Smoothly parameterized Čech cohomology of complex manifolds
Author(s) -
Toby N. Bailey,
Michael Eastwood,
Simon Gindikin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of geometric analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.156
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1559-002X
pISSN - 1050-6926
DOI - 10.1007/bf02921856
Subject(s) - mathematics , cohomology , parameterized complexity , manifold (fluid mechanics) , pure mathematics , differential geometry , differential form , de rham cohomology , algebra over a field , differential (mechanical device) , topology (electrical circuits) , equivariant cohomology , combinatorics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
A Stein covering of a complex manifold may be used to realize its analytic cohomology in accordance with the Čech theory. If however, the Stein covering is parameterized by a smooth manifold rather than just a discrete set, then we construct a cohomology theory in which an exterior derivative replaces the usual combinatorial Cech differential. Our construction is motivated by integral geometry and the representation theory of Lie groups.
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