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Spectral sequences as deformation theory
I believe that running the spectral sequence of a filtered complex / spectrum $ \cdots \to F_n \to F_{n+1} \to \cdots$ can be viewed as doing deformation theory in some very primitive "derived ...
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The spectral sequence of a tower of principal fibrations
Assume we have a tower of fibrations (of simplicial sets, let's say):
$$\cdots\rightarrow X_{n+1}\rightarrow X_n\rightarrow\cdots\rightarrow X_0.$$
Let $X=\lim_nX_n$ be the (homotopy) inverse limit. ...
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Computations using "Stover's spectral sequence"
In this article from 1990, Stover describes a specral sequence which converges to the higher homotopy groups of the homotopy colimit of a diagram $\underline{X}$ of topological spaces.
The second ...
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What does convergence of a Bousfield-Kan spectral sequence say about the homotopy type of the totalization?
Given a cosimplicial space or spectrum $X^\bullet$, there is an associated Bousfield-Kan spectral sequence. This starts out as the bigraded object obtained by taking homotopy groups of each $X^n$ and ...
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Madsen-Tillmann spectrum $MTE$ of the group $E$ which is defined in Freed-Hopkins's paper
In Freed-Hopkins's paper, the group $E(d)$ is defined to be the subgroup of $O(d)\times\mathbb{Z}_4$ consisting of the pairs $(A,j)$ such that $\det A=j^2$, where $\mathbb{Z}_4=\{\pm1,\pm\sqrt{-1}\}$ ...
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Adams blue book lemma 17.14: computing a $\mathbb{F}_2$ basis for a filtration of $H\mathbb{Z}_*(bu \wedge bu)$
First off let me apologize for not being able to give all the context for this question. I'm learning how to do computations in stable homotopy theory and have been particularly spending a lot of time ...
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On functoriality of the Leray spectral sequence
The Leray spectral sequence is functorial in the following sense: given a commutative square of spaces,
$$\begin{matrix} A & \to & B \\ \downarrow & & \downarrow \\ C & \to & D ...
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Differentials in the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence and the geometric boundary theorem
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The reference for this question will be the paper by Henn, Karamanov and Mahowald - "The homotopy of the $K(2)$-...
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Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence via explicit filtration
Let
$$1 \longrightarrow K \longrightarrow G \longrightarrow Q \longrightarrow 1$$
be a short exact sequence of groups and let $M$ be a $\mathbb{Z}[G]$-module. The Hochschild--Serre spectral ...
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Relating bordism groups of $\Omega_{d}^{Spin_c}$ and $\Omega_{d}^{(Spin \times SU(N))/\mathbb{Z}_2}$ to that of $U(N)$
I felt that the earlier question may be too challenging, so let me provide a different angle and more infos to tackle an easier and separate problem.
Let us consider a more explicit a short exact ...
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extension problem for the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
For a generalized homology theory $h$ and a Serre fibration $F\rightarrow E\rightarrow B$, we can define an Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence\begin{equation}E^2_{p,q}=H_p(B,h_q(F))\Rightarrow h_{p+q}...
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Relating bordism generators in d and d+2 dimensions --- an explicit example
This is an attempt to make my relation between bordism invariants in $d$
and $d+2$ dimensions, following a previous attempt more explicit. This counts as a different question, since some more specific ...
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Differentials in spectral sequences and Massey products
Consider a multiplicative spectral sequence such as the cohomological Serre spectral. It is known that differentials will satisfy a Leibniz rule. Is there a clean statement involving differentials and ...
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Convergence of a spectral sequence of a double complex
In Weibel's book, a spectral sequence $E^r_{p,q}$ is said to weakly converge to a graded object $H_{\ast}$ if for every $n$ there exists a filtration $\dots \subset F_{r}H_{n} \subset F_{r-1}H_{\ast} \...
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spectral sequence for a complex with two filtrations
Suppose $(C,d)$ is a chain complex: an abelian group with a map $d:C \to C$ such that $d^2 = 0$ (people like to assume $C$ is graded; if that helps - feel free to do so). A filtration is an ascending ...
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Adams spectral sequence for loop spaces
Let $X = \Omega_0^3S^3$ a connected component of $\Omega^3S^3$. I am interested in explicit construction of spectral sequence converging to odd prime torsion in homotopy groups of $X$.
There is a ...
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Cohomology of Lie group $E_8$, e.g. $H^d(E_8,\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})$
What is the $d$-th cohomology of a Lie group $E_8$, say $H^d(E_8,\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})$ with $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ coefficient?
I suppose that there are many nontrivial groups of $H^d(E_8,\mathbb{...
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Are the $K(n)$-local $E_n$-Adams spectral sequences isomorphic to the Adams-Novikov spectral sequences?
Let $H$ be a closed subgroup of the Morava stabilizer group $\mathbb G_n$. [Devinatz-Hopkins, Prop. 6.7] identifies the $K(n)$-local $E_n$-Adams spectral sequence for $E_n^{hH}$ as the homotopy fixed ...
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$\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ coefficients in gysin sequence
I am reading the article "Signature of links" by Kauffman and Taylor. Here they show that it is possible to calculate the nullity of a link $L\subset S^3$ by knowing the first betti number of the ...
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Degeneracy of the Serre Spectral Sequence
I am learning the Serre spectral sequence and I am intrigued about the degeneracy of such at the $E_2$-page. Assuming field coefficients in cohomology for simplicity.
In fact, for a Serre fibration $...
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Bordism groups and a short exact sequence
Let us consider a short exact sequence:
$$
1\to N\to G\to Q \to 1,
$$
where $N$, $Q$, and $G$ can be continuous Lie groups in general (or finite groups).
Suppose I have the data and the computations ...
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The $E_2$-page of the May spectral sequence
I recently started to read about May spectral sequence, which converge to the $E_2$ term of the classical ASS.
At the prime $2$, this is a spectral sequence with $E_1$ page a polynomial algebra on ...
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A Poincare dual spectral sequence for equivariant cohomology: extension to generalized cohomology?
This question is a follow-up to my previous question:
"Rotated" version of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
In that question, I discussed two different spectral sequences for ...
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Spectral Sequence for Twisted K-theory
Atiyah and Segal wrote in their Twisted K-theory that one can compute twisted K-theory using a spectral sequence similar to an Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence. They claimed that for any twisting $[...
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A spectral sequence problem in Alejandro Adem's Paper
I am reading Adem's paper Periodic Complexes and Group actions. But I can't give an argument about a statement on spectral sequences.
Suppose you have an orientable fibration of CW-complexes like ...
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On the multiplicative structure in spectral sequences.
Let $f\colon X \rightarrow Y$ be a continuous map of sufficiently nice
topological spaces (say, smooth manifolds). Let ${\cal F}=(\dots\rightarrow
F_i \rightarrow F_{i+1}\to \dots)$ be a bounded ...
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Thom spectrum of $(\mathrm{Spin}\times_{Z_2} \mathrm{SO}(d))$
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Spectral sequence from a stratification by closed subvarieties
I am looking for a reference for the following result: If $X$ is an algebraic variety and
$$X = T_n \supset T_{n-1} \supset \cdots \supset T_{-1} = \varnothing$$
is a stratification (edit: filtration) ...
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Bousfield-Kan and Generalized Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequences
Building on the work of Anderson and Rector, Bousfield's paper "On the homology spectral sequence of a cosimplicial space" constructs a spectral sequence which takes in a cosimplicial space (here ...
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Group cohomology of "twisted" projective SU(N) with various coefficients
Given a group
$$
G= PSU(N) \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2,
$$
where $PSU(N)$ is a projective special unitary group. Say $a \in PSU(N)$, $c \in \mathbb{Z}_2$, then
$$
c a c= a^*,
$$
which $c$ flips $a$ to its ...
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Strong Convergence vs Conditional Convergence for Spectral Sequences (Is there a simple explanation?)
I am curious if there is a relatively simple explanation of what is the difference between strong convergence and conditional convergence for Spectral Sequences?
(Hopefully a simpler explanation than ...
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Two natural maps asssociated with the nerve of a cover
Let $X$ be a nice (e.g. paracompact, locally contractible) topological space, and let $\mathcal{U}=\{U_i\}_{i\in I}$ be an open cover of $X$. Also denote by $N$ the (topological realization of) the ...
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Bockstein morphism of spectral sequences
Given an omega spectrum $E$, there is a type of chern character map given by its rationalization
$$r:E\to E\wedge M\mathbb{R}\;,$$
where $M\mathbb{R}$ denotes a Moore spectrum. The cofiber of the map
$...
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infinite families in stable homotopy groups
The question is about infinite families in stable homotopy groups. Yes, there are some Q&A about the topic.
But I wonder if the order of Mahowald's elements is known?
in Green Book it mentioned ...
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"Standard computations" with stable Hopf invariants
I am struggling in understanding the proof of Lemma 10.6 of the paper "Mapping class groups and function spaces" by Bodigheimer, Cohen and Peim http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/cfb/...
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Using the Serre spectral sequence - moving between $\mathbb{Z}/2$ and $\mathbb{Z}$ information
I am trying to understand the computation of $\pi_5(S^3)$ and $\pi_6(S^3)$ using the Serre spectral sequence. I know already that $\pi_5(S^3)$ is only 2-torsion and $\pi_6(S^3)$ is 2-torsion together ...
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Eilenberg-Moore spectral Sequence calculation
I want to use the cohomology Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence to calculate the cohomology of the fibre of the map
$$
S^{n} \to \Omega S^{n+1}.
$$
Question 1: Is anyone aware of any references for ...
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generalized Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence from Postnikov truncation
The Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
\begin{equation*}E^2_{p,q}=H_p(B,h_q(F))\Rightarrow h_{p+q}(E),\end{equation*}
computes the generalized homology $h$ of a total space $E$ of a Serre fibration ...
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Spectral sequence for reduced homology
In the Serre spectral sequence, is it true that we can replace homology by reduced homology? That is:
If $f:X\rightarrow B$ is a Serre fibration,with $F$ the fiber, then if
$\tilde E^2_{pq}=\tilde H_p(...
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Topological groups satisfying the Borel transgression theorem
I am using the Borel transgression theorem as given in Mimura and Toda's "Topology of Lie groups I and II", page 378, Theorem 2.7. I know that it applies when the fiber has the homotopy type ...
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Explicit description of the Leray spectral sequence with compact supports for a fibration
Consider a locally trivial fibration $f: E \to B$ with fiber $F = \mathbb{C}^n$. The Leray spectral sequence with compact supports is
$$ E_2: H^p_c(B, \underline{H^q_c(F)}) \implies H^{p+q}_c(E). $$
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Explicit computation of hyper Ext in terms of the homologies of the input chain complexes
This question was asked on math.stackexchange and didn't receive any traction, so I'm turning to the MO community. Hello!
Let $C_{\bullet}$ and $D_{\bullet}$ be chain complexes of $R$-modules for some ...
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The $\pi_1(BM)$ action on $H^*(BH,R)$ in a Serre fibration $BH\to BG\to BM$
$R$ is a ring. Applying the Serre spectral sequence to a fibration $F\to E\to B$, to avoid local coefficients, we need to require that $\pi_1(B)$ acts on $H^*(F, R)$ trivially. Consider a fibration of ...
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Does Kudo's transgression theorem still hold when the coefficient is ℤ/pⁿℤ?
I am trying to compute a Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence with coefficient $\mathbb{Z}/p^2\mathbb{Z}$, where $p$ is an odd prime, and Kudo's transgression theorem looks like a good tool for ...
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Cohomology ring $H^*(BG,\mathbb{Z}_2)$ for $G=\mathbb{Z}_2\ltimes B^2\mathbb{Z}^2$
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$$
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 ...