Locally free resolution

A locally free resolution of a sheaf of modules $F$ is an exact sequence $\cdots \to G_2\to G_1\to G_0\to F\to 0$ with each $G_i$ a locally free sheaf. If every coherent sheaf is the quotient of a locally free sheaf of finite rank on a noetherian scheme, iteratively taking a kernel sheaf constructs such a resolution with coherent sheaves at every stage. The kernel sheaves need not be locally free sheaves, so a finite resolution requires additional hypotheses. A uniform bound on sheaf cohomology can nevertheless make a finite initial segment sufficient for dimension shifting in sheaf cohomology.