Questions tagged [spectral-sequences]
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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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Understand the proof that rational resolution is independent of the resolution
EDIT. Karl Schwede has given a different approach to solve this question, which is very clear. However, I still want to figure out how to deal with this problem along Ein's line, and waiting for the ...
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Basic example of derived descent
I've been trying to understand the Adams spectral sequence, and I've gotten myself confused about how derived descent is supposed to work, so I would like to understand a simple example.
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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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Grothendieck spectral sequence and exact couples
I'm thinking about the Grothendieck spectral sequence. I'm trying to understand how it relates to exact couples. Can anyone help me prove in general that the Grothendieck Spectral sequence converges ...
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When does Tate spectral sequence degenerate at $E_2$?
For a spectrum $M \in \text{Sp}^{B\mathbb{S}^1}$ with a circle group action, there is Tate spectral sequence
$$
E_2^{ij}=\pi_{-i}(H(\pi_{-j}M))^{t\mathbb{S}^1} \Longrightarrow \pi_{-i-j}(M^{t\mathbb{S}...
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Higher order differentials of Bockstein spectral sequence
The Bockstein SS is obtained from the exact sequence
$$0\to\mathbb{Z}\xrightarrow{2}\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}/2\to 0$$
with $E_1^p=H^p(X,\mathbb{Z}/2)$ and the differential $d_1=Sq^1$.
How to identify ...
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Tensor product of exact couples
Suppose $(D_1,E_1;i_1,j_1,k_1)$ and $(D_2,E_2;i_2,j_2,k_2)$ are two exact couples, ie., there are exact sequences $D_1\xrightarrow{i_1}D_1\xrightarrow{j_1}E_1\xrightarrow{k_1}D_1$ and $D_2\xrightarrow{...
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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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Spectral sequences associated to cohomologies of simplicial type and derived-functor type: Proof of convergence
Assume I have two cohomology theories $\mathrm{\tilde{H}^{*}}$ and $\mathrm{H^{*}}$, the latter being defined over a Grothendieck site $X$ as the derived functor of some left-exact covariant functor $\...
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$BP$-Adams Novikov Spectral Sequence or Homotopy groups of $S/3$
What is know about the homotopy groups of $S/3$ where $S/3 = \mathrm{hocofib}(S \xrightarrow{\cdot 3} S)$? Otherwise, is there some reference I can consult for the $BP$-ANSS for $S/3$?
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The Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence and cup products
Let $X$ be a variety over a field $k$ with separable closure $k_s$. Let $A$, $B$ be étale sheaves on $X$. Consider now the Hochschild–Serre spectral sequences.
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E_2^{pq}: H^p(k, H^q(X_{...
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Frölicher spectral sequence of a surface
Asked this on MSE but didn't get much attention.
Let $ S $ be a compact complex surface. Can anyone provide a proof of the fact that the Frölicher spectral sequence of $ S $ degenerates at $ E_1 $?
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Do we really need degeneracies for spectral sequence of homotopy simplicial chain complex?
Let's consider an homotopy simplicial chain complex, that is a functor of $\infty$-categories $X_{\bullet} = \textrm{N}(\Delta^{op}) \to \mathcal{C}_{\ge 0}$, where $\mathcal{C}_{\ge 0}$ is the $\...
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Mayer–Vietoris sequence for coproduct of Hopf algebras
Is there a Mayer–Vietoris-type sequence for the homology of a coproduct of two Hopf algebras over an ideal? The definition of the coproduct can be found in Agore - Categorical Constructions for Hopf ...
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Leray spectral sequence for lowest weight part of a smooth morphism
Let me assume everything in sight is as nice as possible, probably if the result I want is true then these conditions are too restrictive. All spaces will be smooth algebraic varieties over the ...
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Is the 4-line of the E_2 term of the classical Adams spectral sequence known?
In other words:
What is $\mathrm{Ext}_{\mathcal{A}}^{4,t}(\mathbb{Z}/2,\mathbb{Z}/2)$?
If the 4-line is not known, how much is known about it?
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spectral sequence Ext(R/I,H^g(M)) => Ext^{p+q}(R/I,M)
I am reading papers of Local cohomology and came across some spectral sequences. I then started reading about spectral sequences from Rotman's book. I havent finished reading the chapters on spectrals ...
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In the not necessarily abelian cat setting, is there a Grothendieck spectral sequence for computing the homotopy of a composition of derived functors?
Recall the Grothendieck spectral sequence which computes the homology groups of a composition of left derived functors $F$ and $G$ on abelian categories:
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E_{p,q}^{2}(A)=L_{p}G\circ L_{q}...
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How to compute the $G$-theory groups of $k[x,y]/(xy)$ for any field $k$
I am trying to compute the $G$-theory groups of the ring $k[x,y]/(xy)$ for any field $k$. What I have tried so far are two approaches.
Approach 1: Use the $G$-theory localization sequence for $k[x,y]/(...
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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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Exact sequence for low-degree terms of relative de Rham cohomology
Let $\varphi:X\to Y$ be a morphism of schemes, smooth of relative dimension 1. The de Rham cohomology $H^\bullet(X/Y)$ is the result of applying the derived functor $R^\bullet\varphi_*$ to the de Rham ...
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First cohomology of the space of long knots in ℝ⁴
Let's consider the space of long knots in $\mathbb R^n$, $n>3$. I know that there are many results (Vassiliev, Turchin, Sinha, Kontsevich) about different expressions of cohomology of this space. I ...
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Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence for a non-normal subgroup
Is there an analogue of the Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence for a non-normal subgroup?
What can you say about it? Can you describe $E^{p, q}_1$ ? What is about $E^{p, q}_2$?
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Borel spectral sequence with non-compact fibers
I was reading the following paper which claims to generalize Borel spectral sequence for non-compact Stein fibers. However, I don't understand how the following bundle fits into the picture:
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Weak Lefschetz theorem for Lef line bundles
I'm studying
M. A. A. de Cataldo, L. Migliorini - The Hard Lefschetz Theorem and the topology of semismall maps, Ann. sci. École Norm. Sup., Serie 4 35 (2002) 759-772.
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introductory book on spectral sequences
I have studied some basic homological algebra. But I can't send to get started on spectral sequences. I find Weibel and McCleary hard to understand.
Are there books or web resources that serve as ...
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Diagrams filled by the edge homomorphism of the Grothendieck spectral sequence
Suppose $A,B,C,D,Z$ are abelian categories. Let $G:C\longrightarrow D$, $F:D\longrightarrow Z$, $P:C\longrightarrow A$, $G':A\longrightarrow B$, $P':D\longrightarrow B$ and $F':B\longrightarrow Z$ are ...
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Borel's transgression theorem for spectral sequences
My question is about part of the Borel Transgression Theorem on spectral sequences, translated from [1, Theorem 13.1] (see also [2] for a translated version of the whole paper):
Let $B^\bullet := \...
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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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Cohomology spectral sequence of a CW complex filtered by its skeletons
Let $X$ be a CW complex. Suppose, $$\emptyset\subset X^0\subset X^1\subset \cdots \subset X^p\subset \cdots \subset X= \bigcup_{i=0}^{\infty} X^i,$$
is a filtration of $X$ by its skeletons $X^i$. Now ...
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Thom spectrum of $(\mathrm{Spin}\times_{Z_2} \mathrm{SO}(d))$
$\DeclareMathOperator\MSO{MSO}\DeclareMathOperator\MSpin{MSpin}\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}\DeclareMathOperator\BSO{BSO}\DeclareMathOperator\BG{BG}\DeclareMathOperator\BO{BO}\DeclareMathOperator\MG{MG}\...
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When the Leray spectral sequences for nice compactifications give the Deligne's weight ones?
Assume that $X$ is a proper smooth variety over an algebraically closed field $k$, $U=X\setminus (\cup D_i))$ where $D_i$ are closed subvarieties such that the set-theoretic intersections of all sets ...
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Dimension three spectral sequences
If you have two triangulated functors $F,G$, you can compute the cohomology of $FG(-)$ in terms of the cohomology of $G(-)$ and the cohomology of $F(-)$, in terms of a ``Grothendieck spectral sequence'...
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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.
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Galois-action on spectral sequence
Let $X_\bullet\to S$ be a proper surjective hypercover of a $k$-scheme by smooth proper $k$-schemes. This gives a proper surjective hypercover $X'_\bullet\to S_{\bar{k}}$ where $X'_n:=X_n\times_k \bar{...
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Can we construct a filtered chain complex from a spectral sequence?
Suppose $\{(E_r,d_r)\}$ for $r>0$ forms a spectral sequence over a field $\mathbb{F}$, i.e. for any $r$, $(E_r,d_r)$ is a chain complex over $\mathbb{F}$ and $E_{r+1}=H(E_r,d_r)$. For simplicity, ...
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Cohomology of BG, G non-connected Lie group, and spectral sequence relating to classifying space of connected component of the identity
Suppose $G$ is a Lie group, with $\pi_0(G)$ not necessarily finite, but might as well assume $G_0$, the connected component of the identity, is compact.
In the case that $\pi_0(G)$ is finite, then we ...
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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$$
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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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Group cohomology with coefficients in a graded module
I am working in a problem group cohomology and nailed it down to compute a cohomology using an spectral sequence argument. The situation is as follows:
Let $G = C_4 = \langle \sigma \rangle$ be the ...
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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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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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Spectral sequences in algebraic topology [duplicate]
What books/articles do you recommend for learning spectral sequences? I am interested in their applications to algebraic topology, particularly to understand the homology of fibre bundles. I have a ...
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Conditions under which the preimage of a submanifold in nontrivial in homology
Let $\pi: M^{n+k} \to N^n$ be a fibre bundle with fibre $F$ between compact smooth manifolds. What are “mild” sufficient conditions on the topology of $M$, $N$ and $F$ so that given a closed $p$-...
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About an argument in Olsson's book
The following picture is from Algebraic spaces and stacks (p.54) by Martin Olsson.
I don't understand how to conclude that $\alpha$ is induced by a nonzero class in the end.
It seems that there might ...
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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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Cohomology of doubly pinched torus via spectral sequences
Let $f:T^2\to Y$ be a resolution of singularities where $Y$ is a torus with two "pinched" points (or, if you prefer, two copies of $\mathbb{P}^1$ meeting at two points). I'm interested in ...
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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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