A Non-Hausdorff de Rham Cohomology
Differential Geometry
2023-12-18 v3
Abstract
In this paper we introduce and study the basic properties of de Rham cohomology for a certain class of non-Hausdorff manifolds. After a careful discussion of non-Hausdorff differential forms, we provide a description of de Rham cohomology via Mayer-Vietoris sequences. We then use these sequences to prove both de Rham's Theorem and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for our non-Hausdorff manifolds. Regarding the latter, we will see that the desired equality requires additional counterterms coming from the geodesic curvature of certain Hausdorff-violating submanifolds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2310.17151,
title = {A Non-Hausdorff de Rham Cohomology},
author = {David O'Connell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.17151},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
42 pages, 2 figures. V2: Fixed typos