# A motivic complex

By definition, Voevodsky's motivic complex (an object of his $DM^{eff}_-$) is a complex of sheaves with transfers whose cohomology sheaves are homotopy invariant. Now, I consider the complex (of functors) $C=X\mapsto (k(X)^*\to Div(X))$. As far as I understand, this is a complex of sheaves with transfers; its cohomology presheaves are $G_m$ and $Pic$. So, it seems to be a motivic complex indeed.

In the previous version of this question I thought that $Pic$ gives a contribution of $\mathbb{Z}(1)[2]$ here. This seems to be very silly of me; since $Pic$ is given by the first (Zariski) cohomology of $G_m$, its Zariski (or Nisnevich) sheafification is zero, isn't it? So we just get $C\cong G_m$.

Besides, $X\mapsto H^iC(X)$ is a cohomology theory for varieties that satisfies the Mayer-Viertoris property (since both $X\mapsto k(X)^*$ and $X\mapsto Div(X)$ have this property). It seems to follow that the Zariski hypercohomology of $C$ coincides with its cohomology, though I don't know an easy proof.

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