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Homology, Cohomology, and Sheaf Cohomology for Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry, and Differential Geometry cover

For more than thirty years the senior author has been trying to learn algebraic geometry. In the process he discovered that many of the classic textbooks in algebraic geometry require substantial knowledge of cohomology, homological algebra, and sheaf theory. In an attempt to demystify these abstract concepts and facilitate understanding for a new generation of mathematicians, he along with co-author wrote this book for an audience who is familiar with basic concepts of linear and abstract algebra, but who never has had any exposure to the algebraic geometry or homological algebra. As such this book consists of two parts. The first part gives a crash-course on the homological and cohomological aspects of algebraic topology, with a bias in favor of cohomology. The second part is devoted to presheaves, sheaves, Cech cohomology, derived functors, sheaf cohomology, and spectral sequences. All important concepts are intuitively motivated and the associated proofs of the quintessential theorems are presented in detail rarely found in the standard texts.

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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction

Contents:

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Homology and Cohomology
  • de Rham Cohomology
  • Singular Homology and Cohomology
  • Simplicial Homology and Cohomology
  • Homology and Cohomology of CW Complexes
  • Poincaré Duality
  • Presheaves and Sheaves; Basics
  • Čech Cohomology with Values in a Presheaf
  • Presheaves and Sheaves; A Deeper Look
  • Derived Functors, δ-Functors, and ∂-Functors
  • Universal Coefficient Theorems
  • Cohomology of Sheaves
  • Alexander and Alexander–Lefschetz Duality
  • Spectral Sequences
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Readership: Senior undergraduates of maths major who are familiar with some basic notions of linear algebra and abstract algebra, in particular the notion of a module. Also good for graduate students of abstract algebra courses.

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FRONT MATTER
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Homology and Cohomology
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Chapter 3: de Rham Cohomology
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Chapter 4: Singular Homology and Cohomology
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Chapter 5: Simplicial Homology and Cohomology
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Chapter 6: Homology and Cohomology of CW Complexes
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Chapter 7: Poincaré Duality
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Chapter 8: Presheaves and Sheaves; Basics
  • Pages:307–331

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Chapter 9: Čech Cohomology with Values in a Presheaf
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Chapter 10: Presheaves and Sheaves; A Deeper Look
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Chapter 11: Derived Functors, δ-Functors, and -Functors
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Chapter 12: Universal Coefficient Theorems
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Chapter 13: Cohomology of Sheaves
  • Pages:557–596

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Chapter 14: Alexander and Alexander–Lefschetz Duality
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Chapter 15: Spectral Sequences
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BACK MATTER
  • Pages:765–780

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Jean Gallier is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a world renown expert in computational logic with over 30 papers in this field. He is also the author of nine textbooks on topics including, but not limited to linear algebra, differential geometry, discrete math, logic, and computational geometry. More information about Professor Gallier is available at https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~jean/home.html.

 

Jocelyn Quaintance is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and has research papers in enumerative combinatorics, combinatorial identities, and power product expansions. She is also co-author of five textbooks, the first of which features the work of H W Gould, while the last four combine her interest in the applied mathematics of machine learning and computer science.

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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction