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Higher Tate central extensions via K-theory and infinity-topos theory

K-Theory and Homology 2014-05-06 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We give a classification theorem of certain geometric objects, called torsors over the sheaf of K-theory spaces, in terms of Tate vector bundles. This allows us to present a very natural and simple, alternative approach to the Tate central extension, which was classically constructed by using the gerbe of determinant theories. We use the language of infinity-topoi as the theoretical framework, since it has well-developed, extended notions of groups, actions, and torsors, which make it possible to regard the sheaf of K-theory spaces as a group object of such kind and to interpret a delooping theorem in K-theory as a classification theorem for torsors over it.

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@article{arxiv.1405.0923,
  title  = {Higher Tate central extensions via K-theory and infinity-topos theory},
  author = {Sho Saito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.0923},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages