Alexandrov–Čech cohomology

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Alexandrov–Čech cohomology is a topological cohomology theory that computes invariants of spaces using inverse limits over open covers, closely related to and often coinciding with sheaf cohomology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cohomology theory ⓘ
topological invariant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Čech cohomology ⓘ
appliesTo locally contractible spaces ⓘ
paracompact spaces ⓘ
topological spaces ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Čech homology ⓘ
coefficientSystems abelian groups ⓘ
modules ⓘ
sheaves of abelian groups ⓘ
coincidesWith sheaf cohomology on paracompact spaces ⓘ
sheaf cohomology with constant coefficients on good spaces ⓘ
singular cohomology on reasonable spaces ⓘ
computes cohomology groups of topological spaces ⓘ
constructionMethod direct limit over open covers ⓘ
inverse limit over refinements of open covers ⓘ
definedUsing cochains on the nerve of an open cover ⓘ
cocycles and coboundaries ⓘ
domain topology ⓘ
field algebraic topology ⓘ
generalizes nerve-based computations of cohomology ⓘ
hasFeature Mayer–Vietoris sequence ⓘ
excision property under suitable conditions ⓘ
homotopy invariance under suitable hypotheses ⓘ
long exact sequence of a pair ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century mathematics ⓘ
namedAfter Eduard Čech ⓘ
Pavel Alexandrov ⓘ
partOf homological algebra in topology ⓘ
relatedTo Alexander–Spanier cohomology ⓘ
sheaf cohomology ⓘ
simplicial cohomology ⓘ
singular cohomology ⓘ
satisfies Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms up to mild conditions ⓘ
usedFor computing cohomology of CW complexes ⓘ
computing cohomology of manifolds ⓘ
computing sheaf cohomology ⓘ
defining cohomological invariants in geometry ⓘ
studying local-to-global properties of spaces ⓘ
uses cochain complexes ⓘ
direct limits ⓘ
inverse limits ⓘ
nerve of an open cover ⓘ
open covers ⓘ
usesConcept direct system of cochain complexes ⓘ
inverse system of cohomology groups ⓘ
refinement of covers ⓘ

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Pavel Alexandrov → notableFor → Alexandrov–Čech cohomology ⓘ
Alexandrov–Čech cohomology → alsoKnownAs → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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étale cohomology → definedUsing → sheaf cohomology ⓘ
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Eduard Čech → notableFor → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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Eduard Čech → hasConceptNamedAfter → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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Alexander–Spanier cohomology → generalizes → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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Alexander–Spanier cohomology → relatedConcept → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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Serre’s cohomological methods in algebraic geometry → usesConcept → Čech cohomology ⓘ
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