De Rham–Weil theorem

In algebraic topology, the De Rham–Weil theorem allows computation of sheaf cohomology using an acyclic resolution of the sheaf in question.

Let be a sheaf on a topological space and a resolution of by acyclic sheaves. Then

where denotes the -th sheaf cohomology group of with coefficients in

The De Rham–Weil theorem follows from the more general fact that derived functors may be computed using acyclic resolutions instead of simply injective resolutions.

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References

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  • De Rham, Georges (1931). Sur l'analysis situs des variétés à n dimensions. Thèses de l'entre-deux-guerres. Vol. 129.
  • Samelson, Hans (1967). "On de Rham's theorem". Topology. 6 (4): 427–432. doi:10.1016/0040-9383(67)90002-X.
  • Weil, André (1952). "Sur les théorèmes de de Rham". Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 26: 119–145. doi:10.1007/BF02564296. S2CID 124799328.

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