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Cup products, the Heisenberg group, and codimension two algebraic cycles

Algebraic Geometry 2015-10-08 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We define higher categorical invariants (gerbes) of codimension two algebraic cycles and provide a categorical interpretation of the intersection of divisors on a smooth proper algebraic variety. This generalization of the classical relation between divisors and line bundles furnishes a new perspective on the Bloch-Quillen formula.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01825,
  title  = {Cup products, the Heisenberg group, and codimension two algebraic cycles},
  author = {Ettore Aldrovandi and Niranjan Ramachandran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01825},
  year   = {2015}
}

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20 pages; comments welcome