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On the $p$-adic deformation problem for the $K$-theory of semistable schemes

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-25 v2

Abstract

We establish a semistable generalization of the Beilinson-Bloch-Esnault-Kerz fiber square, relating the algebraic K-theory of a semistable scheme to its logarithmic topological cyclic homology. We prove that the obstruction to lifting K-theory classes is governed by the Hyodo-Kato Chern character. This answers the pp-adic deformation problem for continuous K-theory in the semistable case, extending the work of Antieau-Mathew-Morrow-Nikolaus. As an application, we provide a purely K-theoretic proof of Yamashita's semistable pp-adic Lefschetz (1,1)(1,1)-theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2601.14146,
  title  = {On the $p$-adic deformation problem for the $K$-theory of semistable schemes},
  author = {Federico Binda and Tommy Lundemo and Alberto Merici and Doosung Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.14146},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

23 pages. Corrected a gap in the proof of Prop. 2.12. References updated