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"Standard computations" with stable Hopf invariants
I am struggling in understanding the proof of Lemma 10.6 of the paper "Mapping class groups and function spaces" by Bodigheimer, Cohen and Peim http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/cfb/...
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Using the Serre spectral sequence - moving between $\mathbb{Z}/2$ and $\mathbb{Z}$ information
I am trying to understand the computation of $\pi_5(S^3)$ and $\pi_6(S^3)$ using the Serre spectral sequence. I know already that $\pi_5(S^3)$ is only 2-torsion and $\pi_6(S^3)$ is 2-torsion together ...
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Eilenberg-Moore spectral Sequence calculation
I want to use the cohomology Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence to calculate the cohomology of the fibre of the map
$$
S^{n} \to \Omega S^{n+1}.
$$
Question 1: Is anyone aware of any references for ...
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generalized Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence from Postnikov truncation
The Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
\begin{equation*}E^2_{p,q}=H_p(B,h_q(F))\Rightarrow h_{p+q}(E),\end{equation*}
computes the generalized homology $h$ of a total space $E$ of a Serre fibration ...
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Spectral sequence for reduced homology
In the Serre spectral sequence, is it true that we can replace homology by reduced homology? That is:
If $f:X\rightarrow B$ is a Serre fibration,with $F$ the fiber, then if
$\tilde E^2_{pq}=\tilde H_p(...
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Spectral sequence in Adams's book, Theorem 8.2
I am having trouble in understanding Theorem 8.2 of Adams's book and the application afterwards of constructing the spectral sequence. I think I should prove somehow that the spectral sequence in this ...
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Computing the homology groups of spaces in a fibration
Let $F\rightarrow X\rightarrow B$ be a fibration. If we know very well the spaces $F$ and $B$ and wish to compute the homology of $X$. One possible tool is the Serre Spectral Sequence. However, it ...
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Prove or disprove that there exists no $G$ structure with its bordism group $\Omega_1^{G} =\mathbb{Z}/N$ for $N>2$
It can be found that there are the following bordism group $\Omega_0^{G}$ at $d=0$ and 1 dimensions by requiring $G$ structure for $d$-manifolds:
$$
\Omega_0^{SO} = \mathbb{Z} , \quad \Omega_1^{SO} = ...
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cohomology algebra of braid spaces, configuration spaces
In Homology of $C_{n+1}$-spaces, $n\geq 0$, F.R. Cohen, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 533, Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, the cohomology algebra $H^*(B(\mathbb{R}^{n+1},p),\mathbb{Z}_p)$, for $p$...
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non-simple local coefficient system on a fibration of classifying spaces
Long story short; I posted in MSE
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2500745/local-system-of-coefficients-on-a-fibration-of-classyfing-spaces
It is well known that if $G$ is a lie group ...
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cohomology module of unit tangent vector bundles over spheres
Let $S^m$ be the $m$-sphere and $\tau (S^m)$ the sphere bundle consisting of unit tangent vectors in the tangent bundle $TS^m$. Then we have a fibration
$$
S^{m-1}\longrightarrow \tau(S^m)\...
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Spectral sequence for H-space bundles
Let $F \rightarrow E \rightarrow B$ be a fibre bundle such that $B$ is a smooth and compact manifold and $F$ obtains an associative H-space structure. Explicitly, it is not a principal bundle.
One ...
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Topological groups satisfying the Borel transgression theorem
I am using the Borel transgression theorem as given in Mimura and Toda's "Topology of Lie groups I and II", page 378, Theorem 2.7. I know that it applies when the fiber has the homotopy type ...
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Explicit description of the Leray spectral sequence with compact supports for a fibration
Consider a locally trivial fibration $f: E \to B$ with fiber $F = \mathbb{C}^n$. The Leray spectral sequence with compact supports is
$$ E_2: H^p_c(B, \underline{H^q_c(F)}) \implies H^{p+q}_c(E). $$
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Explicit computation of hyper Ext in terms of the homologies of the input chain complexes
This question was asked on math.stackexchange and didn't receive any traction, so I'm turning to the MO community. Hello!
Let $C_{\bullet}$ and $D_{\bullet}$ be chain complexes of $R$-modules for some ...
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The $\pi_1(BM)$ action on $H^*(BH,R)$ in a Serre fibration $BH\to BG\to BM$
$R$ is a ring. Applying the Serre spectral sequence to a fibration $F\to E\to B$, to avoid local coefficients, we need to require that $\pi_1(B)$ acts on $H^*(F, R)$ trivially. Consider a fibration of ...
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Does Kudo's transgression theorem still hold when the coefficient is ℤ/pⁿℤ?
I am trying to compute a Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence with coefficient $\mathbb{Z}/p^2\mathbb{Z}$, where $p$ is an odd prime, and Kudo's transgression theorem looks like a good tool for ...
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Cohomology ring $H^*(BG,\mathbb{Z}_2)$ for $G=\mathbb{Z}_2\ltimes B^2\mathbb{Z}^2$
$$
\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}}
$$
Consider the group $G=\Z_2\ltimes B^2\Z^2$ where $\Z_2$ acts on $\Z^2$ by interchanging the two factors of $\Z^2$, hence $\Z_2$ also acts on the Eilenberg-MacLane ...
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Geometric filtration for Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence
I'm reading the paper by Eilenberg-Moore (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF02564371.pdf) about the Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence.
In section 11, they introduce the notion of ...
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Cobordism theory of some weird space
Let $G=SU(3)$ and $N=SO(3)$, then $G/N= SU(3)/SO(3)$ = a 5-dimensional Wu manifold $W$.
The $W$ is a homogeneous space (also a quotient space), but not a group.
Previously, I am aware of the ...
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Computations of Bredon homology of $S(1+\sigma)$ with Universal Coefficient S.S
What I am trying to do is to compute $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Bredon homology of $S(1+\sigma)$ over $Q\times\Sigma_2$, where
$Q$ is a cyclic group of order 2
$\sigma$ is its real sign representation
$\...
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Characterization of degeneracy of spectral sequence of a fiber bundle at the second term
Let $f\colon E\to B$ be a fiber bundle of compact manifolds with fiber $F$. Assume that the push-forward $Rf_*(\underline{\mathbb{F}})$ in the derived category of the constant sheaf with coefficients ...
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Reference for specific detail on Serre spectral sequence
In "A primer on spectral sequences" http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~may/MISC/SpecSeqPrimer.pdf (by J.P.May apparently, although no name is given in the pdf) I found a very detailed version of the ...
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How can I find the differential in the Serre spectral sequence for this sphere fibration?
Consider the assocaited sphere bundle $$S(E) \to \mathbb{P}^n$$ for the vector bundle $\mathcal{O}(k)\oplus \mathcal{O}(l) \to \mathbb{P}^n$. Is there a way to determine the differentials
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d_4^{p,m}:...
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Question about the precise statement of Leray spectral sequences and a simple example
On Bott's paper "Homogeneous vector bundles" there is the following statement of Leray spectral sequence:
Let $X$ and $Y$ be paracompact and locally compact spaces and $f : Y \to X$ be a proper map....
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Functoriality of Leray homology spectral sequences of fibrations
Let $p\colon E\to B$ and $p'\colon E'\to B'$ be two fibrations. Assume for simplicity that $B,B'$ are simply connected. Let we have morphism of these fibrations, i.e. two continuous maps
$$f\colon E\...
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Trivialize a cocycle of a continuous Lie group-cohomology to a coboundary
Someone recently asks a question $SO(3)$ 2-cocycle trivialized to a 2-coboundary in $SU(2)$? now inspires me to revisit an earlier general question to ask an example of 3-cocycle
$\omega_3^G$ of a ...
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Is there a spectral sequence for borel-moore homology associated to a whitney filtration?
Consider a Whitney stratified space
$$
\varnothing = X_{-1} \subseteq X_0 \subseteq X_1 \subseteq \cdots \subseteq X_n
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is there a spectral sequence for borel-moore homology which depends on the ...
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Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence for path-loop fibration over Q\Sigma X (reference request)
Related to the question here, here is another question. Consider the kernel of the map $H_*(QY;Z/p)\rightarrow H_{*+1}(Q\Sigma Y;Z/p)$. restricted to
$PH_*(QY)$, and let's say $Y$ itself is a ...
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Serre Spectral Sequence and Cohomology Ring of Circle Bundles
I have the following (maybe simple) question about the cup product structure in the Serre spectral sequence.
Consider a fiber bundle $S^1 \rightarrow E \rightarrow B$ with euler class $e \in H^2(B)$. ...
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spectral sequence differential for cobordism
From page 6 of these solutions:
the differential\begin{equation}d_2: H_p(X,\Omega_1^{Spin})\rightarrow H_{p-2}(X,\Omega_2^{Spin})\end{equation}connecting the 1-st and the 2-nd row is the $\textbf{...
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"Cut-off" of the Adams exact couple
(This question has been asked on Math.StackExchange where it attracted a few upvotes, but - unfortunately - no answer.)
I have been reading Chapter 2. of A. Hatcher's draft of "Spectral Sequences in ...
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Oriented Bordism Group and Un-Oriented Bordism Group of points $pt$
Do we know, or are there any References that list down complete oriented and unoriented Bordism Group $Ω_{n,O}(pt)$ and $Ω_{n,SO}(pt)$ of points $pt$ for dimensions $n=1,2,...,10$?
Here are some ...
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homology of a base space of a a fiber sequence
Suppose we have a fiber sequence of connected spaces $A\rightarrow B\rightarrow C$ and suppose we know the homology of A and B, is there a homological spectral sequence converging to the homology of $...
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Identifying $d_1$ in the Atiyah-Hirzebruch-Serre spectral sequence
In A Primer on Spectral Sequences (also later published in More Concise Algebraic Topology), J. Peter May describes the Serre Spectral Sequence for any homology theory. To recap, suppose $p\colon E\...
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Leray-Serre spectral sequence for projective bundles
Let $\mathcal{E} \rightarrow X$ be a complex vector bundle of rank $r+1$ and let $F=\mathbb{P}^r \rightarrow E = \mathbb{P}\mathcal{E}\rightarrow X$ be the associated projective bundle. We know that ...
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Trivialize a cup-product 3-cocycle of $G$ in a larger group $J$
Inspired by this question, let us take a nontrivial 3-cocycle $\omega_3^G(g_a, g_b, g_c) \in H^3(G,\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})$ in the cohomology group of $G$ with $U(1)=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ coefficient. ...
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Extending the maps between the bordism groups: NONE exsistence of a certain kind of extended group
Let $M^d$ be a nontrivial bordism generator for the bordism group
$$
\Omega_d^G= \mathbb{Z}_n,
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suppose $G$ (like O, SO, Spin, etc) specify the group structure of the boridsm group. The $\mathbb{Z}...
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An attempt at an alternative calculation of the rank of $\pi_n(MO)$
$\newcommand{\a}{\mathfrak a}\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z}$Let $MO$ be the Thom Spectrum, then I am trying to come up with an alternative calculation that the rank of $\pi_n(MO)$ as a $\Z_2$ vector space ...
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Differentials in the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence for a bounded generalized cohomology theory
$\newcommand{\res}{\mathrm{res}}$Let $X$ be a connected finite CW complex, and let $E$ be a bounded spectrum. For simplicity, let me assume that it has homotopy groups concentrated in degrees 0,1,2.
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Notation for spectral sequences [closed]
Every single spectral sequence I have seen in my life was denoted by $E$. Even when there is more than one spectral sequence, people tend to use the same letter with some workaround (e.g. a fourth ...
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Name for the "other term" in a derived exact couple
I'm building a spectral sequence using an exact couple $D^1 \to D^1 \to E^1 \to D^1$, with $k$th derived exact couple $D^k \to D^k \to E^k \to D^k$. In this case, I happen to have more information ...
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Dress' construction and Serre spectral sequence
Currently, I am reading Serre spectral sequence, given below, using Dress' construction.
Let $f:E\to B$ be a Serre fibration. Then, there is a first quadrant
spectral sequence $\big\{E^r,d^r\}_{...
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An alternative proof of Künneth spectral sequence, independent of Künneth formula for homology
I am currently reading Künneth spectral sequence, which is given below.
Let $R$ be a ring and A$=\big\{A_n,d_n:A_n\longrightarrow A_{n-1}\big|d_{n-1}\circ d_n=0\big\}_{n\in \Bbb Z}$ be a chain ...
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Monodromy and simple system of local coefficients
I was interested in the following question: if one has a fibration
$F\to E\to B$
there is associated a monodromy map, that is basically an action of the fundamental group $\pi_1(B)$ on the ...
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Connected topological/Lie group $H$ and $Q$, inflate $Q$-cocycle to coboundary in $H$
I am interested in finding mathematical examples and criteria of inflating $Q$-cocycle to coboundary in $H$, under the requirement:
(1) Both $H$ and $Q$ are connected topological groups or Lie groups (...
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Relating inflation maps from spectral sequences in lower and higher dimensions
The spectral sequence has some nice property.
Consider $ N \to G \overset{R}{\to} Q $ and $G/N=Q$. There is a spectral sequence $\{E^{p,q}_n, d_n\}$ with: (i) The differential is defined as a map $...
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Cohomology of fiber bundles with non constant coefficients
Let $E \to B$ be a topological fiber bundle. We know that the Serre spectral sequence allows you to compute the cohomology of $E$ with constant coefficient in terms of the cohomology of $F$ and the ...
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A version of Leray Hirsch better for local coefficients
Let $F \hookrightarrow E \to B$ be a fibration, and let everything be over a field $k$.
The leray hirsch theorem in its usual form says that the (homology) cohomology spectral sequence degenerates at (...
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completion and convergence of spectral sequence
I would like to understand the connection between $p$-adic completion and the strong convergence of a spectral sequence. Precisely, suppose $E^2_{s,t}\implies G_{s+t}$ is a first quadrant strongly ...
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