Questions tagged [spectral-sequences]

Spectral sequences compute homology groups by taking a sequence of approximations, and generalise exact sequences. They find application in algebraic topology.

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Easy spectral sequence

This is a question in Weibel's Homological Algebra. Suppose that a spectral sequence converging to $H_\ast$ has $E^2_{pq} = 0$ unless $p = 0,1$. Show that there are exact sequences $$0 \rightarrow E^2_{1,n-1} \rightarrow H_n \rightarrow E^2_{0,n}…
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Spectral sequences from Cartan-Eilenberg systems

This is an exercise from Mcleary's book on Spectral sequence which I have been stuck with for some time. Let us recall what a Cartan-Eilenberg system is: IT consists of a module $H(p,q)$ for each pair of integers, $-\infty \leq p \leq q \leq \infty$…
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Collapse of spectral sequence computing Equivariant cohomology

Let us consider the fibration $$ M\hookrightarrow EG\times_{\varphi}M\twoheadrightarrow BG $$ where $M$ is a $G-$space, $\varphi$ is the action of $G$ on $M$ and $EG\times_{\varphi}M$ is the diagonal quotient. It is required that $M$ is compact and…
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Spectral Sequences - John McCleary Example 1.A (First Quadrant Topological Spectral Sequence)

On John McCleary's book "A user's guide to sepctral sequences", on page 6 he gives the following example: Example 1.A. Suppose that there is a first quadrant spectral sequence of cohomologica type with initial term $(E_2^{*,*},d_2)$, converging to…
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Elementary (?) question on differentials in a spectral sequence

Suppose I have a chain complex $C$ with differential $D$ and filtration $F$. Suppose further that I can decompose $D$ by its action on the filtration, i.e. there are maps $D = D_1 + D_2 + \cdots$ so that $D_k: F^iC \to F^{i+k}C$. (In every example…
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Why $\ker \, d = k^{-1} (\ker \,j)$?

Here is the part of the book (user's guide to spectral sequences) I am reading: I have the following questions about this part: 1- Why we are sure that $k$ has an inverse (the user used $k^{-1}$)? 2- if $d = j \circ k$ why $\ker d = k^{-1}(\ker…
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An exercise of spectral sequences in Vakil's notes.

This is an exercise in 1.7. Spectral sequences of his Foundation of Algebraic Geometry where $E^{\bullet,\bullet}$ is a double complex with $\mathrm{d}_{\to}:E^{p,q}\to E^{p+1,q}$ and $\mathrm{d}_\uparrow:E^{p,q}\to E^{p,q+1}$. The single complex…
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