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devissage

devissage noun: a technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.

Noun

devissage

  1. A 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 of devissage

From French dévissage.

Questions about devissage

What does devissage mean?
Devissage means a technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.
What part of speech is devissage?
Devissage is a noun.

Words near devissage in the dictionary

  1. devisings
  2. devision
  3. devisions
  4. devisor
  5. devisors
  6. devissage
  7. DeVita
  8. devitable
  9. devitalisation
  10. devitalise
  11. devitalised

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