$\mathbb A^1$-connected components of affine quadrics
Algebraic Geometry
2026-01-29 v1
Abstract
For any smooth quadratic hypersurface in , we use the iterations of the functor of naive -connected components to study the field-valued sections of the sheaf of -connected components of . We prove that for any field , the canonical isomorphism stabilizes at , meaning that . Furthermore, by combining this result with Morel's characterization of -connected spaces in terms of the triviality of field-valued sections of , we provide a complete characterization of -connected smooth quadratic hypersurfaces in .
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@article{arxiv.2601.20593,
title = {$\mathbb A^1$-connected components of affine quadrics},
author = {Chetan Balwe and Nidhi Gupta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.20593},
year = {2026}
}
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