LMS: 20 Sheaf Theory (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 20) - Softcover

Tennison, B. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521207843 ISBN 13: 9780521207843

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Sheaf theory provides a means of discussing many different kinds of geometric objects in respect of the connection between their local and global properties. It finds its main applications in topology and modern algebraic geometry where it has been used as a tool for solving, with great success, several long-standing problems. This text is based on a lecture course for graduate pure mathematicians which builds up enough of the foundations of sheaf theory to give a broad definition of manifold, covering as special cases the algebraic geometer's schemes as well as the topological, differentiable and analytic kinds, and to define sheaf cohomology for application to such objects. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and at various places in the text. Hints and solutions to some of them are given at the end of the book.

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Sheaf theory provides a means of discussing many different kinds of geometric objects in respect of the connection between their local and global properties. It finds its main applications in topology and modern algebraic geometry where it has been used as a tool for solving, with great success, several long-standing problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521207843
• ISBN 13: 9780521207843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176