MAGIC053: Sheaf Cohomology

Course details

A specialist MAGIC course

Semester

Autumn 2023
Monday, October 2nd to Friday, December 8th

Hours

Live lecture hours
10
Recorded lecture hours
0
Total advised study hours
40

Timetable

Tuesdays
13:05 - 13:55 (UK)

Description

Sheaves and their cohomology play a fundamental role in modern Algebraic, Arithmetic and Differential Geometry. The goal of this course is to give a thorough introduction to the basics of sheaf cohomology and to give a panorama of sheaf theoretic applications. Elementary sheaf theory hardly needs any prerequisites other than general mathematical language, the cohomology of sheaves will be introduced only after the main result of homological algebra has been recalled, and background in the respective area would be useful for the final applications.

Prerequisites

See Course Description.

Syllabus

  • Elementary sheaf theory;
  • Cohomology of abelian sheaves;
  • Injective, flabby, acyclic, soft and fine sheaves;
  • Brief survey on sheaf cohomology for topological and differentiable manifolds, for Riemann surfaces and for algebraic varieties.

Lecturer

  • BK

    Dr Bernhard Koeck

    University
    University of Southampton

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Assessment

The assessment for this course will be released on Monday 8th January 2024 at 00:00 and is due in before Friday 19th January 2024 at 11:00.

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You will need to upload a PDF file with your own attempted solutions by the due date (the end of the exam period).

If you have kept up-to-date with the course, the expectation is it should take at most 3 hours’ work to attain the pass mark, which is 50%.

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