English

Compactly supported $\mathbb{A}^{1}$-Euler characteristic and the Hochschild complex

Algebraic Geometry 2022-04-27 v5

Abstract

We show the A1\mathbb{A}^{1}-Euler characteristic of a smooth, projective scheme over a characteristic 00 field is represented by its Hochschild complex together with a canonical bilinear form, and give an exposition of the compactly supported A1\mathbb{A}^{1}-Euler characteristic χA1c:K0(Vark)GW(k)\chi^{c}_{\mathbb{A}^{1}}: K_0(\mathbf{Var}_{k}) \to \text{GW}(k) from the Grothendieck group of varieties to the Grothendieck--Witt group of bilinear forms. We also provide example computations.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2003.09457,
  title  = {Compactly supported $\mathbb{A}^{1}$-Euler characteristic and the Hochschild complex},
  author = {Niny Arcila-Maya and Candace Bethea and Morgan Opie and Kirsten Wickelgren and Inna Zakharevich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09457},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

24 pages. Accepted for publication in Topology and its Applications

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