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Topologies and sheaves on causal manifolds

Algebraic Geometry 2025-10-30 v3

Abstract

A causal manifold (M,γ)(M,\gamma) is a manifold MM endowed with a closed proper cone γ\gamma in the tangent bundle TMTM such that the projection TMMTM\to M is surjective when restricted to the interior of γ\gamma. Let λ\lambda be the antipodal of the polar cone of γ\gamma. An open set UU of MM is called γ\gamma-open if its Whitney normal cone contains the interior of γ\gamma. Similarly, UU is called λ\lambda-open if the micro-support of the constant sheaf on UU is contained in λ\lambda. We begin by proving that the two notions coincide. Next, we prove that if (M,γ)(M,\gamma) admits a ``future time function'' the functor of direct images establishes an equivalence of triangulated categories between the derived category of sheaves on MM micro-supported by λ\lambda and the derived category of sheaves on the manifold MM endowed with the γ\gamma-topology. This generalizes a result of~\cite{KS90} which dealt with the case of a constant cone in a vector space.

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@article{arxiv.2505.10364,
  title  = {Topologies and sheaves on causal manifolds},
  author = {Pierre Schapira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.10364},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Corollary 5.8 of the previous version being false, it has been deleted. Other minor corrections