English

A generalized Vaserstein symbol

Algebraic Geometry 2020-02-24 v3 Commutative Algebra K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Let RR be a commutative ring. For any projective RR-module P0P_0 of constant rank 22 with a trivialization of its determinant, we define a generalized Vaserstein symbol on the orbit space of the set of epimorphisms P0RRP_0 \oplus R \rightarrow R under the action of the group of elementary automorphisms of P0RP_0 \oplus R, which maps into the elementary symplectic Witt group. We give criteria for the surjectivity and injectivity of the generalized Vaserstein symbol and deduce that it is an isomorphism if RR is a regular Noetherian ring of dimension 22 or a regular affine algebra of dimension 33 over a perfect field kk with c.d.(k)1c.d.(k) \leq 1 and 6k×6 \in k^{\times}.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1711.08210,
  title  = {A generalized Vaserstein symbol},
  author = {Tariq Syed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08210},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

37 pages; final version; eliminated the assumption that 2 is invertible and updated the numbering to match the published version

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