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Motivic homotopy theory for perfect schemes

Algebraic Geometry 2025-10-03 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We construct a perfect version of Morel--Voevodsky's motivic homotopy category over a perfect base scheme in positive characteristic. By checking the axioms of a coefficient system, we establish a six-functor formalism. We show that multiplication by pp is already invertible in the perfect motivic homotopy catgory. By work of Elmanto--Khan the functor sending an Fp\mathbb{F}_p-scheme SS to the category SH(S)[1/p]\mathrm{S}\mathcal{H}(S)[1/p] is invariant under universal homeomorphisms, hence under perfections. Our result gives an explicit model for the localization of SH\mathrm{S}\mathcal{H} at the universal homeomorphisms, which we conclude is the same as SH[1/p]\mathrm{S}\mathcal{H}[1/p].

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@article{arxiv.2510.01390,
  title  = {Motivic homotopy theory for perfect schemes},
  author = {Christian Dahlhausen and Jeroen Hekking and Storm Wolters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.01390},
  year   = {2025}
}

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