and $Z$ respectively. ...
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Elementary examples on sheaf extension
Let $V\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a projective variety and $C_V$ its conormal subvariety in $T^\ast\mathbb{P}^n$. Denote by $\mathscr{O}_{C_V}$ its structure sheaf, then when will the condition
$\mathit{...
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Is this diagram of sheaves actually Cartesian as claimed?
The question is about Corollary 1.6.2 (b) in the book by Laumon and Moret-Bailly on algebraic stacks.
There we have a scheme $S$ and morphisms $X \xrightarrow{f} Y \xrightarrow{g} Z$ of sheaves on a (...
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What kind of ringed space $X$ has the property that a locally free sheaf is projective in Qcoh$(X)$?
It is well known that for an affine scheme $X$, every finitely generated locally free sheaf $\mathcal{E}$ is projective in the category Qcoh$(X)$. i.e. the functor $\text{Hom}_{\text{Qcoh}(X)}(\...
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Coherence of $\mathcal O_X[T]$
Let $X$ a complex manifold, and $\mathcal O_X$ the sheaf of holomorphic functions. Oka Coherence Theorem states that $\mathcal O_X$ is coherent (as $\mathcal O_X$-module).
How to prove that also the ...
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Characterization of global sections (which are not products) of a sheaf which is locally a product
In order to compute certain group cohomology sets I have come upon a construction which seems rather general concerning sheaves which are locally products. So I will state the problem here in a ...
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Two functorial definitions of schemes
I have been reading a bit about the "functor of points" theory for schemes. There seem to be two ways of going about defining schemes this way:
Equip the category $\textbf {Psh}=\operatorname{Fun}(\...
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Monodromy along strata of a pushforward
Work with complex varieties and constructible sheaves on the complex analytic site. All functors will be tacitly derived.
Let $X$ be a variety acted upon by a connected linear algebraic group. Let $X ...
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Pull back of D-modules and Koszul resolution
Consider an holonomic D-module on a smooth algebraic variety $X$ over a field $k$ of caracteristic 0.
Let $i: Y \hookrightarrow X$ be a regular embedding.
$Li^* M = \mathcal{D}_{Y\to X} \otimes^L_{...
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Reconstructing complexes of sheaves from their cohomology sheaves
If $R$ is an algebra over some field $k$, and $C$ is a complex of modules over $R$, then according to B. Keller's ``Introduction to A-infinity algebras and modules'', one can record the isomorphism ...
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Definition of derived category of a stack
In their book, Bernstein an Lunts define the equivariant derived category in several ways. One can be expressed as follows:
Let $X$ be a say complex variety with an action by an algebraic group $G$.
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Examples of Sheafification via Hypercovers
For a presheaf $F$ on a category equipped with a pretopology, one has the sheafification $F^{\sharp}$ of $F$.
I know well the plus-construction of sheafification, which is presented in Artin's paper "...
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Does this property of subgroups (or sheaves of ideals) already have a name?
I'm constructing an example of a group which has a particular property on its subgroups, and the property looks like something that might have been considered before.
Fix a group $G$ and a pair of ...
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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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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 $X$:
$$
V\...
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Two definitions of Čech cohomology
Hello,
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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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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Descent of singular cohomology
When proving that singular cohomology of an appropriate space $X$ equals sheaf cohomology of $X$ with "values" (does one say that?) in the sheaf $\mathbb{Z}_X$ of locally constant functions, the ...
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Restriction of Ext sheaves on closed subschemes
Let $f:X\rightarrow C$ be a morphism, where $C$ is a smooth curve. For $t\in C$ let $i_t:X_t = f^{-1}(t)\rightarrow X$ be the inclusion of the fiber of $f$ over $t$, and let $\mathcal{F}$ a coherent ...
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Pullback by surjective submersion is injective?
Denote by $\mathcal{D}'_X$ the sheaf of distributions on a smooth manifold $X$.
Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds and $\Phi: M \to N$ a submersion. Then $\Phi$ defines a unique morphism of sheaves $\...
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Singular cohomology as a sheaf of $\infty$-categories
In several expositions of $\infty$-categories, I read that singular cohomology of a topological space with integral coefficients is a sheaf valued in $D(\mathbb{Z})$, if we consider Top and $D(\mathbb{...
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details of a dévissage argument for constructible sheaves
I am working on the following Künneth-type isomorphism from [SGA5, exposé III, 2,3]:
$\mathrm{Settings}.$ Let $X_1, X_2$ be separated finite type schemes over the spectrum of a field $S=\mathrm{Spec}...
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Differential equations where we are tryng to find a smooth space(maybe with additional structure)
Is there literature on the differential equation $TM=N$ where $M$ and $N$ are two smooth spaces (maybe with additional structure) and $T$ stands for the tangent functor?
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Does every SES of injective bounded cochain complexes split?
Question: Does every short exact sequence of injective bounded cochain complexes, $0\rightarrow I^\bullet\rightarrow J^\bullet\rightarrow K^\bullet\rightarrow 0$, split?
I am interested in a discrete ...
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Equivalence of cohomology with compact support
Let $𝑋$ be a connected CW complex, $𝜌:\pi_1(𝑋)→\mathrm{Aut}(G)$ a representation, and $G_\rho$ the associated sheaf. It follows from here, that the following two cohomologies are isomorphic.
(1)The ...
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Hodge bundles associated to a family of complex manifolds
I'm reading Voisin's books on Hodge theory. In the first volume she claimed but didn't prove this theorem:
Theorem 10.10 (Voisin) Let $\varphi:\chi\rightarrow B$ be a family of compact complex ...
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Coequalizers and pullbacks in $\infty$-topoi
In an $\infty$-topos, suppose we have two cartesian diagrams of the form
$$
\require{AMScd}
\begin{CD}
\overline{A} @>>> \overline{B} \\
@VVV @VVV \\
A @>>> B .
\end{CD}
$$
Let
$$
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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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Compact generators of $\mathcal{D}\text{-Mod}$ via Mayer Vietoris
Let $X$ be a complex variety (or any space for whom a category of sheaves with the six functors is defined), and
$$i\ :\ Z\ \to\ X\ \leftarrow\ U\ :\ j$$
be complementary open and closed embeddings.
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Do we have $\underline{\operatorname{Ext}}^i_\text{fppf}(\widehat{\mathbb{G}}_a,\mathbb{G}_m)=0$ for $i>0$?
Let $k$ be a characteristic zero field and consider the category $(\mathsf{Sch}/k)_\text{fppf}$ of schemes over $k$ with the fppf topology. I know that $\underline{\operatorname{Hom}}(\mathbb{G}_a,\...
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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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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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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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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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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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Two natural morphisms of sheaves with the same source and target; do they agree?
Suppose we have a diagram
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
A @>a>> B\\
@V b V V @VV c V\\
C @>>d> D @>e>> E \\
@VfVV @VVgV @VVhV \\
F @>>i> G @>>j> H
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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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Homotopy fixed points vs coalgebras
Referring to the last part of this answer https://mathoverflow.net/a/225403/170683, I would like to understand how in the case of a Galois cover $f\colon X\to Y=X/G$ with Galois group $G$ (I guess ...
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Explicit construction of a presentation of a constructible sheaf of $\mathbb{Z}$-modules
This question was prompted by the two following:
Constructible étale sheaves on X are étale algebraic spaces over X
Naive question about constructing constructible sheaves
If I have a ...
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How to deduce Künneth from its relative version (in cohomology of sheaves)
Let $p:X\to S$ and $q:Y\to S$ be morphisms of "spaces" over $S$. We have an isomorphism
$$f_!(M\boxtimes N)=p_! M\otimes q_!N$$
in the derived category of "sheaves" over $S$, where ...
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Why does nearby cycles of a local system on $\mathbb{G}_m$ have same monodromy as local system?
Apologies if this belongs on MSE, but none of the tags I wanted existed, so I took it as a hint to post on MO.
Edit: here is my definition of nearby cycles. Suppose $X$ is a complex analytic space ...
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Torsors for nonabelian groups and maps to contracted products
$\newcommand\op{\mathrm{op}}$My question concerns torsors for a sheaf of groups $G$ that is not commutative, and left/right are messing me up. A left $G$-torsor is equivalent to a right $G^{\op}$-...
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Sheafification in an arbitrary category
Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a presheaf valued in an arbitrary category $\mathcal{C}$ on a topological space $X$, with $\mathcal{C} $ has limits(or, $\mathcal{C}$ has equalizers so that a sheaf valued in $\...
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High direct image of dualizing sheaf
I'm reading the paper "High direct image of dualizing sheaf" of professor Kollar. I summarizing my questions as follows:
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be surjective projective morphism between ...
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Cone of morphism in families
I am working in derived category $D^b(X)$ of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective varitey.
Let $E,F$ be two sheaves on $X$, with $\mathrm{R}Hom(E,F)=k\oplus k[-1]$, I consider the following ...
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Local freeness of $\pi_*F(r)$ from flatness of $F$
In 'Fundamental Algebraic Geometry' by Fantechi there is a lemma in section 5.3.2, page 119:
LEMMA 5.5 Let $S$ be a noetherian scheme and let $F$ be a coherent sheaf on $\mathbb{P}^n_S$. Suppose there ...
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