Spencer cohomology

In mathematics, Spencer cohomology is cohomology of a manifold with coefficients in the sheaf of solutions of a linear partial differential operator. It was introduced by Donald C. Spencer in 1969.

References

• Lychagin, Valentin (2001), "S/s130480", in Hazewinkel, Michiel, Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Springer, ISBN 978-1-55608-010-4 
• Spencer, D. C. (1969), "Overdetermined systems of linear partial differential equations", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 75 (2): 179–239, doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1969-12129-4, ISSN 0002-9904, MR 0242200