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Some computational aspects of spectral sequences in \v{C}ech cohomology

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-04 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Sheaf cohomology or, more generally, higher direct images of coherent sheaves along proper morphisms are central to modern algebraic geometry. However, the computation of these objects is a non-trivial and expensive task which easily challenges the capacities of modern computers. We describe an algorithm and its implementation to compute a spectral sequence converging to the higher direct images of a bounded complex of sheaves on a product of projective spaces P=Pr1××Prm\mathbb P = \mathbb P^{r_1}\times \dots \times \mathbb P^{r_m} over an arbitrary affine base SpecR\mathrm{Spec} R. We assume the ring RR to be computable and the complex of sheaves to be represented by an actual complex of (multi-)graded modules.

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@article{arxiv.2506.02636,
  title  = {Some computational aspects of spectral sequences in \v{C}ech cohomology},
  author = {Matthias Zach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.02636},
  year   = {2025}
}

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