Sheaves over infinite posets

Abstract

In this paper, we study the category of sheaves over an infinite partially ordered set with its natural topological structure. Totally acyclic complexes in this category will be characterized in terms of their stalks. This leads us to describe Gorenstein projective, injective and flat sheaves. As an application, we get an analogue of a formula due to Mitchell, giving an upper bound on the Gorenstein global dimension of such categories. Based on these results, we present situations in which the class of Gorenstein projective sheaves is precovering as well as situations in which the class of Gorenstein injective sheaves is preenveloping. © 2017 World Scientific Publishing Company.