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de Rham cohomology of a specific ring

I'm running into a certain algebraic de Rham cohomology computation I could use some help with. Specifically, what is the algebraic de Rham cohomology of: $$ \mathbb{C}[x_1,\dots,x_n,y_1,\dots,y_n,(r^...
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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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Monsky's proof of the finiteness of de Rham cohomology

I'd really like to understand the proof that Paul Monsky wrote about the finiteness of the de Rham cohomology of algebraic varieties. I'd like it very much because it seems to explain in concrete ...
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Cohomology classes functorial under etale morphisms

Consider the full subcategory $\mathcal C$ in the big etale site of a field $k$ consisting of smooth schemes, namely the category of smooth varieties over a field $k$ with etale maps as morphisms. I ...