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Facets of the Witt Vectors

Algebraic Topology 2019-10-24 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We give a KK-theoretic account of the basic properties of Witt vectors. Along the way we re-prove basic properties of the little-known Witt vector norm, give a characterization of Witt vectors in terms of algebraic KK-theory, and a presentation of the Witt vectors that is useful for computation.

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@article{arxiv.1910.10206,
  title  = {Facets of the Witt Vectors},
  author = {Jonathan A. Campbell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.10206},
  year   = {2019}
}

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