A generalized Vaserstein symbol
Algebraic Geometry
2020-02-24 v3 Commutative Algebra
K-Theory and Homology
Abstract
Let be a commutative ring. For any projective -module of constant rank with a trivialization of its determinant, we define a generalized Vaserstein symbol on the orbit space of the set of epimorphisms under the action of the group of elementary automorphisms of , 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 is a regular Noetherian ring of dimension or a regular affine algebra of dimension over a perfect field with and .
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