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We present a study on the integral forms and their Cech/de Rham cohomology. We analyze the problem from a general perspective of sheaf theory and we explore examples in superprojective manifolds. Integral forms are fundamental in the theory of integration in supermanifolds. One can define the integral forms introducing a new sheaf containing, among other objects, the new basic forms delta(dtheta) where the symbol delta has the usual formal properties of Dirac's delta distribution and acts on functions and forms as a Dirac measure. They satisfy in addition some new relations on the sheaf. It turns out that the enlarged sheaf of integral and "ordinary" superforms contains also forms of "negative degree" and, moreover, due to the additional relations introduced, its cohomology is, in a non trivial way, different from the usual superform cohomology., Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX, we expanded the introduction, we add a complete analysis of the cohomology and we derive a new duality between cohomology groups

We first review the definition of superprojective spaces from the functor-of-points perspective. We derive the relation between superprojective spaces and supercosets in the framework of the theory of sheaves. As an application of the geometry of superprojective spaces, we extend Donaldson's definition of balanced manifolds to supermanifolds and we derive the new conditions of a balanced supermanifold. We apply the construction to superpoints viewed as submanifolds of superprojective spaces. We conclude with a list of open issues and interesting problems that can be addressed in the present context., Comment: 24 pages, Latex, no figures

We study de Rham cohomology for various differential calculi on finite groups G up to order 8. These include the permutation group S_3, the dihedral group D_4 and the quaternion group Q. Poincare' duality holds in every case, and under some assumptions (essentially the existence of a top form) we find that it must hold in general. A short review of the bicovariant (noncommutative) differential calculus on finite G is given for selfconsistency. Exterior derivative, exterior product, metric, Hodge dual, connections, torsion, curvature, and biinvariant integration can be defined algebraically. A projector decomposition of the braiding operator is found, and used in constructing the projector on the space of 2-forms. By means of the braiding operator and the metric a knot invariant is defined for any finite group., Comment: LaTeX, 25 pages, 4 figures. Added higher order exterior basis and volume forms of quaternion and dihedral groups, corrected sign in eq. (2.37) and (2.40), corrected misprints