derived categories of twisted sheaves on calabi-yau manifolds
derived categories of twisted sheaves on calabi-yau manifolds
derived categories of twisted sheaves on calabi-yau manifolds
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which is exact in both the étale and analytic topologies. The l<strong>on</strong>g exact cohomology<br />
sequence gives<br />
Pic(X)<br />
·n<br />
−→ Pic(X) c1<br />
−→ H 2 (X, Z/nZ) → Br ′ (X)<br />
·n<br />
−→ Br ′ (X)<br />
which implies that the n-torsi<strong>on</strong> part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Br ′ (X), Br ′ (X)n, fits in the exact sequence<br />
0 → Pic(X) ⊗ Z/nZ → H 2 (X, Z/nZ) → Br ′ (X)n → 0.<br />
Taking the direct limit over all n, we get the result.<br />
We also have:<br />
Theorem 1.1.4. If X is a smooth scheme then, in the étale topology, Br ′ (X) is<br />
torsi<strong>on</strong>. For the associated analytic space, X h , we have Br ′<br />
ét(X) = Br ′<br />
an(X h )tors.<br />
Pro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>. The first statement is just [18, II, 1.4]. For the sec<strong>on</strong>d statement note that<br />
H 2 (X, Q/Z) and Pic(X) are the same in the étale and analytic topologies, and<br />
use the previous theorem.<br />
There are two particular cases where we want to specialize these results further.<br />
One is the case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a smooth, simply c<strong>on</strong>nected surface. In this case we have<br />
H 3 (X, Z) = 0 and H 2 (X, Z) is torsi<strong>on</strong> free and isomorphic to H2(X, Z) by Poincaré<br />
duality. From the universal coefficient theorem we get H 2 (X, Q/Z) ∼ = H 2 (X, Z) ⊗<br />
Q/Z, so we c<strong>on</strong>clude that<br />
Br ′ (X) = (H 2 (X, Z)/ NS(X)) ⊗ Q/Z.<br />
The other case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest is when X is a Calabi-Yau manifold. In this case<br />
we have Pic(X) ∼ = H 2 (X, Z) because H 1 (X, OX) = H 2 (X, OX) = 0, so we c<strong>on</strong>clude<br />
from the above two theorems and from the universal coefficient theorem that<br />
Br ′ (X) ∼ = H 3 (X, Z)tors.<br />
Azumaya Algebras and the Brauer Group<br />
Of particular importance in the study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>twisted</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>sheaves</str<strong>on</strong>g> will be those elements <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
the cohomological Brauer group that arise as δ([Y ]) in Example 1.1.1, i.e. those<br />
that lie in the images <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the maps H 1 (X, GL(n))<br />
10<br />
δ<br />
−→ Br ′ (X) for various n. This is<br />
obviously a subgroup <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Br ′ (X), which is called the Brauer group <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> X and denoted<br />
by Br(X). In what follows we’ll give a more intrinsic descripti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> it.<br />
Definiti<strong>on</strong> 1.1.5. Let R be a commutative ring, and let A be a (n<strong>on</strong>-commutative)<br />
R-algebra. Assume that A is finitely generated projective as an R-module,<br />
and that the can<strong>on</strong>ical homomorphism<br />
A ⊗R A ◦ → EndR(A)