Triangular Witt Groups Part I: The 12-Term Localization Exact Sequence

To a short exact sequence of triangulated categories with duality, we associate a long exact sequence of Witt groups. For this, we introduce higher Witt groups in a very algebraic and explicit way. Since those Witt groups are 4-periodic, this long exact sequence reduces to a cyclic 12-term one. Of course, in addition to higher Witt groups, we need to construct connecting homomorphisms, hereafter called residue homomorphisms.     

Leibniz algebras constructed by Witt algebras

ABSTRACT

We describe infinite-dimensional Leibniz algebras whose associated Lie algebra is the Witt algebra and we prove the triviality of low-dimensional Leibniz cohomology groups of the Witt algebra with the coefficients in itself.     

Trace forms of abelian extensions of number fields of type (1, 0)

This article is concerned with describing certain bilinear forms associated with finite abelian extensions N|K of an algebraic number field K. These abelian trace forms are described up to Witt equivalence, that is, they are described as elements in the Witt ring W(K). When the base field K has exactly one dyadic prime and no real embeddings, it is shown that the Witt class of every abelian trace form over K is a product of Witt classes of five specified types.     

Lie Bialgebras of Generalized WITT Type,II

In an article by Michaelis, a class of infinite-dimensional Lie bialgebras containing the Virasoro algebra was presented. This type of Lie bialgebras was classified by Ng and Taft. In a recent article by Song and Su, Lie bialgebra structures on graded Lie algebras of generalized Witt type with finite dimensional homogeneous components were considered. In this article we consider Lie bialgebra structures on the graded Lie algebras of generalized Witt type with infinite dimensional homogeneous components. By proving that the first cohomology group H¹(𝒲, 𝒲 ? 𝒲) is trivial for any graded Lie algebras 𝒲 of generalized Witt type with infinite dimensional homogeneous components, we obtain that all such Lie bialgebras are triangular coboundary.     

Cup product structure for symplectic K2

For a field F with trivial involution we have the Karoubi L-groups ±1^Ln(F). For 0≤n≤2 these groups are intimately related to subgroups of the classical Witt ring of quadratic forms. -1^L ₂(F) also has a presentation by symbols due to Matsumoto. In terms of this data we make explicit calculations for two cup product maps that appear in the L-theory of fields.     

Tambara Functors on Profinite Groups and Generalized Burnside Functors

The Tambara functor was defined by Tambara in the name of TNR-functor, to treat certain ring-valued Mackey functors on a finite group. Recently Brun revealed the importance of Tambara functors in the Witt–Burnside construction. In this article, we define the Tambara functor on the Mackey system of Bley and Boltje. Yoshida's generalized Burnside ring functor is the first example. Consequently, we can consider a Tambara functor on any profinite group. In relation with the Witt–Burnside construction, we can give a Tambara-functor structure on Elliott's functor V _M , which generalizes the completed Burnside ring functor of Dress and Siebeneicher.     

Vanishing and nilpotence of locally trivial symmetric spaces over regular schemes

We prove two results about Witt rings W(−) of regular schemes. First, given a semi-local regular ring R of Krull dimension d, if U is the punctured spectrum, obtained from Spec(R) by removing the maximal ideals of height d, then the natural map is injective. Secondly, given a regular integral scheme X of finite Krull dimension, consider Q its function field and the natural map . We prove that there is an integer N, depending only on the Krull dimension of X, such that the product of any choice of N elements in is zero. That is, this kernel is nilpotent. We give upper and lower bounds for the exponent N. Received: December 4, 2001     

Witt Cohomology, Mayer–Vietoris, Homotopy Invariance and the Gersten Conjecture

We establish a Mayer–Vietoris long exact sequence for Witt groups of regular schemes. We also establish homotopy invariance for Witt groups of regular schemes. For this, we introduce Witt groups with supports using triangulated categories. Subsequently, we use these results to prove the Gersten–Witt conjecture for semi-local regular rings of geometric type over infinite fields of characteristic different from two.     

The Witt Group of Symmetric Bilinear Forms over a Brauer–Severi Variety with Values in a Line Bundle

For a Brauer–Severi variety X over a field of characteristic not two, the Witt groups of symmetric bilinear forms over X with values in a line bundle which generates X are calculated.     

Witt Rings of Global Fields

Abstract

In 1989 DeMeyer et al. (DeMeyer,F.,Harrison,D.,Miranda,R. (1989). Quadratic forms over ? and Galois extensions of commutative rings. Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 77(394)) described the Witt ring of the rational number field in terms of Hilbert symbols. The same has been done by the first author for global function fields. The aim of this paper is to obtain a similar result for any global field.     

Bass Series for Small Witt Rings

We compute the Bass series for elementary type Witt rings. For a Witt ring R with I ³ R = 0, we show the decomposability of R can be detected from the Bass series.     

A-hypergeometric series and the Hasse–Witt matrix of a hypersurface

We give a short combinatorial proof of the generic invertibility of the Hasse–Witt matrix of a projective hypersurface. We also examine the relationship between the Hasse–Witt matrix and certain A-hypergeometric series, which is what motivated the proof.     

Triangular Witt groups Part II: From usual to derived

   Abstract. We establish that the derived Witt group is isomorphic to the usual Witt group when 2 is invertible. This key result opens the Ali Baba's cave of triangular Witt groups, linking the abstract results of Part I to classical questions for the usual Witt group. For commercial purposes, we survey the future applications of triangular Witt groups in the introduction. We also establish a connection between odd-indexed Witt groups and formations. Finally, we prove that over a commutative local ring in which 2 is a unit, the shifted derived Witt groups are all zero but the usual one. Received July 15, 1999; in final form November 8, 1999 / Published online October 30, 2000     

Koszul Complexes and Symmetric Forms over the Punctured Affine Space

Let X be a regular separated scheme of finite Krull dimensionand let be the punctured affine n-space over X. We show that the total graded Witt ring of is a free graded module over the totalgraded Witt ring of X with two generators 1 and . The secondgenerator satisfies the equation ² = 1 when n = 1 and ² = 0when n 2. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 11E81, 19G12.     

Polynomials Annihilating the Witt Ring

Let F be a non-formally real field of characteristic not 2 and let W(F) be the Witt ring of F. In certain cases generators for the annihilator ideal are determined. Aim the primary decomposition of A(F) is given. For formally d fields F, as an analogue the primary decomposition of A_t(F) = {f(X) ∈ Z[X]| f(ω) = 0 for all ω ∈ W_t(F)}, where W_t(F) is the torsion part of the Witt group, is obtained.     

Quadratic forms with values in invertible modules

LetR be a commutative ring,I an invertibleR-module, and consider quadratic spaces with values inI. The Clifford algebra of such a quadratic space is an algebra over the generalized Rees ring associated toI. We discuss the relation between the Witt module of quadratic spaces with values inI and the graded Witt ring and the graded Brauer-Wall group of the generalized Rees ring. This leads to the introduction of three distinguished subgroups of the graded Brauer-Wall group of the generalized Rees ring. The image of the Clifford functor is a subgroup of one of these three subgroups (the type 1 subgroup).     

A Gersten-Witt spectral sequence for regular schemes

A spectral sequence is constructed whose non-zero E₁-terms are the Witt groups of the residue fields of a regular scheme X, arranged in Gersten-Witt complexes, and whose limit is the four global Witt groups of X. This has several immediate consequences concerning purity for Witt groups of low-dimensional schemes. We also obtain an easy proof of the Gersten Conjecture in dimension smaller than 5. The Witt groups of punctured spectra of regular local rings are also computed.     

Group completion in the K-theory and Grothendieck–Witt theory of proto-exact categories

We study the algebraic K-theory and Grothendieck–Witt theory of proto-exact categories, with a particular focus on classes of examples of ${\mathbb{F}}_1$-linear nature. Our main results are analogues of theorems of Quillen and Schlichting, relating the K-theory or Grothendieck–Witt theory spaces of proto-exact categories defined using the (hermitian) Q-construction and group completion.     

On the 3-Pfister Number of Quadratic Forms

For a field F of characteristic different from 2, containing a square root of -1, endowed with an F^×2-compatible valuation v such that the residue field has at most two square classes, we use a combinatorial analogue of the Witt ring of F to prove that an anisotropic quadratic form over F with even dimension d, trivial discriminant, and Hasse–Witt invariant can be written in the Witt ring as the sum of at most (d²)/8 3-fold Pfister forms.