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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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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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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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${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb C)$-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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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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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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$K_0$ 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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A class in the motivic cohomology group $H^{0,1}(\operatorname{Spec}k;\mathbb{Z}/p)$

In the following paper N. Yagita, Examples for the Mod p Motivic Cohomology of Classifying Spaces, on the first page, below display (1.1), it says "It is known that there is an element $\tau\in H^...
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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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Loop spaces of motivic Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces

Consider the unstable $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy category (say over $\mathbb{C}$). By the loop space $\Omega X$ of an object $X$, we mean the homotopy fiber of $pt\to X$. For an abelian group A and the ...
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Understanding the Exercise 9.9.5 of Weibel homological algebra

The exercise 9.9.5 of Weibel's homological algebra states that $\textbf{Exercises 9.9.5}$ If $Z$ is a nilpotent ideal of $R$ and $k$ is a field of $char(k) = 0$, show that $H_{dR}^{\ast}(R) \cong H_{...
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Good reference for topological Hochschild homology

I want to start reading topological Hochschild homology(THH) as well as topological cyclic homology (TC). I have read the Hochschild homology and cyclic homology from the book Cyclic homology by J. ...
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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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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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Commutative square of module of differential is cartesian?

Is it true that the following square is Cartesian? $\require{AMScd}$ \begin{CD} R @>{d}>> \Omega^{1}_{R} \\ @VVV @VVV\\ \widehat{R} @>{ \widehat{d}}>> \Omega^{1}_{\widehat{R}} \end{...
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Descent properties for rational topological cyclic homology

Descent properties can be extremely useful for studying $\operatorname{TC}$ (topological cyclic homology), since it is a sheaf in many well behaved topologies. I was wondering what is known about $\...
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