devissage

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noun

A technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.

OriginFrench dévissage →
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Meanings

noun
  1. mathematicsA technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.

    In the particular case where E is homotopy K-theory, this Gysin triangle yields a new proof of Quillen's localization theorem, which avoids the use of devissage.

    2015, Goncalo Tabuada, Michel Van den Bergh, “The Gysin triangle via localization and A1-homotopy invariance”, in arXiv

Origin

  1. Frenchdévissage
  2. Englishdevissage

From French dévissage.

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