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derived category of equivariant coherent sheaves and fixed points
The K-group $K^T(X)$ of $T$(torus)-equivariant coherent sheaves on a variety $X$ is isomorphic to $K^T(X^T)$, that of the fixed point locus via the inclusion homomorphism, when we tensor the quotient ...
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Homology of Gersten complex for singular schemes
It is one of the important facts in K-theory/motivic cohomology that the Gersten-type complexes (for Quillen K-theory, Milnor K-theory or more generally Rost's cycle modules) are exact for smooth ...
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Geometric vs combinatorial motives over Spec Z
Consider the category of reduced schemes of finite type over $\mathbb{Z}$. Take the Grothendieck group of this category, i.e. the free abelian group on isomorphism classes, modulo the usual "syzygy" ...
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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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Beilinson regulators and Bloch's mythological algebraic intermediate Jacobians
In the paper introducing his motivic cycle complexes, Bloch outlines a project he says he was going to return to in the future:
Towards the end of page 270, he says, given a smooth projective variety ...
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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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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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What can be said about the topological K-theory of non-singular varieties of small codimension in projective space?
Working over $\mathbb{C}$, the Barth-Larsen results tell us a lot about the ordinary cohomology of non-singular varieties of small codimension in projective space. For example if $X \subseteq \mathbb{...
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$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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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
$$
R_\lambda(x;t) = \sum_{w\in S_n} w\cdot \left( x_1^{\lambda_1}\ldots x_n^{\...
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Does the $K^1$-group of a complete flag variety vanish?
For $U(n)$ the Lie group of $n \times n$ unitary matrices, and $T^n$ its maximal torus subgroup, the homogeneous space
$$
U(n)/T^n
$$
is called the complete flag variety of order $n$. For the special ...
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$K_0$ an $KH_0$ of a normal crossing variety
Let $k$ be a field (say, algebraically closed to fix the ideas) and let $X$ be a strict (aka simple) normal crossing variety over $k$, so that $X$ is union of regular varieties with intersection that ...
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Why write GRR with the relative tangent sheaf?
The first published version of the Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem, GRR for short, was written in the form
$$
\operatorname{ch}(f_!\alpha).\operatorname{Td}(Y)
=
f_*\left(\operatorname{ch}(\alpha).\...
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Comparison of K-groups of (affine) singular schemes with K'=G-groups
It is well known that Quillen K-theory coincides with $K'=G$-theory for regular schemes, and can be distinct from it for singular ones. Are there any methods for studying this distinctions? In ...
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Are Tate twists of t-positive motives positive with respect to the Voevodsky's homotopy t-structure?
Let $X$ be a Voevodsky's motif (over a perfect field) that belongs to the positive part of the homotopy $t$-structure (i.e. its cohomology as an object of $D^-(ShSmCor)$ is zero in negative degrees). ...
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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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Modern context for hypercohomology spectra
In Thomason's paper Algebraic K-theory and étale cohomology, (Ann. ENS 1985, Numdam link) Thomason develops an elaborate theory of hypercohomology spectra, $\mathbb{H}(X,\mathcal{F})$ for presheafs of ...
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Do almost commutative flat degenerations induce equality in K-theory? (Or: Is the characteristic variety actually a support of a class in $K$-theory?)
I intentionally phrased the title to match a different question which is almost identical to the one i'm asking. However similar, the answer there, which uses commutative algebraic geometry, is not ...
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Does the Grothendieck ring inject to the Grothendieck group?
To a Noetherian scheme $X$, we can associate a Grothendieck ring of locally free coherent sheaves, and a Grothendieck group of coherent sheaves, with a natural map from the former to the latter. Is ...
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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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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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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 $[\...
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Which derived categories of coherent sheaves are equivalent (or "$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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K-theoretic derivation of Bézout theorem
In the paper "$K$-Theory and Intersection Theory" by Henri Gillet in Handbook of K-theory, 2005 (link behind paywall at Springerlink), the author says:
"When the ground field $k = \mathbb C$, Bézout’...
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$\mathbf{A}^1$- contractibility
Suppose $U$ is an $\mathbf{A}^1$-contractible smooth scheme over a field $k$, that is, it is isomorphic to a point in the $\mathbf{A}^1$-homotopy category of smooth schemes over $k$.
Does motivic ...
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The restriction of the Gersten resolution (for etale cohomology) onto a closed subvariety.
There is a very important result of Bloch and Ogus: for any smooth variety $X$ and fixed $r\in \mathbb{Z}$, $r\ge 0$, $l$ is prime to the residue field characteristic, the Zariski sheafification of ...
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$Ext$ functor, filtered complexes and spectral sequences
Let $\mathcal{A}$ an abelian category. Take $M$ an object of $\mathcal{A}$, and $K_*$ a bounded complex in $\mathcal{A}$ equipped with a bounded increasing filtration $F$. By using homological and ...
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K-theory of non-reduced schemes
Suppose $X$ is a smooth, projective variety. Then Bloch's formula states that
$$CH^n(X)\cong H^n(X, \mathcal{K}_{n,X})$$
where $\mathcal{K}_{n,X}$ is the sheaf associated to the presheaf $U=Spec{A} \...
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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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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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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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Relations between rational algebraic K-theory and Chow groups
A consequence of Grothendieck's Riemann-Roch Theorem is the fact that the Chern character induces an isomorphism between algebraic
$ch: K_{0}(X) \otimes \mathbb{Q} \stackrel{\cong}{\rightarrow} C H^{*...
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Extending cohomology classes to compactifications of Kuga varieties
I am trying to understand the proof of lemma 3 in the paper "Algebraic cycles and the Hodge structure of a Kuga fiber variety" by B. Brent Gordon,
available at http://www.ams.org/journals/tran/1993-...
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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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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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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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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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Applications of Jordan-Holder theorem in an abelian category
The Jordan-Holder theorem says that any chain of subobjects of a finite length object can be refined to a composition series, and that any composition series has the same length.
This theorem holds ...
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Do we have the following "devissage commutative diagram" in K-theory?
Let $X$ be a non-reduced Noetherian scheme. We define $K^0(X)$ to be the Grothendieck group of the derived category $Perf(X)$ and $K_0(X)$ to be the Grothendieck group of the derived category $D^b_{...
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Algebraic K-theory of complex varieties
Maybe this question is trivial, but I was not able to find an answer. The question is this: Consider the algebraic K-theory of smooth complex projective varieties (such that the K-theory and the G-...
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Varieties with Chow groups supported in positive codimension: examples and properties?
In their 1983 paper "Remarks on correspondences and algebraic cycles" Bloch and Srinivas proved several interesting properties of smooth proper varieties (over universal domains) whose Chow groups of ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Algebraic K-theory of schemes and cohomology
Are there examples of:
two smooth projective schemes over a field having homotopy equivalent algebraic K-theory spectra and having different rational Voevodsky motives;
two smooth projective schemes ...
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Fundamental group of the Grothendieck ring scheme
Let $K_0(V_k)$ be the Grothendieck ring of $k$-varieties with $k$ a field. Let S$_k$ be its affine scheme. Is this a connected scheme for any field ? (I understand that this could be a very naive ...
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Trivial normal bundle
I would like to know if there is a theorem along those lines: let $V$ be a submanifold in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $V$ is the boundary of a submanifold with boundary $W$. Then, the normal bundle of $V$...
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