Preface I Sheaves and Presheaves 1 Definitions 2 Homomorphisms, subsheaves, and quotient sheaves 3 Direct and inverse images 4 Cohomomorphisms 5 Algebraic constructions 6 Supports 7 Classical cohomology theories Exercises II Sheaf Cohomology I Differential sheaves and resolutions 2 The canonical resolution and sheaf cohomology 3 Injective sheaves 4 Acyclic sheaves 5 Flabby sheaves 6 Connected sequences of functors 7 Axioms for cohomology and the cup product 8 Maps of spaces 9 φ-soft and φ-fine sheaves 10 Subspaces 11 The Vietoris mapping theorem and homotopy invariance 12 Relative cohomology 13 Mayer-Vietoris theorems 14 Continuity 15 The Kiinneth and universal coefficient theorems 16 Dimension 17 Local connectivity 18 Change of supports; local cohomology groups 19 The transfer homomorphism and the Smith sequences 20 Steenrod's cyclic reduced powers 21 The Steenrod operations Exercises III Comparison with Other Cohomology Theories 1 Singular cohomology 2 Alexander-Spanier cohomology 3 de Rham cohomology 4 Cech cohomology Exercises IV Applications of Spectral Sequerices I The spectral sequence of a differential sheaf 2 The fundamental theorems of sheaves 3 Direct image relative to a support family 4 The Leray sheaf 5 Extension of a support family by a family on the base space 6 The Leray spectral sequence of a map 7 Fiber bundles 8 Dimension 9 The spectral sequences of Borel and Caftan 10 Characteristic classes 11 The spectral sequence of a filtered differential sheaf 12 The Fary spectral sequence 13 Sphere bundles with singularities 14 The Oliver transfer and the Conner conjecture Exercises V Borel-Uoore Homology I Cosheaves 2 The dual of a differential cosheaf 3 Homology theory 4 Maps of spaces 5 Subspaces and relative homology 6 The Vietoris theorem, homotopy, and covering spaces 7 The homology sheaf of a map 8 The basic spectral sequences 9 Poincare duality 10 The cap product 11 Intersection theory 12 Uniqueness theorems 13 Uniqueness theorems for maps and relative homology 14 The Kuinneth formula 15 Change of rings 16 Generalized manifolds 17 Locally homogeneous spaces 18 Homological fibrations and p-adic transformation groups 19 The transfer homomorphism in homology 20 Smith theory in homology Exercises VI Cosheaves and Cech Homology I Theory of cosheaves 2 Local triviality 3 Local isomorphisms 4 Cech homology 5 The reflector 6 Spectral sequences 7 Coresolutions 8 Relative Cech homology 9 Locally paracompact spaces 10 Borel-Moore homology 11 Modified Borel-Moore homology 12 Singular homology 13 Acyclic coverings 14 Applications to maps Exercises A Spectral Sequences 1 The spectral sequence of a filtered complex 2 Double complexes 3 Products 4 Homomorphisms B Solutions to Selected Exercises Solutions for Chapter I Solutions for Chapter II Solutions for Chapter III Solutions for Chapter IV Solutions for Chapter V Solutions for Chapter VI Bibliography List of Symbols List of Selected Facts Index