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Ilya Nikokoshev
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Explanation for K_n(Z), for example when n = 23

I'm rereading my notes and they mention that $K_{23}(\mathbb Z) = \mathbb Z/65520$.

This looks like a good example to stop and ask whether there is any explanation for this $K$-group of integers (23 is just an arbitrary fixed number for this purpose). By "explanation" I mean a reasoning that would allow to find at least some properties of $K_{23}$ in advance of computing it or some intuition behind the result.

Here's one thing I already know:

  • non-torsion part of $K(\mathbb Z)$ is $\mathbb Z[0,5,9,13...]$ so $K_{23}(\mathbb Z)$ is pure torsion
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