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Another point in homological algebra: Duality for discontinuous group actions

Algebraic Topology 2009-01-19 v1

Abstract

We consider discontinuous operations of a group GG on a contractible nn-dimensional manifold XX. Let EE be a finite dimensional representation of GG over a field kk of characteristics 0. Let E\mathcal{E} be the sheaf on the quotient space Y=GXY=G \setminus X associated to EE. Let H!(Y;E)H^{\bullet}_{\textbf{!}}(Y;\mathcal{E}) be the image in H(Y;E)H^{\bullet}(Y;\mathcal{E}) of the cohomology with compact support. In the cases where both H!(Y;E)H^{\bullet}_{\textbf{!}}(Y;\mathcal{E}) and H!(Y;E)H^{\bullet}_{\textbf{!}}(Y;\mathcal{E}^*) (E\mathcal{E}^* being the the sheaf associated to the representation dual to EE) are finite dimensional, we establish a non-degenerate duality between H!m(Y;E)H^{m}_{\textbf{!}}(Y;\mathcal{E}) and H!nm(Y;E)H^{n-m}_{\textbf{!}}(Y;\mathcal{E}^{\ast}). We also show that this duality is compatible with Hecke operators.

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@article{arxiv.0901.2417,
  title  = {Another point in homological algebra: Duality for discontinuous group actions},
  author = {F. Grunewald and W. Singhof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2417},
  year   = {2009}
}
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