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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such that α = δa and β = δb. Since α = β <strong>on</strong> U ∩ V , this means that δ(a − b) = 0<br />
<strong>on</strong> U ∩ V , and therefore a − b is a 1-cocycle <strong>on</strong> U ∩ V . It thus represents a line<br />
bundle L <strong>on</strong> U ∩ V (recall that all cochains, cocycles, etc. take values in O ∗ X ).<br />
We c<strong>on</strong>clude that <strong>on</strong>e can give the following descripti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> gerbes: a gerbe is<br />
given by fixing an open cover {Ui}, and giving a collecti<strong>on</strong> {Lij} <strong>on</strong> the tw<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>old intersecti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Ui∩Uj, under the requirement that this collecti<strong>on</strong> satisfies the following<br />
cocycle c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s:<br />
1. Lii = OUi ;<br />
2. Lij = L −1<br />
ji ;<br />
3. Lij ⊗ Ljk ⊗ Lki =: Lijk is trivial (but a trivializati<strong>on</strong> is not being fixed);<br />
4. Lijk ⊗ L −1<br />
jkl ⊗ Lkli ⊗ L −1<br />
lij is can<strong>on</strong>ically trivial (i.e. we have chosen an isomorphism<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> it with OUi∩Uj∩Uk∩Ul ).<br />
One way to understand c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s 3 and 4 above is by c<strong>on</strong>sidering what happens<br />
when <strong>on</strong>e refines the cover: <strong>on</strong>e can get to a situati<strong>on</strong> where all the line bundles<br />
Lij are trivial, hence all the informati<strong>on</strong> must lie in the actual bundles, and not<br />
in their isomorphism type. A choice <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trivializati<strong>on</strong> for Lijk would corresp<strong>on</strong>d<br />
then to a choice <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an element <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Γ(Ui ∩ Uj ∩ Uk, O∗ X ), and we return to the old<br />
descripti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> gerbes via Čech cohomology, where c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> 4 corresp<strong>on</strong>ds to the<br />
fact that we are dealing with a cocycle.<br />
These c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s will automatically be satisfied in all the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s we’ll<br />
do. For an explicitly worked example, see Chapter 4.<br />
We would also like to express what it means to modify a gerbe (given by the<br />
above collecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> line bundles) by a coboundary. Let {Fi} be line bundles <strong>on</strong><br />
{Ui}. Then, modifying {Lij} by ∂{Fi} gives the collecti<strong>on</strong> {Lij ⊗ Fi ⊗ F −1<br />
j }<br />
(and therefore {Lij} represents the trivial gerbe if and <strong>on</strong>ly if <strong>on</strong>e can find line<br />
bundles {Fi} such that Lij = Fi ⊗ F −1<br />
j ).<br />
For more details about the gerbe representati<strong>on</strong>, the reader should c<strong>on</strong>sult [10]<br />
or the standard reference <strong>on</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-abelian cohomology, [16].<br />
1.2 Twisted Sheaves<br />
If <strong>on</strong>e c<strong>on</strong>siders Azumaya algebras (or, more generally, gerbes) as replacements<br />
for the structure sheaf <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a scheme, then <str<strong>on</strong>g>twisted</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>sheaves</str<strong>on</strong>g> are the natural objects<br />
to replace <str<strong>on</strong>g>sheaves</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> modules. In this secti<strong>on</strong> we give their definiti<strong>on</strong> and basic<br />
properties, and show a first example where they naturally appear. For an extended<br />
example, see Chapter 4.<br />
Throughout this secti<strong>on</strong>, (X, OX) will be a scheme (c<strong>on</strong>sidered with the étale<br />
topology) or an analytic space (with either the étale or analytic topology).<br />
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