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Image of J in the classical Adams Spectral Sequence
Hey all,
I know that in some versions of the Adams Spectral Sequence you can easily identify the image of $J$, and I was wondering if there was a way to identify the image of $J$ in the $E_2$ page of ...
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Relation between cohomology operations and the Adams spectral sequence
$\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z} \DeclareMathOperator{\Ext}{Ext}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Cone}{Cone}$
I'm trying to understand how higher order cohomology operations are related to the Adams spectral ...
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$G$ cocycle split to a coboundary in $J$, via a group extension
Consider a generic nontrivial $d$-cocycle $\omega_d^G \in H^d(G,U(1))$ in the cohomology group of a group $G$ with $U(1)=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ coefficient. In otherwords, here the $d$-cocycle $\...
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Proof of the ''trangression theorem''
Here is what I would call the transgression theorem. Let $X$ be a pointed space and $\Omega X$ its loop space. There are two maps $H_{p}(\Omega X) \to H_{p+1}(X)$ which should be the same. I am ...
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Pontryagin square and $\frac{1}{2}(\mathcal{P}(x) -x^2) =x \cup_1 Sq^1 x$
The Pontryagin square, maps $x \in H^2({B}^2\mathbb{Z}_2,\mathbb{Z}_2)$ to $ \mathcal{P}(x) \in H^4({B}^2\mathbb{Z}_2,\mathbb{Z}_4)$. Precisely,
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\mathcal{P}(x)= x \cup x+ x \cup_1 2 Sq^1 x.
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Mayer Vietoris Spectral sequence for topological K theory
In Sheaf theory one can obtain the Mayer Vietoris spectral sequence for cohomology. For $\mathcal{U}$ an open cover of $X$ we get the convergence
$E_2^{pq} = \check H^p(\mathcal{U},H^q(-,F)) \...
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Cohomology groups of quotient by finite group
I know there are already lots of questions about (co)homology groups of a quotient manifold, but please let me ask one more question.
Let $G$ be a finite group acting on a manifold $M$ without fixed ...
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Serre spectral sequence degeneration in homology vs cohomology
Let $\pi\colon E \rightarrow B$ be a fiber bundle with fiber $F$. I am not assuming that $B$ is simply-connected. We then have Serre spectral sequences in both rational homology and rational ...
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Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence and non-trivial action on coefficients
Consider an extension\begin{equation}1\rightarrow N\rightarrow G\xrightarrow{\rho} K\rightarrow 1\end{equation}Let $K$ act on a $K$-module $A$ by $\phi_k: a\mapsto k\cdot a$. Define a $G$-action $a\...
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Does a filtered A_N algebra give rise to a multiplicative spectral sequence?
The question is pretty much in the title. It is a classical fact that a filtered dga gives rise to a multiplicative spectral sequence. It is claimed in Remark 4.1 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.6728....
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Explicit 2-cocycle from a 2nd cohomology group $H^2[Q_8 \times \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}, U(1)]$
I would like to know the explicit expression of 2-cocycle from a 2nd cohomology group $H^2[Q_8 \times \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}, U(1)]$ with $U(1)\equiv \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ coefficient, or namely $H^2[...
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Invariants in relative cohomology and compact support cohomology of the quotient
Let $\cal H$ be the Poincare upper half-plane and $\overline {\cal H}$ the union of $\cal H$ with the set of cusps $\bf P^1 (\bf Q)$, provided with its usual topology. Let $\Gamma$ a congruence ...
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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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Arbitrarily non-degenerate Hodge to de Rham spectral sequence
It is true that for any $n$ there exists a compact complex manifold which Frolicher spectral sequence does not degenerate at the $n$-th page(https://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.0481.pdf).
Does the analogous ...
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Motivic homotopy spectral sequence
I would like to have a question about the re-index convention. Let us consider a spectrum $E$ (I am mainly interested in motivic setting, however let's consider the simplicial case firstly, i.e. $E$ ...
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An example computation of etale cohomology
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In a comment on a response to this question, moonface states the following: "Even if you tried to compute H^2 [etale with Z/5Z-coefficients] of a surface fibered in genus 2 ...
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Adams Spectral Sequence for Triangulated Categories
We have the Adams SS with
$$ E_2^{p,q} = Ext^{p,q} _{E^*(E)}([S,E],[S,E]) $$
where $E$ is the Eilenberg-Maclane Spectrum yielding $\mathbb{Z}/p$ coefficients.
I was wondering if there is a SS for ...
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Differentials in the Lyndon-Hoschild-Serre Sequence for p=0
I'm interested in whether there is a simple description of the differentials in the first column of the LHS spectral sequence (the column with $E_2^{0,q}=H^0(BK,H^q(BG))=H^q(BG)^K$ for a short exact ...
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What kind of spectral sequences come from double complexes?
Given a double complex in the first quadrant, one can derive from it a (homological or cohomological) spectral sequence converging to the (co)homology of the total complex of the double complex.
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Homology spectral sequence for function space
The question is in the title. Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are two pointed connected CW-complexes. I was wondering if there exists a spectral sequence computing the homology of the function space $$H_{\...
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Zero differential in Serre spectral sequence for configuration spaces
I moved this question from Math StackExchange.
I am trying to compute homology of $Conf(n, \mathbb{R}^2)$ - ordered configurations of $n$ points on the plane - using Serre spectral sequence. I know ...
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How does one view the De Rham spectral sequence as a Grothendieck spectral sequence?
I was rereading basic results on de Rham cohomology, and this led me inevitably to the fact that $H^q(X,\Omega^p)$ converges to $H^*(X)$ for any smooth proper variety (over any field). How does one ...
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to compare cohomologies of fibers of two fiber bundles
Consider the following commutative diagram of the fiber bundles $%
F\rightarrow E\rightarrow B$ and $F^{\prime }\rightarrow E^{\prime
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multiplicative structure of Ext
Basically, I am trying to compute something with the Adams spectral sequence (as a toy example). The $E^2$ page reduced to computing $Ext^{s,t}_{\Gamma} (\mathbb{F}_2, \mathbb{F}_2)$, where $\Gamma = \...
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Serre spectral sequence with spectra
A friend recently asked me if i had heard anything about a stable Serre Spectral Sequence or one constructed with spectra, has any one else ever heard of this? is there any reason other than ...
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Different flavours of Vassiliev Conjecture
There is something that puzzles me about "Vassiliev's Conjecture". I am sure I am missing some detail which is obvious to the community, since there are several tightly related kind of ...
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Leray spectral sequence and pullbacks
I am trying to find a reference for the following well-known result on the functoriality of the Leray spectral sequence:
Let $\pi:X\to Y$ and $\pi':X'\to Y'$ be morphisms of schemes and denote by $E_2^...
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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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a question about Bockstein spectral sequence
I find the following theorem for Bockstein spectral sequence at http://pages.vassar.edu/mccleary/files/2011/04/MC10.fin_.pdf, page 459:
Question. for a fixed $k$, if $\beta$ does not hit $H_k(X;\...
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Calculating topological index
Consider the space $X=BSL(8,\mathbb{C})/(\mathbb{Z}/2)$. The topological Brauer group of $X$ is given by $Br_{top}(X)=Tor(H^{3}(X;\mathbb{Z}))=\mathbb{Z}/2$. I'm studying concepts of topological ...
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References for properties of Atiyah-Hirzebruch Spectral Sequence for a spectrum $X$ and generalised homology theory $MSpin_*$
Currently I'm working on the following version of the AHSS $$ E^2_{pq}\cong H_p(M\eta; MSpin_q(\ast))\Rightarrow MSpin_{p+q}(M\eta)$$
where $\eta \colon B \to BSO$ is a stable vector bundle, and $M\...
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Conditionally convergent spectral sequences with exiting and entering differentials
I have to deal with unbounded filtrations and want to use the conditional convergence of spectral sequences and the results from
[1]: J. Michael Boardman, Conditionally Convergent Spectral Sequences,...
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Does the degeneracy of the Frölicher spectral sequence vary in families?
I would like to know if there are any known examples of families of complex manifolds for which the Frölicher spectral sequence of one fibre degenerates on the $E_m$ page and the spectral sequence of ...
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Spectral sequence of a bicomplex equipped with a group action
Let $(A_1^\bullet,\partial_1)$ and $(A_2^\bullet,\partial_2)$ be complexes of $\mathbb{C}$-vector spaces.
We suppose that $(A_1^\bullet,\partial_1)$ and $(A_2^\bullet,\partial_2)$ are equipped with ...
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Interpretations of differentials in hypercohomology spectral sequences as Yoneda products
I would like to know whether the differentials in a particular hypercohomology spectral sequence can each be interpreted, in some natural way, as Yoneda products between extension groups.
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Weibel's H-book, Milnor's exact sequence for spectral sequence of filtered complex, Theorem 5.5.5
This is a question which I asked on StackExchange first, but might be more suited here.
I got stuck on the proof of Theorem 5.5.5 in Weibel's book. Not only that, but I also could not even find the ...
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cohomology version of Cartan-Leray spectral sequence that deduces cup product
On page 338, A User's Guide to Spectral Sequences. 2nd Edition, by John McCleary, Theorem 8.9, there is a Cartan-Leray spectral sequence for homology:
If $X$ is a connected pace on which the group $\...
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For which exact couples do associated spectral sequences degenerate at $E_1$?
It is well known that a bigraded exact couple of objects of an abelian category yields a spectral sequence (cf. https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/exact+couple#SpectralSequencesFromExactCouples). My ...
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Leray-Serre spectral sequence for algebraic groups
Let $G$ be a semisimple, simply-connected, complex algebraic group. Fix a Borel subgroup $B$ and let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup properly containing $B$. If $M$ is a $B$-module, then we have the Leray-...
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Unbounded complexes, resolutions and computation of derived functors
Hey guys, let $F: \mathcal{A} \rightarrow \mathcal{B}$ be a left exact functor between abelian categories with enough injectives, let $K \in Kom(\mathcal{A})$ be an unbounded complex, I've heard that ...
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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,
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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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