On the étale Descent Problem for Topological Cyclic Homology and Algebraic K-Theory

We investigate étale descent properties of topological Hochschild and cyclic homology. Using these properties we deduce a general injectivity result for the descent map in algebraic K-theory, and show that algebraic K-theory has étale descent for rings of integers in unramified and tamely ramified p-adic fields.     

Algebraic K-theory of Normed Algebras

Quillen's algebraic K-theory of discrete rings is extended to the category of normed algebras over a commutative Banach ring k with unit and its relationship with topological K-theory is established. Sufficient conditions for the isomorphism of algebraic and topological K-groups on the category of real normed algebras are given. The isomorphism of algebraic and topological K-functors on the category of polynomial extensions of stable C-algebras is proved.     

Algebraic K-Theory and the Conjectural Leibniz K-Theory

The analogy between algebraic K-theory and cyclic homology is used to build a program aiming at understanding the algebraic K-theory of fields and the periodicity phenomena in algebraic K-theory. In particular, we conjecture the existence of a Leibniz K-theory which would play the role of Hochschild homology. We propose a motivated presentation for the Leibniz K ₂-group ofa field.     

Algebraic <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-theory of Gorenstein projective modules

We introduce the Gorenstein algebraic K-theory space and the Gorenstein algebraic K-group of a ring, and show the relation with the classical algebraic K-theory space, and also show the ‘resolution theorem’ in this context due to Quillen. We characterize the Gorenstein algebraic K-groups by two different algebraic K-groups and by the idempotent completeness of the Gorenstein singularity category of the ring. We compute the Gorenstein algebraic K-groups along a recollement of the bounded Gorenstein derived categories of CM-nite Gorenstein algebras.     

The syntomic regulator for the K-theory of fields

We define complexes analogous to Goncharov's complexes for the K-theory of discrete valuation rings of characteristic zero. Under suitable assumptions in K-theory, there is a map from the cohomology of those complexes to the K-theory of the ring under consideration. In case the ring is a localization of the ring of integers in a number field, there are no assumptions necessary. We compute the composition of our map to the K-theory with the syntomic regulator. The result can be described in terms of a p-adic polylogarithm. Finally, we apply our theory in order to compute the regulator to syntomic cohomology on Beilinson's cyclotomic elements. The result is again given by the p-adic polylogarithm. This last result is related to one by Somekawa and generalizes work by Gros.     

The Volodin model for hermitian algebraic K-theory

We define the Volodin hermitian algebraic K-theory for a (discrete) ring with an involution and show that it is isomorphic to Karoubi's hermitian algebraic K-theory. We also construct the Volodin model X(R _*) of hermitian algebraic K-theory for a simplicial ring R _* and show that it is a homotopy fiber of the map B Ô(R _*)B Ô(R _*)⁺. We also prove the general linear version of this result, which has been claimed in the existing literature, but whose proof was overlooked.     

Personal Reminiscences of the Birth of Algebraic K-theory

These informal reminiscences, presented at the ICTP 2002 Conference on algebraic K-theory, recount the trajectory in the author's early research, from work on the Serre Conjecture (on projective modules over polynomial algebras), via ideas from algebraic geometry and topology, to the ideas and constructions that eventually contributed to the founding of algebraic K-theory. The solution of the Congruence Subgroup Problem is presented as a pivotal event.     

Additive Hilbert's Theorem 90 in the ring of algebraic integers

For a number field K, we give a complete characterization of algebraic numbers which can be expressed by a difference of two K-conjugate algebraic integers. These turn out to be the algebraic integers whose Galois group contains an element, acting as a cycle on some collection of conjugates which sum to zero. Hence there are no algebraic integers which can be written as a difference of two conjugate algebraic numbers but cannot be written as a difference of two conjugate algebraic integers. A generalization of the construction to a commutative ring is also given. Furthermore, we show that for n ?_ 3 there exist algebraic integers which can be written as a linear form in n K-conjugate algebraic numbers but cannot be written by the same linear form in K-conjugate algebraic integers.     

On the Isomorphism Conjecture in algebraic K-theory

The Isomorphism Conjecture is a conceptional approach towards a calculation of the algebraic K-theory of a group ring RΓ, where Γ is an infinite group. In this paper we prove the conjecture in dimensions n<2 for fundamental groups of closed Riemannian manifolds with strictly negative sectional curvature and arbitrary coefficient rings R. If R is regular this leads to a concrete calculation of low dimensional K-theory groups of RΓ in terms of the K-theory of R and the homology of the group.     

The Algebraic K-Theory Spectrum of a 2-Adic Local Field

We explicitly determine the homotopy type of the 2-completed algebraic K-theory spectrum KF, where F is an arbitrary finite extension of the 2-adic rational numbers. The answer is formulated in terms of topological complex K-theory and the K-theory of suitable finite fields, suspended copies of which are glued together by connecting maps that depend on the Iwasawa theory of F.     

Algebraic K-theory of special groups

Following the introduction of an algebraic K-theory of special groups in [Dickmann and Miraglia, Algebra Colloq. 10 (2003) 149-176], generalizing Milnor's mod 2 K-theory for fields, the aim of this paper is to compute the K-theory of Boolean algebras, inductive limits, finite products, extensions, SG-sums and (finitely) filtered Boolean powers of special groups. A parallel theme is the preservation by these constructions of property [SMC], an analog for the K-theory of special groups of the property “multiplication by l(-1) is injective” in Milnor's mod 2 K-theory (see [Milnor, Invent. Math. 9 (1970) 318-344]).     

Higher Bott-Chern forms and Beilinson's regulator

In this paper, we prove a Gauss-Bonnet theorem for the higher algebraic K-theory of smooth complex algebraic varieties. To each exact n-cube of hermitian vector bundles, we associate a higher Bott-Chen form, generalizing the Bott-Chern forms associated to exact sequences. These forms allow us to define characteristic classes from K-theory to absolute Hodge cohomology. Then we prove that these characteristic classes agree with Beilinson's regulator map. Oblatum 21-III-1997 & 12-VI-1997     

Rational isomorphisms between K-theories and cohomology theories

The well known isomorphism relating the rational algebraic K-theory groups and the rational motivic cohomology groups of a smooth variety over a field of characteristic 0 is shown to be realized by a map (the Segre map) of infinite loop spaces. Moreover, the associated Chern character map on rational homotopy groups is shown to be a ring isomorphism. A technique is introduced that establishes a useful general criterion for a natural transformation of functors on quasi-projective complex varieties to induce a homotopy equivalence of semi-topological singular complexes. Since semi-topological K-theory and morphic cohomology can be formulated as the semi-topological singular complexes associated to algebraic K-theory and motivic cohomology, this criterion provides a rational isomorphism between the semi-topological K-theory groups and the morphic cohomology groups of a smooth complex variety. Consequences include a Riemann-Roch theorem for the Chern character on semi-topological K-theory and an interpretation of the topological filtration on singular cohomology groups in K-theoretic terms.     

Semi-Topological K-Homology and Thomason''s Theorem

In this paper, we introduce the 'semi-topological K-homology' of complex varieties, a theory related to semi-topological K-theory much as connective topological K-homology is related to connective topological K-theory. Our main theorem is that the semi-topological K-homology of a smooth, quasi-projective complex variety Y coincides with the connective topological K-homology of the associated analytic space Y ^an. From this result, we deduce a pair of results relating semi-topological K-theory with connective topological K-theory. In particular, we prove that the 'Bott inverted' semi-topological K-theory of a smooth, projective complex variety X coincides with the topological K-theory of X ^an. In combination with a result of Friedlander and the author, this gives a new proof, in the special case of smooth, projective complex varieties, of Thomason's celebrated theorem that 'Bott inverted' algebraic K-theory with /n coefficients coincides with topological K-theory with /n coefficients.     

A Quillen-type spectral sequence for the K-theory of varieties with isolated singularities

We construct a spectral sequence to compute the algebraic K-theory of any quasiprojective scheme X, when X has isolated singularities, using an explicit flasque resolution of the K-theory sheaves. This is a generalization of Quillen's construction for nonsingular varieties. The explicit resolution makes it possible to relate K-theory to intersection theory on singular schemes.Partially supported by NSF grants.Dedicated to A. Grothendieck on his sixtieth birthday     

Oriented Cohomology Theories of Algebraic Varieties

This article contains proofs of the results announced by Panin and Smirnov (http://www. math.uiuc.edu/k-theory/0459/2000) in the part concerning general properties of oriented cohomology theories of algebraic varieties. It is constructed one-to-one correspondences between orientations, Chern structures and Thom structures on a given ring cohomology theory. The theory is illustrated by motivic cohomology, algebraic K-theory, algebraic cobordism theory and by other examples.     

Dihedral homology and Hermitian K-theory

We establish a rational isomorphism between certain relative versions of Hermitian K-theory and the dihedral homology of simplicial Hermitian rings. This is the dihedral analogue of Goodwillie's result for cyclic homology and algebraic K-theory. In particular, we describe involutions on (negative) cyclic homology and the K-theory of simplicial rings. We show that Goodwillie's map from K-theory to negative cyclic homology can be chosen to preserve involutions. By work of Burghelea and Fiedorowicz the invariants of the involution on K-theory can be identified with symmetric Hermitian K-theory. Finally, we show how the author's chain complex defining dihedral homology can be extended to the left to capture the invariants of the involution on negative cyclic homology.Supported by New Mexico State University, grant No. RC90-051.