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Main Author: Hu, Xiaowen
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12458
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author Hu, Xiaowen
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contents We study the algebraic $K$-theory of smooth schemes over $W_n(\Bbbk)$, where $\Bbbk$ is a perfect field of characteristic $p>0$. For a $p$-adic smooth scheme $X_{\centerdot}$ over $W_{\centerdot}(k)$, we introduce complexes $p^{r,m}_{r,n}Ω^{\bullet}_{X_{\centerdot}}$ and infinitesimal motivic complexes $\mathbb{Z}_{X_n}(r)$, and for $0 \leq i \leq p-4$, we establish a Chern character isomorphism between the sheaf $\mathcal{K}_{X_n,X_{m},i}$ and the direct sum of certain cohomology sheaves of $p^{r,m}_{r,n}Ω^{\bullet}_{X_{\centerdot}}$ with $1\leq r\leq i$. This leads to a criterion for $K$-theoretic infinitesimal deformations, which is related to Emerton's $p$-adic variational Hodge conjecture. By taking the limit $n \rightarrow \infty$ with $m=1$, we recover a theorem of Bloch, Esnault, and Kerz on continuous relative algebraic $K$-theory. The proof combines Brun's isomorphism relating $K$-theory to derived cyclic homology, computations of relative cyclic homology over $W(\Bbbk)$, and an analysis of multiplicative structures of the mod $p$ relative $K$-theory.
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spellingShingle On the algebraic $K$-theory of smooth schemes over truncated Witt vectors
Hu, Xiaowen
Algebraic Geometry
K-Theory and Homology
19D50, 19D55, 14B10
We study the algebraic $K$-theory of smooth schemes over $W_n(\Bbbk)$, where $\Bbbk$ is a perfect field of characteristic $p>0$. For a $p$-adic smooth scheme $X_{\centerdot}$ over $W_{\centerdot}(k)$, we introduce complexes $p^{r,m}_{r,n}Ω^{\bullet}_{X_{\centerdot}}$ and infinitesimal motivic complexes $\mathbb{Z}_{X_n}(r)$, and for $0 \leq i \leq p-4$, we establish a Chern character isomorphism between the sheaf $\mathcal{K}_{X_n,X_{m},i}$ and the direct sum of certain cohomology sheaves of $p^{r,m}_{r,n}Ω^{\bullet}_{X_{\centerdot}}$ with $1\leq r\leq i$. This leads to a criterion for $K$-theoretic infinitesimal deformations, which is related to Emerton's $p$-adic variational Hodge conjecture. By taking the limit $n \rightarrow \infty$ with $m=1$, we recover a theorem of Bloch, Esnault, and Kerz on continuous relative algebraic $K$-theory. The proof combines Brun's isomorphism relating $K$-theory to derived cyclic homology, computations of relative cyclic homology over $W(\Bbbk)$, and an analysis of multiplicative structures of the mod $p$ relative $K$-theory.
title On the algebraic $K$-theory of smooth schemes over truncated Witt vectors
topic Algebraic Geometry
K-Theory and Homology
19D50, 19D55, 14B10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12458