ABSTRACT

We give a survey on certain results related to the cohomology of projective schemes with coefficients in coherent sheaves. In particular we present results on cohomological patterns, cohomological Hilbert functions and cohomological Hilbert polynomials. Bounding results for Castelnuovo-Mumford regularities, Severi coregularities and cohomological postulation numbers are discussed. Moreover, a number of open questions is presented.