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Is $K_0(\mathrm{Vect}(X))\to K_0'(X)$ injective for a proper variety $X$?

Let $X$ be an integral scheme, proper over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $\mathrm{Vect}(X)$ be the exact category of finite locally free $O_X$-modules. Let $K_0(\mathrm{Vect}(X))$ be its ...
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${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb C)$-equivariant K-theory of $\mathbb C P^1$

Consider the action of ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb C)$ on $\mathbb C P^1$ induced by the action of 2×2 matrices on 2-vectors. Is it true that $K^{{\rm SL}_2(\mathbb C)}(\mathbb C P^1)$ is $\mathbb C[t,t^{-1}]$...
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Equivariant Künneth formula for partial flag variety

Let $G$ be a simply connected simple algebraic group over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup of $G$, $\mathscr{F}:=G/P$ the partial flag variety associated to $P$. For a $G$-variety $X$, ...
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Phantoms and Geometry

Let $\mathcal{D}(X)$ be the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective variety $X$. An autoequivalence $\Phi: \mathcal{D}(X) \to \mathcal{D}(X)$ is called phantom if it ...
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Definition of Chow quotient

I am reading M. M. Kapranov's paper "Chow quotients of Grassmannians. I." (English) in Sergej Gelfand (ed.) et al., I. M. Gelfand seminar. Part 2: Papers of the Gelfand seminar in ...
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Sheaf of chain complexs glued by chain homotopy equivalences

Let $(X,\mathcal O_X)$ be a locally ringed space with an open covering $\mathscr U$. Suppose: For any $U\in\mathscr U$, we have a chain complex $(C_U, d_U)$ such that $C_U$ is an $\mathcal O_X(U)$-...
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Base change in Chriss-Ginzburg

Below is a fragment of the book by Chriss and Ginzburg. Proposition 5.3.15(b) is stated in $K$-theory. My question is, does the same conclusion (and proof?) of proposition 5.3.15(b) (i.e. base change) ...
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Reference Request: Beilinson-Bloch conjecture in terms of Beilinson regulator isomorphism

I'm looking for a reference that provides a concise statement of the Beilinson-Bloch conjecture, specifically formulated in terms of an isomorphism under the Beilinson regulator map. More precisely, I'...
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Does there exist a GRR-like generalization of the AS Index Theorem?

The Hirzebruch Riemann-Roch Theorem (HRR) expresses an analytic/algebraic invariant, namely the Euler-Poincaré characteristic of a vector bundle $V$ over a compact complex/algebraic manifold $X$, as ...
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$K_0$ of arithmetic surfaces

In his paper "Algebraic K-Theory and classfield theory of arithmetic surfaces", Annals of Mathematics 114 (1981), Spencer Bloch proved the following result: if $A$ is a finitely generated ...
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Projectivity of equivariant K-theory of toric variety

I'm looking at Vezzosi and Vistoli's paper: Higher algebraic K-theory for actions of diagonalizable groups. In Theorem 6.9, they prove that the $T$-equivariant K-theory of a smooth projective toric ...
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Application of higher categories in algebra

Higher categories and derived algebraic geometry are relatively new areas and probably fewer people are working on them compared to the majority of topologists or geometers. I believe higher ...
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Flag variety type Beilinson resolution

The Beilinson resolution is a locally free sheaves resolution for sheaf $\Delta_*\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}}$,where $\Delta: \mathbb{P}\to \mathbb{P}\times\mathbb{P}$ is the diagonal embedding of ...
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Roadmap for Algebraic Geometry/Homotopy Theory/Algebraic $K$-Theory intersection

I’m afraid that this is quite a general question but I am hoping some experts can weigh in. I am a student generally interested in learning more about the intersection of algebraic geometry, algebraic ...
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Is there a notion of injective, projective, flat, dimension for a differential graded algebra?

Given a differential graded algebra $(A_\bullet,d)$, is there a well-defined notion of a K-injective, K-projective, K-flat dimension of a differential graded module, or even of the category of ...
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Some questions about Clausen's third IHES lecture on Efimov K-theory

I have some questions about the last theorem stated by Clausen at https://youtu.be/2xNG4rHUC6U?si=yw9eYiygLegH0nQK&t=4319. I'm not very familar with the definitions, so please correct me about any ...
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K-theory of toric varieties

Let $X$ be a smooth projective toric variety over $\mathbb{C}$. Is there a good presentation for the K-theory ring $K_0(X)$ in terms of the corresponding fan, analogous to the presentation of the Chow ...
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Equivariant sheaves on $\mathbb P^1$

Let $K(\mathbb P^1)$ be the Grothendieck group of sheaves on $\mathbb P^1$. I want to show that the map $K^{{\rm PGL}(2)\times \{\pm 1\}}(\mathbb P^1) \to K(\mathbb P^1)$ is not onto. I read somewhere ...
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Cohomology classes coming from algebraic K-theory

Suppose $X$ is a smooth variety over $\mathbb{C}$. I believe there is a Chern class map $\operatorname{ch}:K_*(X) \otimes \mathbb{Q} \to H_{sing}^*(X(\mathbb{C}),\mathbb{Q})$ for algebraic $K$-theory. ...
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Is there a reasonable K-grroup of Behrend’s absolutely convergent complexes?

Let $\mathfrak X$ be an algebraic stack over $\mathbb F_q$ and let $D_{\mathrm{abs}}(\mathfrak X)$ be the derived category of complexes of $\overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell$-sheaves which are absolutely ...
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In which "sense" unramified Milnor-Witt K-groups are unramified

Let $X$ be an integral locally noetherian smooth scheme over base field $k$. Then for every $x \in X^{(1)}$ point of codimension $1$, the stalk $\mathcal{O}_{X,x}$ is a discrete valuation ring. ...
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Which complexes of coherent sheaves can be presented as countable homotopy limits of perfect complexes?

Let $X$ be a noetherian scheme (actually, I need the case where $X$ is proper over an affine scheme), $C$ is an object of the derived category $D_{coh}(X)$ of coherent sheaves on $X$. Under which ...
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K-ring of splittable bundles

Is there something non-trivial to be said about the subring of $K(X)$ spanned by one-dimensional bundles? If I am not mistaken, it is still a functor into commutative rings from the category of ...
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K-theory of l-adic sheaves of a curve

I am trying to understand if there is a good notion of a $K$-theory attached to the etale topology on a nice scheme $X$ (say smooth projective goem connected curve over a finite field is enough for me)...
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Applications of Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch?

I am currently trying to learn a bit about Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch... To try to get a better feeling for it, I am looking for examples of nice applications of GRR applied to a proper morphism $X \...
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Geometric foundation of the Grothendieck polynomials

Grothendieck polynomials were firstly defined in Alain Lascoux and Marcel-Paul Sch¨utzenberger. Structure de Hopf de l’anneau de cohomologie et de l’anneau de Grothendieck d’une vari´et´e de drapeaux....
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Is there the specialisation map of etale K theory?

Take a smooth proper morphism of schemes $X\to S$. Fix a point $t\in S$ and a point $s\in \overline\{s\}$. For a prime $l$ which is invertible in $S$, is there the natural specialization map of etale ...
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Difference between $K(1)$-local K theory and l-adic completion of etale $K$ theory

Let $X$ be an scheme. Fix a prime $l$ which is invertible in $X$. Consider the $K(1)$-localization at prime $l$ of algebraic K theory $L_1K(X)$ and $l$-adic completion of etale K theory $K^{et}(X)$. ...
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Does the $K^1$-group of a complete flag variety vanish?

For $U(n)$ the Lie group of $n \times n$ unitary matrices, and $T^n$ its maximal torus subgroup, the homogeneous space $$ U(n)/T^n $$ is called the complete flag variety of order $n$. For the special ...
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Metric and connection on virtual bundles

Let $E=[E^+]-[E^-]$ be an element of the Grothendieck group $K(X)$ of a compact Kahler manifold $X$. Does it exist a way to define more "geometric" structures on $E\in K(X)$ such that a ...
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Does the Grothendieck group detect the Picard group?

Let $C$ be a curve (=smooth projective curve) of genus $g$ over an algebraic closed field $\mathbb{k}$. It is well known that the Grothendieck group $K_0(\operatorname{coh} C)$ of the category of ...
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Poincaré duality for topological $K$-theory

Let $n$ be an even number. Let $X$ be a $n$-dimensional complex projective manifold with $H^{2m+1}(X,\mathbb{Z})=0$, for all $0\leq m\leq n-1$. $H^{2m}(X,\mathbb{Z})$ is a free $\mathbb{Z}$-module ...
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Motivic cohomology commutes with field extension

$\DeclareMathOperator\Cor{Cor}$Let $X$ be a smooth scheme over $k$ and $k \subset F$ a field extension. Let $X_F$ be the field extension of $X$. Then there is a map $$\varinjlim_{k\subset E \subset F} ...
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Computation of the torsion of K-groups related to elliptic curves

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$. Let $F$ be the rational function field of $E$. The $K_2$ group of $F$ may be described by elements in $F^\times ⊗_\mathbb{Z} F^\times$ quotiented by the ...
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Motivic cohomology with $\mathbb{Z}/2$ coefficients in positive characteristic

In G. M. L. Powell's note 'Steenrod operations in motivic cohomology', he stated that if $\mathrm{char}(k)=0$, $$H^{*,*}(k,\mathbb{Z}/2)=K_*^M(k)/2[\tau]$$ where $\tau\in H^{0,1}$ is the unique ...
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Semi-orthogonal decompositions over singular schemes

Where can I find any more or less explicit semi-orthogonal decompositions of derived categories of perfect complexes or of bounded derived categories for singular schemes that are proper over a ring R?...
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Is there a degeneration formula for Gromov-Witten K-theoretic invariants?

By Gromov-Witten K-theoretic invariants (call them KGW) I mean the invariants defined by Givental and Lee. I expect the formula expresses the KGW of the generic fiber of a given degeneration in terms ...
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Hall-Littlewood polynomials of non-dominant weights

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $\lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n)$ be a sequence of positive integers and let $$ R_\lambda(x;t) = \sum_{w\in S_n} w\cdot \left( x_1^{\lambda_1}\ldots x_n^{\...
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The upper bounds on rank $ 2 $ real matrices

Let $ A_{n}(F) $ be the collection of all skew-symmetric matrices over the field $ F $ ($\operatorname{char} F \neq 2 $). Let M be a subspace of $ A_{n}(F) $ such that all non zero elements have rank ...
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Bounded derived categories of which smooth projectives possess bounded t-structures whose hearts are categories of modules?

I am interested in $P$ that is smooth and proper over a field and such that the derived category of coherent sheaves $D^b(P)$ possesses a $t$-structure whose heart is the category of finitely ...
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Problem concerning about an $n$-subspace of $ A_{n}(F) $

Let $A_{n}(F) $ denote the $n \times n$ skew symmetric matrices over a finite field $F$. Suppose $n$ be even and $N$ be a subspace of $A_{n}(F) $. Now if all the non-zero matrices in $N$ are ...
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References for equivariant K-theory

I want a good introduction to localization in equivariant $K$-theory. This introduction can be simple in several ways: I only care about torus actions. I only care about $K^0$. I only care about very ...
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K theoretic pushforward along gerbes

I have a nontrivial gerbe $\pi : \mathscr{G} \to X$ banded by a cyclic group $G = \mathbb{Z}/r$. I'm working over $\mathbb{C}$. I want to describe $\pi_\ast$ and relate the fundamental class $[\...
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Subspaces of $ A_{n}(\mathbb {Q})$ in which all nonzero matrices are invertible

Let $A_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $ denote the $n$ times $n$ skew symmetric matrices over the rational number field. Let $N$ be a subspace of $A_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $. If all the non-zero matrices in $N$ are ...
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Problems concerning subspaces of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $

Let $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $ denote the $n$ times $n$ matrices over the rational number field. $N$ be a subspace of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $.Then if all the non-zero matrices in $N$ are invertible, what is ...
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Morava on Shafarevich conjecture

$\DeclareMathOperator\Q{\mathbf{Q}}$Jack Morava has some interesting ideas stemming from stable homotopy theory and geometric topology on the Shafarevich Conjecture. The Shafarevich Conjecture states: ...
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Cancellation and splitting theorems for vector bundles etc over schemes

It is not too hard, in the theory of vector bundles over manifolds (or nice topological spaces, say locally contractible with finite covering dimension), to arrive at a splitting theorem. This ...
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K/G-theory of affine bundles

Setting: $f : C \to D$ is a morphism of Artin stacks over $X$ which is a torsor for a vector bundle $T \to X$: étale-locally in $X$, we have $C \simeq D \times_X T$. I want to conclude that $f^*: G(D)...
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Which derived categories of coherent sheaves are equivalent (or "$t$-related") to derived categories of rings?

As far as I understand, it was Beilinson who proved that the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves $D^b(\mathbb{P}^n)$ is equivalent to the bounded derived category of a certain (non-...
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Calculating topological $K(X)$ for complex projective manifolds

In the introduction to the book Vector bundles and K-theory http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/VBKT/VBpage.html two approaches to classification of (topological) vector bundles are discussed - the ...