devissage

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Etymology[edit]

From French dévissage.

Noun[edit]

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devissage

  1. (mathematics) A technique introduced by Alexander Grothendieck for comparing invariants about coherent sheaves on noetherian systems.
    • 2015, Goncalo Tabuada, Michel Van den Bergh, “The Gysin triangle via localization and A1-homotopy invariance”, in arXiv[1]:
      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.